thinxs Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 Being new to all this, can someone please explain what the difference is between floaters, bouncers and flappers. Or are they the all the same thing? Can you use shell decoys on them? Many thanks in anticipation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 Look at the sponsors site (UKShootwarehouse) and you will find them there. Floaters and bouncers are one of the same, where you put either a decoy or a dead bird on, and this bounces in the wind adding movement to your pattern to catch the eye of distant birds. I haven't heard of anyone using shells on these as I would have thought these are too light. You can see flappers on the sponsors site, put a dead bird on there and the wings flap, again adding movement to your pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lampa Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 The UK Shootwarehouse site was unobtainable the last time I looked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 The UK Shootwarehouse site was unobtainable the last time I looked. They are updating it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 You can't use shell decoys on floaters/bouncers or flappers. Flappers are manually or electrically powered and a dead bird placed on the frame can be made to flap its wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinxs Posted February 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 Am I right to say that floaters/bouncers are decoys with wings and tail/dead birds that go on top of a flexible stick of some kind? Is it iportant how high off the ground these are, or does it vary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 You have described them about right. I have them from about 3' (home made), to the adjustable (shop bought) ones (4'-5' ). The longer ones are great for laid wheat, or ripening rape, the shorter ones are fine for drillings and short rape. The important thing is that there is enough spring in the floater to give movement to the decoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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