The Pest Expert Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 as ive stated in previous posts im trying to save money so trying to make my own decoys and such cause im not shooting for the next few weeks so ive decide to make some for the next outing... i have found some nice and thin plastic/papper stuff on site which i thought if i cut out the wing shape spray them black attach to a shell crow decoy they would look awesome just wondering if anyone else has tried such things? i would make pigeon ones just cant afford white and grey paint ahaa any tips would be great thanks all the best... jorge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 yes done simelar things. People will gfawww at home made stuff but years ago, everything was carved out of wood and homemade soo.. Anyway, im about to re make some prototype crow decoys that worked well for me, and by worked well i mean they brought in crows that cawed and stayed over the decoys coming in low at times for a few minutes. i made one wings out decoy, and normal ones, as they was prototypes they were all made from cardboard, but i suppose you could make the form out of mesh and papiermashe or that stuff on house for sale signs.. normal decoys - copy and paste this image into paint. http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=crow+silhouette&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=632&tbm=isch&tbnid=seQ-ex_k8z1iRM:&imgrefurl=http://www.birdclipart.com/bird_clipart_images/crow_silhouette_0515-0909-1716-2917.html&docid=_w76WfWkoqtTWM&imgurl=http://www.birdclipart.com/bird_clipart_images/crow_silhouette_0515-0909-1716-2917_SMU.jpg&w=300&h=203&ei=NjhrT5HdGMql0QXU76nOBg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=257&vpy=152&dur=1848&hovh=162&hovw=240&tx=143&ty=74&sig=113084454227868265563&page=1&tbnh=111&tbnw=164&start=0&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:0 on print/pgae set up make the image fit to 1x1 piece of A4 and print out. prit stick this quickly down on to your corrigated plastic sign post stuff, and then draw round the crow around an inch out from the outline, leaving you with a crowish sized crow shaped outline. Cut this out. Next you have to be a bit artistic and imagine the silouet of a crow from above, and try and match the length and keep it in proportion to the other side on silouet, now cut this out. Now with your side on silouet cut out, and your birds eye view silouet cut out you need to splice them both together so they have a cross sectional profile of"+" to do this cut from the beek of the side on silouet to the middle of the body, staying about an inch from the top of the crows back all the way down, now cut the birds eye view silouet from the tail to the center of the body and splice the two together. use duct tape or other strong tape to tape ths shapes into the right possition, now to make them black, just strech black socks over the decoys, any "baggy bits" can be neatened up by stapeling the sock down. For the wings out version, simply do all of the above but cut out some wings and staple them on ( paint them black ) Sounds like allot of effort but i just started playing around with it and its not so bad, you can make two or three in under half an hour. I set mine out, one on the water trough, one nearby on the hedge and two "pecking" at the rabbit i had layed out. i had two or three groups come over and come in, of around 3-4 crows at a time, although i am near a crows flightline there anyway, but it helps to bring them in lower at least. Ill also find and link the wings out pigeon i have made but not yet tested. I hope at least some of that makes sence, i find it very easy to visualise things, but im not very good at explaining! http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/200531-pigeon-floater-bouncer-type-thing/ hope this helps somewhat..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pest Expert Posted March 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 (edited) not going to lie i looked at that and thought holy geeze ahaa but thanks for writting it all out the question i have is the plastic stuff im going to use is like papper and the wings youve used seem to prop up how do you make this happen? Edited March 22, 2012 by The Pest Expert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 ah well, i used bike wheel spokes stuck to the underside of the wings, but any medium thickness wire that will hold shape should work. Superglue to stick it on flat then just bend into shape, hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pest Expert Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 im free tomorro ill give it a bash and see if i can make them work ill keep you updated thank you for all your advice top lad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 After receiving my pair of Hypa Flap crows from a PW member, the first thing I thought of was, 'why the hell did'nt I think of that' They look simple to make, and I am already sourcing the required items to try and make my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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