Lofting Poles, any good ?

[foghorn]

Hi Chaps,

I have been trying a home made lofting pole, ( old tent poles ) which i believe to give some success, although hight is restricted. Are the poles worth the fifty quid and how do you get the shells to stay up ?.

[koikeeper]

I use an old 12mtr roach pole,use sportplast coys,they have a mould hole in the backside area,pole fits in there and up they go,i made counter weights from twisted coat hangers with strip lead wrapped round, covered in camo tape,somebody has posted some on here somewhere,make a big difference to my success rate as most people cant be bothered.

[stubby]

I used some 6mm threaded rod, if you bend it slowly it wont snap, simple bent it to a ? shape and then drilled holes through decoys, then bolted it in place, made up 3 crows and 1 magpie, but it'll work the same on pigeons

 

 

[vampire]

I use an old 12mtr roach pole,use sportplast coys,they have a mould hole in the backside area,pole fits in there and up they go,i made counter weights from twisted coat hangers with strip lead wrapped round, covered in camo tape,somebody has posted some on here somewhere,make a big difference to my success rate as most people cant be bothered.

 

Think that might have been me

With metal wire bucket handles,heres what to do;

1,bend one straight and cut the hook bits off

2,cut another in half and create a bend

3,now fix the bent one to the straight one,leaving enough above the hook to go through a solid decoy

4,wrap lead 4" up from the bottom of the straight one,so that it can fit into tent pole

5,on one section of tent pole,cut top off 2ltr coke bottle to form funnel and tape to pole

 

I have made several like this and they do balance and the sectional tent poles will go to about 4 metres,which is why the funnel/coke bottle is needed to retreive the decoy

 

I must confess to not using mine much as its more kit to carry around and you need to have a tree on a flight line etc etc,so not always practical

[foghorn]

Thanks chaps,

Into the bat cave for a bit of DIY.

I used my make shift one and it seems to work, carrying stuff isny a big problem as i can drive just about anywhere on the farms i have.