dead-eye-dick Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 Being as I have no roost shooting, (not allowed on my land) I am forced to continue decoying, I have read in the past that when times are hard, arn't they always, that "high-lighting" the white patchs on decoys neck and wing bands will make them more appelling. I have some older decoys and some cheap "patten fillers" aswell as the high detail flocked shells, Do you think it is worth high-lighting some of them with a matt paint, as the white has almost rubbed off ?? Is it succesfull ?? :what: :what: :what: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead-eye-dick Posted January 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 I've been watching two pigeons sat in a tree near my office window (there laughing at me :thumbs: ) And they have very defined, bright white wing and neck bars. Even the bird at the top of this page is showing them, :( The patches sprayed on the new decoys are quite faint in comparasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE PREDATOR Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 you can get arrested for touching up birds round here lol :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviddjlloyd Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 About this time of the year my mate says MY DEEKS COULD DO WITH A COAT OF PINT. What I use is masonary paint the girtty sort. Using black and white ,a light gey for all the body then a deeper shade for the wings, black tip an the tail and then to fnish white dabs on the collar and a white line on either wing. You will find that it will be trial and error finding the right shades, best to wait untill dry before checking its right. The grittyness of the paint will prevent them from shineing. Give it a try. :thumbs: :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJ Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 On one or two of my older deeks I have repainted just the white neck ring and wing bars, the rest of the shell being grey, and they work as well as anything else. I know a chap whos decoys are made of grey guttering cut to shape and just a splash of white paint on the neck, and he regularly comes home with quite large bags. I think pigeons will investigate anything that looks remotely like one of their own, and lets face it, we only need to get them in range. I will say though that as soon as I've got four or five dead birds I set them up in cradles and pull in the plastic decoys. The best decoy you can get is a dead bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 :thumbs: An answer to daviddjlloyd. When Lloydy says that it is about this time of year that my deeks could do with a coat of "pint", he doesn,t mention that it has been "this time of year for the last 12 months,and they are still waiting for a paint job". When he does get the paint brush out ,he does a great job even though they always come back one short!! Still as a professional painter they should be good. One poimt about the white flashes on neck and wings, I have read many times that the woodies use this as a signal of danger to their mates and this is why it is not recommended to put too many fresh birds out with their wings outstretched,as the wing bars indicate that the pigeon is either landing or taking off and birds will avoid it. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammergun Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 Anyone know what sort of paint you should use on the PVC Flexi decoys? My experience with PVC is that it is difficult stuff to paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NGhost Posted January 31, 2003 Report Share Posted January 31, 2003 I use flexicoys the plastic is grey so I would only bother with the neck bands. I thought of taking a bottle of "Tipex" corection fluid with me as you only need a thin stripe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter-n Posted January 31, 2003 Report Share Posted January 31, 2003 ive used tipex works ok :thumbs: peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.223 Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 i always use dead birds as you carn't beat the real thing but when forced to use plastic deaks i always glue real wings to them which i always keep in the freezer to keep fresher. :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 .223, i like the name, it is my favorite round :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 Now there is going to be a joke about beer.... :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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