sillosocks

[mossy835]

has anyone bought any of the sillosocks hypa flap. for there pigeon magnet, if so are they good do they work.

[Topgunners]

has anyone bought any of the sillosocks hypa flap. for there pigeon magnet, if so are they good do they work.

 

Yes , we have bought 2 but can't find any pigeons yet to test them out.

 

Won't come out of the trees.

 

 

 

Dave K

[mossy835]

has anyone bought any of the sillosocks hypa flap. for there pigeon magnet, if so are they good do they work.

 

Yes , we have bought 2 but can't find any pigeons yet to test them out.

 

Won't come out of the trees.

 

 

 

Dave K

 

 

i think its the same every where.at the moment

[mag-man]

I had good results with em on friday, even set up a pattern of cradles about 250 yds down from where I was, and the birds didn't even look at em, came straight in to the socks (well tried to), and I had the hypa's on the rotary

[Mungler]

Okay, unless I am missing something, the sillosocks unique selling point appears to be the UV paint (and the fact that they are part windsock to make them a bit more animated).

 

I reckon my decoys are plenty animated already (having lashed out on two magnet kits from the site sponsor together with a whole load of other stuff I am just too tight to cough for any other bits), what about getting some white UV paint and touching my existing decoys up (oooh errr not like that though missus).

 

I don't mind giving it a go, so does anyone know where I can get some white UV paint, or maybe I could touch up the decoys with one of those UV post code pens you get with the neighbourhood watch kits? No doubt I need to get the right UV formulated especially for the pigeon's spectrum of vision?

[Lancs Lad]

Okay, unless I am missing something, the sillosocks unique selling point appears to be the UV paint (and the fact that they are part windsock to make them a bit more animated).

 

I reckon my decoys are plenty animated already (having lashed out on two magnet kits from the site sponsor together with a whole load of other stuff I am just too tight to cough for any other bits), what about getting some white UV paint and touching my existing decoys up (oooh errr not like that though missus).

 

I don't mind giving it a go, so does anyone know where I can get some white UV paint, or maybe I could touch up the decoys with one of those UV post code pens you get with the neighbourhood watch kits? No doubt I need to get the right UV formulated especially for the pigeon's spectrum of vision?

 

Of course mung....................I happen to have a boat load of "postcode" I mean pigeon pens............available at 9.99 each....

[Will Beasley]

Okay, unless I am missing something, the sillosocks unique selling point appears to be the UV paint (and the fact that they are part windsock to make them a bit more animated).

 

I reckon my decoys are plenty animated already (having lashed out on two magnet kits from the site sponsor together with a whole load of other stuff I am just too tight to cough for any other bits), what about getting some white UV paint and touching my existing decoys up (oooh errr not like that though missus).

 

I don't mind giving it a go, so does anyone know where I can get some white UV paint, or maybe I could touch up the decoys with one of those UV post code pens you get with the neighbourhood watch kits? No doubt I need to get the right UV formulated especially for the pigeon's spectrum of vision?

 

 

I nearly fell off my chair laughing when I read the thing about the Neighbourhood Watch UV Postcode pen!! Superb!!

[ronttuk]

im eagerly awaiting my sock decoys i orderd them yesterday so im hoping ill get them tomorrow as i want to test them out and acording to the weather man we aint having any rain tomorrow

[Highlander]

Okay, unless I am missing something, the sillosocks unique selling point appears to be the UV paint (and the fact that they are part windsock to make them a bit more animated).

 

I reckon my decoys are plenty animated already (having lashed out on two magnet kits from the site sponsor together with a whole load of other stuff I am just too tight to cough for any other bits), what about getting some white UV paint and touching my existing decoys up (oooh errr not like that though missus).

 

I don't mind giving it a go, so does anyone know where I can get some white UV paint, or maybe I could touch up the decoys with one of those UV post code pens you get with the neighbourhood watch kits? No doubt I need to get the right UV formulated especially for the pigeon's spectrum of vision?

 

 

I nearly fell off my chair laughing when I read the thing about the Neighbourhood Watch UV Postcode pen!! Superb!!

 

Well if that's gonna work I'd better borrow the Mrs H's disco dancing stick on glo in the dark thingys and see what turns up in my pattern!

[Topgunners]

Okay, unless I am missing something, the sillosocks unique selling point appears to be the UV paint (and the fact that they are part windsock to make them a bit more animated).

 

I reckon my decoys are plenty animated already (having lashed out on two magnet kits from the site sponsor together with a whole load of other stuff I am just too tight to cough for any other bits), what about getting some white UV paint and touching my existing decoys up (oooh errr not like that though missus).

 

I don't mind giving it a go, so does anyone know where I can get some white UV paint, or maybe I could touch up the decoys with one of those UV post code pens you get with the neighbourhood watch kits? No doubt I need to get the right UV formulated especially for the pigeon's spectrum of vision?

 

 

I nearly fell off my chair laughing when I read the thing about the Neighbourhood Watch UV Postcode pen!! Superb!!

