mag-man Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Spoke to Will Beasley the other day, and organised one of the do it yourself days (not even a feather round my permissions for the last few weeks). I put 10 sillosocks out, and a pair of hyper flaps on the rotary, and was really suprised in how the birds came in. After I had shot the first 10, I thought I would really test the sillosocks out, buy putting the first 10 birds out in cradles, about 250 yards down from where I was, and they didn't even make the birds hesitate, even the birds coming from their direction. If you could see a pigeon, no matter how far away, you knew it was going to come in, just as soon as it saw the sillo's. Even big flocks of I guess close on a hundred birds, would drop in without hesitating. I didn't use a horse shoe type pattern, instead I just put them in an oval type shape, with the rotary upwind. If the wind changed direction, I could easily of moved the rotary. One thing I would suggest is that you first try and set up in the garden, just to get used to them. The socks are easy, just getting the angles right for the peg. Mainly the hypa flaps you need to experiment with it's angles to get the best effect, and the speed controller. They are amazing though, cause when they facing into the wind, they flap their wings, the next 180" when the winds behind them, their wings glide. Is hard to describe, but looks like real birds. Also I would suggest you use a speed controller, cause I found that you had to get the speed right for best effect. Am selling my other deeks now, so will put them in the for sale section tommorrow. Total birds for the day was 67 (including about 5 rocks), and 23 crows. Also a big thank you to Will for putting on such a great day. I couldn't of asked for more!!!!!! Think I will treat my old man to a big bag day of your days for christmas!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno 357 Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 So is it the uv paint of the sillo sock design that draws them in ? Jonno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mag-man Posted November 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 So is it the uv paint of the sillo sock design that draws them in ? Jonno Is definatly the UV. Think of it this way, the best decoy is supposed to be a dead bird in a cradle, but how much white do you see on a dead bird in a cradle.........very little cause the wing's tucked away. Where as with the socks and even the hyper, their is more white that is visible, and they are always moving, no matter how little wind there is, so the birds flying in, see the UV socks long before any other deeks, cause with the UV paint they stick out a lot more. I saw the photo's taken under UV light the other day when I went to their warehouse, and it's like chalk and cheese. I can't say much more you need to see it for yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Any photos or links to photos? Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigden Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Quote from mag-man (Am selling my other deeks now, so will put them in the for sale section tommorrow.) mag-man - where are they ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Anyone know how they fair in wet weather?? with regards to the material etc ? Cheers Sutty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mag-man Posted November 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Quote from mag-man (Am selling my other deeks now, so will put them in the for sale section tommorrow.) mag-man - where are they ? Sorry bud, had a lazy day, will do right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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