sitsinhedges Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Used my Hypaflaps on the pigeon magnet a couple of times and was impressed at the movement they make but was also thinking of just using them as floaters because they seem to flap in the slightest breeze and look effective too. I am wondering if anyone has used them much in this way and how effective they were, along with any downsides to doing this. It would be nice to not have to lug a magnet and battery around sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Do woodpigeon, when coming in just like the floater is imitating, actually flap or does it just glide ? I just use a dead bird, the weight makes it bounce in a breeze and gives all the movement needed to attract other birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 I like the movement of hypaflaps on the floater and use them a lot, but its like everything else associated with decoying pigeons, give it a try and see how you get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted March 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Do woodpigeon, when coming in just like the floater is imitating, actually flap or does it just glide ? I just use a dead bird, the weight makes it bounce in a breeze and gives all the movement needed to attract other birds. Well I've found that a pigeon flaps quite a bit if coming in to a pattern from a distance or about to land, it's just that little space between these to events where it tends to glide. My problem with real pigeons as decoys is that they aren't always available and can go manky quite quickly, I ended up with a bucketful of maggots last year when I took the lid off my real pigeon decoys and I'm not convinced that imitations are that inferior to be honest. Nevertheless, unless there is a very stiff breeze heavy floaters such as real pigeons don't seem to move very well at all and this is why I was thinking hypaflaps, it's just something to catch an inquisitive pigeons attention and bring it over for a look, maybe even just at the front of the pattern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted March 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 I like the movement of hypaflaps on the floater and use them a lot, but its like everything else associated with decoying pigeons, give it a try and see how you get on. I had a battery operated decoy from an American company called Ure-a-duck decoys which was just a resin body with canvas wings that flapped and it was good just to put at the front of the pattern for that bit of movement to interest passing pigeons and it worked quite well but unfortunately it broke and they aren't making them anymore so this was just an idea of a way to replace it. I've got a ton of kit but I need to be able to minimise it so I can go to distant fields that I can't drive to but still have enough equipment to do the job. To me that means a ten flocked shells and something with a bit of movement to draw attention to them. Hypaflaps seemed to fit the bill apart from being an awkward shape to pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 (edited) I use both hypas and floater/bouncers but I wont use hypa's AS floaters they are to light they simply become flapping wings on sticks IE they dont bounce as intended and give real movement as do bouncers, my hypas get used on the rotary as intended, to create movement on less windy days, but if a good wind blows the rotary is in and the bouncers are out, I use the type made by chris green and John aka mag357 ( I have a number of both) they both work well in wind but mags are better finished and better worked out IMHO. cheers KW Edited March 17, 2011 by kdubya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 I use Hyperflaps on bouncers and sometimes on the rotary. I've got fed up of having them twist over on the bouncers in strongish winds so have commissioned a friend to make up some that will always face into the wind and should swing about as it changes direction. We are hopefully moving to France later this year and they don't allow motorised decoys, so no rotary or flappers. If these new bouncers work OK I'll get another half dozen made up before I go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 (edited) I use hypaflaps on bouncers when the magnet has the days when it puts birds off , they work well enough in the lightest of breezes providing you keep them into the wind, I change to real birds if the hypas seem to have lost the birds interest. Edited March 17, 2011 by deny essex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utectok Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Use them always on a couple of thin steel poles flap great and bounce too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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