Home made geese decoys

[lindsay 1]

Hullo all,i was wondering if anyone can direct me on how to make goose decoys,was going to make them out of ply wood, silloute style but dont know sizes ect??

 

any help would be great.

 

cheers lindsay

[tom1cameron 1]

I'd love to hear how you get on. I have tried making them before from chicken wire and paper mache then varnish then paint. I never made enough to try them out.

 

Look at a bird book for sizes and go slightly larger. There are loads of pictures of these decoys on the net and methods on google

 

See http://www.fieldandstream.com/article/Gear...elf-Cut-It-Out#

 

I may try this myself!

[hillkeeper101 0]

I'd love to hear how you get on. I have tried making them before from chicken wire and paper mache then varnish then paint. I never made enough to try them out.

 

Look at a bird book for sizes and go slightly larger. There are loads of pictures of these decoys on the net and methods on google

 

See http://www.fieldandstream.com/article/Gear...elf-Cut-It-Out#

 

I may try this myself!

i have used the wire mesh paper mache method but with black back gulls works a treat not the prettiest of things but ive had results give it ago mate its pretty cheap even if it fails it wont break the bank

 

cheers

fraser

[wag 13]

i made some a few years back out of fibre glass ,it took me a while to do them but they looked good ,i even made the necks removeable , i left in the van one morning when out for a flight on the marsh, when i got back someone had broken into the van and taken them along with other stuff,i never thought anymore about them, but you have got me thinking about making some more .

[gunhills 0]

i made some a few years back out of fibre glass ,it took me a while to do them but they looked good ,i even made the necks removeable , i left in the van one morning when out for a flight on the marsh, when i got back someone had broken into the van and taken them along with other stuff,i never thought anymore about them, but you have got me thinking about making some more .

I made some 15-16yrs ago out of ply & fitted a metal spike to the bottom approx 5" long & painted them with matt paint they worked ok plus I've still got them after all these years. I tend use windsock & shell decoys now that I got from the US drinks: