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Old 02-22-2018, 02:17 AM
Canadasnowman Canadasnowman is offline
 
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Default Diy flying goose decoys

hello fellow Waterfowlers,
Are any of you making or do you have any ideas for home made DIY flying deeks?
Like off a six foot pole on a fishing line etc. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Trying to save some cash and add movement to the spread of Socks, Sillouettes and Shells we have.
Thanks in advance.

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Old 02-22-2018, 03:43 AM
32-40win 32-40win is offline
 
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You can buy the Sillosock flappers for 30.00 ea at CWPS in Edmonton, comes with 2 ft glas extension poles that fit rotaries and bouncers. By the time you run around finding materials and cutting and sewing and painting, that isn't a terrible price. I got 1/4" round bar from a fab shop in town here, cut from 3 to 8 ft, the flappers and sillosock extension poles fit on it, may need to hit that end with a file to make the fit a bit looser. Couple minutes with a grinder to sharpen them on the other end. Tried some 10ft plus ones with just 1/4", tend to lean too far over and bounce in the wind, but do give a nice action to them. I found we didn't really need anything longer than 8 ft. Struck me as the best way to go above 10ft would be 3/8 bar with 1/4 " ends on them,but, never got around to it. Steel was about 20.00. If you have a steady group of 4 hunting together, you could each buy 2 flappers, not expensive that way, and that is enough, if you want more, buy 2 more each next year.

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Old 02-22-2018, 07:32 AM
Diesel_wiesel Diesel_wiesel is offline
 
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its easy to make the flapping flyers just buy one and copy it
all you need is white choroplast , Tyvek paper, a sewing machine, and some thin fiberglass rods and a stapler, I make a few every year
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