 

Well if that's gonna work I'd better borrow the Mrs H's disco dancing stick on glo in the dark thingys and see what turns up in my pattern!

 

probably JOHN TRAVOLTA

 

:(

 

Dave K

[Highlander]

Dave No but a pole dancing gal might be welcome and I thought you were gonna update us on the sillysocks performance! Expecting some big bag reports! Never mind try this...

 

Thanks to pavman (although he was conned into it) we kinda tested some silly socks yesterday. Weather conditions were about as perfect for pigeon decoying as you’d want; bright/clear and windy, lots of wind. The area we were shooting over has about 800-1000 acres of rape planted much of it very well grown, some in flower and some only about 3-4†high (pigeon perfect?) When we arrived there were literally 1000-2000 birds feeding and some good flight lines. However as we all know at this time of year that doesn’t mean a lot! One bang and they’re all gone! So we spread out to cover the ground and keep the birds on the move.

 

Set up 3 hides/patterns one of which had silly socks mixed in with the decoys. Of the 3 patterns only the silly socks produced a consistent flow of birds, not many but those that did come came well in to the decoys and from far afield. The other patterns attracted the odd few birds, mostly looking but not really decoying. We did not use the flapping sillys on the rotaries as we only have the thin struts and I think the wind strength was going to wreck them.

 

Not by any means conclusive but maybe an indication. I don’t know what the birds see but we humans can see these silly socks from one hell of a distance. Another observation made yesterday was that in general our decoys (from a distance) are mostly dark (ish) grey whereas the pigeons we saw in the distance appeared almost white, certainly a very conspicuous light grey colour. In many instances at first sight we thought they might be seagulls. Food for thought???

 

Personally I think they (the silly socks) are poorly made and won’t last without some DIY maintenance, in fact we’ve already had to do some. They look very cheap and cheerful BUT if they work then who’s to say they’re expensive? The movement is good and they do stand out. If you travel light then these might be the ideal thing for you. We’ll keep trialing them and see what happens.

[pavman]

Dave No but a pole dancing gal might be welcome :( and I thought you were gonna update us on the sillysocks performance! Expecting some big bag reports! Never mind try this...

 

Thanks to pavman (although he was conned into it)

 

and stuck at his desk whilst others had all the fun

 

my turn thursday for some fun

[Topgunners]

Dave No but a pole dancing gal might be welcome and I thought you were gonna update us on the sillysocks performance! Expecting some big bag reports! Never mind try this...

 

Thanks to pavman (although he was conned into it) we kinda tested some silly socks yesterday. Weather conditions were about as perfect for pigeon decoying as you’d want; bright/clear and windy, lots of wind. The area we were shooting over has about 800-1000 acres of rape planted much of it very well grown, some in flower and some only about 3-4†high (pigeon perfect?) When we arrived there were literally 1000-2000 birds feeding and some good flight lines. However as we all know at this time of year that doesn’t mean a lot! One bang and they’re all gone! So we spread out to cover the ground and keep the birds on the move.

 

Set up 3 hides/patterns one of which had silly socks mixed in with the decoys. Of the 3 patterns only the silly socks produced a consistent flow of birds, not many but those that did come came well in to the decoys and from far afield. The other patterns attracted the odd few birds, mostly looking but not really decoying. We did not use the flapping sillys on the rotaries as we only have the thin struts and I think the wind strength was going to wreck them.

 

Not by any means conclusive but maybe an indication. I don’t know what the birds see but we humans can see these silly socks from one hell of a distance. Another observation made yesterday was that in general our decoys (from a distance) are mostly dark (ish) grey whereas the pigeons we saw in the distance appeared almost white, certainly a very conspicuous light grey colour. In many instances at first sight we thought they might be seagulls. Food for thought???

 

Personally I think they (the silly socks) are poorly made and won’t last without some DIY maintenance, in fact we’ve already had to do some. They look very cheap and cheerful BUT if they work then who’s to say they’re expensive? The movement is good and they do stand out. If you travel light then these might be the ideal thing for you. We’ll keep trialing them and see what happens.

 

Yo Highlander.

 

We took our "sillysocks" out the other weekend and I set up my rig with the magnet socks and waited for the pigeons to home in.

 

Well, after about 15-20 minutes one of the birds was flopping down the side of the magnet arm and after investigating I found that the thin wire had pierced the sock and shot off into the stubble. AND if you think you can find that god damn wire in stubble ----NO CHANCE.

 

The other "bird" had slightly flipped over at the wing front.

 

 

I contacted UK Shootwarehouse and they have now modified the socks and are now sending me some caps for the end of the wires that will fit snugly into the sleeves and a thicker wire to feed through the wings.

 

After speaking to Will B it is obvious that in July the weather was nothing like it is now and all I can say is "fair play to them for sorting out this problem and correcting it as soon as they possibly could". Without an argument, may I add. I am now waiting for Postman Pat to deliver.

 

Dave K