deny essex Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) Went out today to test the flappers, peckers and a lightweight rotary I made . Birds have been thin in the air lately on this permission and have been reluctant to decoy, so armed with all the the kit for a field trial of the decs was the least I hoped for. But what few birds there were around were moveing about as I set up at 10.30. within 15 to 20 minutes 3 decoyed in and never left and for an hour I had birds comming from the left , right and behind, not all in range but for this permission at least i had a result this time of 8 for 12 shots as well a being too slow to take quite a few more that were offered. The afternoon no shots at all as the birds disappeared. Couldnt say for certain that my new made dec's had a magic effect but after the last few trips there it was definately an improvement. Vid of the decs in the vid section. Edited March 12, 2011 by deny essex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanks Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Nice to see some good homemade stuff. I made my own dec's last a couple of years ago, just need a bit of paint now again, seem to work. I may have a go at a magnet as the pea's are getting planted my way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper3 Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 nice one deny..still a nice days shooting .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Nice write up Den, good to see all your hard work has past it's first field test. If it's anything like other things you've made I'm sure these will last for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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