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Offline David Y

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Socks on decoy heads?
« on: September 02, 2014, 04:59:02 PM »
Hey all….

I picked up a few decoys at a garage sale and a couple of them have the cuff part of a sock cut off and placed over their heads.  Anyone know why they would be covered like this? 

Thanks!

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Re: Socks on decoy heads?
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2014, 05:40:33 PM »
Were the heads flocked? If not maybe the guy was just trying to keep the heads looking good.

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Re: Socks on decoy heads?
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2014, 06:33:46 PM »
No flocked heads, they were kind of cheap dekes… just starters for me.  I thought it must have been some sort of secret decoy method I hadn't heard of yet!  But maybe he just didn't want the heads to fade or something….

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Re: Socks on decoy heads?
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2014, 06:55:08 PM »
That's a new one on me. Maybe the last owner was a falconer and is use to hooding his birds.

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Re: Socks on decoy heads?
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2014, 09:44:40 AM »
i used to use socks or old long sleeve shirt sleeves to protect the heads when they were thrown in a deke bag together. cheap insurance and good extra T.P. in a pinch:)
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Re: Socks on decoy heads?
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2014, 07:40:14 PM »
I've considered doing it to the dekes I Texas rig since they get banged around a lot but it was just never worth the trouble to me.


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Re: Socks on decoy heads?
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2014, 11:25:15 PM »
I use blk cotton socks on all the heads/necks of my flocked full body goose decoys and old t-shirts for the bodies. Trying to keep em nice for as long as possible.
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