Homemade moving Decoys

[SilkWWU]

Anyone have any advice for those still days on making movement in the water... (without spending the 150.00 on the racing decoys with the pull string)  I'm looking for innovation here people!

[Coasthunterjay]

go with a heavy anchor and make a pull cord out of some cheep string and make a rip cord type pully system with the decoy and anchor.....

maybe 15 bucks for a cheep anchor or nothing if you already have one and 5-10 bucks for a long length of small rope......pull it and itll bounce around in the water......

tie it to th front of the decoy and itll look like its feeding......

[ICEMAN]

Yep, I made a jerk cord for the dekes. Drop an anchor a ways out and tie a 1/4" bungee rope to it, come back half way and string four widgeon on it. Run the rest of the line to your blind. I then pull the dekes to the shore in front of my blind and stand on the bungee. If I have birds looking but not convinced, I lift my foot and let the birds scoot across the pond. Really a cool little dirty trick, and has worked a bit...give it a try...

The more bungee the better, it will pull and pull and pull..... I bought my bungee material at Harbor freight tools in the form of a brown truck cargo net. I untied the whole net and got about five really long brown/dark green bungees fgor under ten bucks....

[SilkWWU]

I think what I was looking for was more how Coast described it.  In fact it's brilliant.  I am stringing to drake mallards up hopefully this week.

Coast---you ready for the competition to start?

[General Disarray]

Flutterwing.... beats a jerk cord 100 to 1.  It amazes me that guys who duck hunt and spend $1200 because an SBEII is a "must have" and shoot Hevi-shot or Black cloud won't drop the money on the things that really count.  I shoot an 870 with $6 a box Estate 2-3/4" steel and blow a $15 Haydel's call but I hunt over good quality decoys(Columbia River Decoys) that cost me over $300 a dozen when I bought them and I use a Flutterwing($115). 

When was the last time you thought duck hunting was a bargain sport.

plus, a flutterwing is a hell of a lot easier to carry in than "heavy anchor" for a jerk cord.

Bring on the competition, we've got our two Fluttewings ready to go!

[bullcanyon]

I was thinking of buying a flutterwing.  You think they are the shiznit?  I guess positive feedback like yours might be what sways me.  How do you use yours?  Couple pulls right while they are circling?

Kris

[General Disarray]

It depends on the day.  Some birds want it spinning from the moment you spot them until they finish.  Other times they just want to see it on the corners after the initial approach. 

They work.

[ICEMAN]

Flutterwing huh.... might have to get me one of them.... it's just money...

Still love my widgeon trick though.... 


Silk, how are you retrieving birds in your walk in spot if you cannot get to your dekes easy...?

[SilkWWU]

As far as retrieving ducks, I am not hunting that spot until we get DeadDuck15 back from the new baby and his dog. 

Also, General.  Trust me when I say this, there is NO such thing as a Bargain Hunting sport and I think anyone on here knows it.  Regardless of whether or not it is an OMG must have, we are irrational hunters and love our sport to the degree of bankruptcy.   

The flutterwing huh?  I will have to look into that.

[Professor Chaos]

actually we have 3 now... overkill