deny essex Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Out today to test the homemade peckers, flappers and modified rotary. Not many birds around but what was passing bombed in for a look see. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH0FVL-CBVg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK38 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Love the movement I reckon you could leave the magnet in the car, unless you feel you really needed it.... The peckers and flappers provide all the movement you could want in my opinion Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripey999 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) Out today to test the homemade peckers, flappers and modified rotary. Not many birds around but what was passing bombed in for a look see. That all looks great mate. What was the modification to the rotary? Edited March 12, 2011 by stripey999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadliestdecoy Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peejay Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 looks good but would have liked to see the pics of the pigeons bombarding in.. did they land or just pass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) Looking great Deny. All looks great, I really like the peckers. Looking forward to getting out soon so we can give them another test!!! The modification on his magnet is it's home made, runs on a 6v battery and including the arms weighs hardly anything. Perfect for Silosocks. Edited March 13, 2011 by Cosd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 looks good but would have liked to see the pics of the pigeons bombarding in.. did they land or just pass? Both, but to be honest cant say it was because of the movement in the pattern, need a more bird around day and another gun along , one with the peckers and flappers in the pattern one with normal shells, guess thats gonna be a Cos job But for that permission was a much marked improvement for the way its shot all winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 That all looks great mate. What was the modification to the rotary? AS Cos said , homemade rotary, lightweight especialy made for hypaflaps, made from a kids toy, single telescopic ally stem and small fishing whip telescopic bird arms (£1 shop ), breaks down into just the arms together on a drive pivot about 18inches long, motor seperate just screws onto the seperate ground stem, runs on 6 volt, For hypas it works well and packs down good, definately not like carrying half a breakers yard to the field been useing it for some time but it had a slip clutch in it which in a gust of wind kept slipping , so was taken apart and sucssesfuly altered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 looking good guys, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Its almost impossible to do a conclusive field trial on any decoys, because there are so many variables to take into account. What you can do is to gauge what looks lifelike and part of a real picture, this can be verified by watching pigeons on the ground, feeding and moving about (which is what they do). Pigeons rarely sit on the ground without moving. That video showed lots of movement and I could imagine the birds definitely coming to have a look. What makes it even more interesting, is that its your own work and you must be very pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Thanks for the positive comments guys, will be adding some more peckers to the pattern soon as I make some more motor castings, I think another 3 giving 5 in a pattern will give plenty of movement, what do you think ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripey999 Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Thanks for the positive comments guys, will be adding some more peckers to the pattern soon as I make some more motor castings, I think another 3 giving 5 in a pattern will give plenty of movement, what do you think ? Like Cranfield said, mimiking the natural picture of real pigeons is the way to go so I would say yes to the additional movement for realism. I'm intruiged with the rotory because my tank is killing me to carry. What was the toy you canibalised? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Like Cranfield said, mimiking the natural picture of real pigeons is the way to go so I would say yes to the additional movement for realism. I'm intruiged with the rotory because my tank is killing me to carry. What was the toy you canibalised? A friend gave the workings to me for the rotary , was as told a skip over a ball going around on a cord toy, came in a base unit with sounds etc, just stripped the motor and gearbox unit out and came up with the lightweight rotary. A lot of toys can have useful bits for the pigeon DIY fiddler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADFEET Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 The AA battery idea is very good, get some re-charge types and that would save a lot of back ache.......nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 The AA battery idea is very good, get some re-charge types and that would save a lot of back ache.......nice one a point to note for anyone using battery packs in their decoys (deny probably already knows this) but normal AA's are 1.5 volt each, thus giving you either 3v or 6v depending on how many are used, but re-chargables in AA only give YOU 1.2 VOLT each battery, so motors will run slower look in "pets at home" lots of electronic cat toys can be re-vamped into good crow lures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted March 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Just for clarification the peckers and flappers run on AA batteries as the video says but the homemade magnet runs on a 6 volt 10 amp hour sealed battery, lighter than a 12 volt and does the job running it all day. And for thoose of you that like to use hypas rather than real birds on your rotary for a little effort and cost fishing whips can be easily adapted to replace the metal arms if you have the square motor to arm mounts. I have and also use a 12 volt larger home made wiper motor based rotary that runs on 12 volt made from 2x5 mtr cheap whips (cost at the time £3.50 each), a little paint, a small amount of strong filler on the lines of P38 and a piece of solid plastic rod (I used an old round decoy stick) poles are much lighter to carry and with hypas more than adequate to handle the job, gives a little bounce movement as well in the wind makeing for a little more movement action. Anyone that wants the makeing info either pm or if enough want info will put it up on here, saves space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Love the flappers and peckers. You could sell those and make a few pound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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