Rotting birds

[shotgunny 39]

Hi all

just a quick question

if I was to take shot pigeon wings and put them on full bodied decoys would the wings last or would they rot ???

Atb

 

sg

[stubby 175]

Ive done it with a magpie deek, so dont see why not, I wanted the wings spread out on a deek in the clutches of an owl deek, just stretched a set of maggies wings out on a board, and held in place with panel pins, keep in a warm shed and they dry out within a couple of weeks, last forever, dont let flies get on them though, as they will lay eggs where you cut wing, then maggots will eat away

[bigstu2008 9]

would be intersted to see if this helps your decoying mate.

stubby you never tried using a shot fox instead of the owl? works a treat

[shotgunny 39]

It was an idea as I skint and can't afford two of the floater coys tbh.

 

Atb

 

sg

[stubby 175]

would be intersted to see if this helps your decoying mate.

stubby you never tried using a shot fox instead of the owl? works a treat

 

as yet I havent used the owl/magpie deek, I've got a customer that I now regularly shoot crows for, they tend to roost in the woods behind his house and crap all over his property, causing a health hazzard, theres really good cover to set the hide in, and Im simply putting half a dozen crow deeks down, the crows are then simply flying down into the deeks, with their backs to me, like sitting ducks

 

I will give it a proper test run one day