| jwayne |
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| 01/04/2008 19:17 |
diy goose decoys
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now that the wildfowling season is over i'd like to add to my collection of decoys by hopfully, making my own.
i've tried making sillouhets out of marine ply and i have a fair few texas rags. i find goose decoys extremely expensive 15 a pop and you nedd a shed load to attract any descent amount of geese. has any one any ideas on some material to use and their effectiveness.
theres a guy on the internet who make them out of paper mache and water-proofs them with boat farnish. i've actually tried this method and the ducks come out fine but the geese, thats a different story.
or possibbly fibre glass, but that stuff makes one hell of a mess.
| Tal_IL |
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| 02/04/2008 18:22 |
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Re: diy goose decoys
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When I first started hunting geese in corn stubble about 25 years ago, I made field decoys from old car tires. I cut the tires in sections about the size of a goose body and cut & painted head/neck silhouettes on a stake from plywood. I just set the tire sections on the ground and stuck a head/neck stake in the ground at one end of each. From a distance they look fairly realistic, and I shot quite a few geese over them.
| Texxa |
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| 07/10/2008 16:01 |
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Re: diy goose decoys
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Sure it would work. I tried a few silouettes to bulk out my pattern last season though seemed to spook them (maybe would look less obvious if not used alongside quite realistic shell ones?)
My only concern would be transport. Homemade solid ones would be very bulky indeed and it is hard enough carrying kit anyway - hides, deeks, gun etc
Keep a look out for 'lastlook decoys'. Last time I heard they had stopped making them. To humans they look like a bit of rolled up lino and cost about £15 for six....geese love em' and have even had a fox go for mine...he got a surprise!!
Also look at importing a complete set from the US...can work out cheapest in the long run. I got a very good set of flock coated plastic shells from Cabelas
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templa...rentId=cat20712
In the Uk I would recommend you speak to Kevin at Tidepool. Very knowledgable guy and he sold me the 'lastlooks'.
http://www.tidepool.co.uk