Going TOO far???

[Rutin]

I've officially lost my mind I think.... With gaining access to a primo spot on the lake by my house and hearing about the mass amount of divers that come in late season I got to looking around and realized I HAVE NO DIVER DECOYS!!! So I went out to the barn and got some old carry lites that I had laying around and did a little transformation. I also picked some old Herters up out of the barn with the intention to burlap and repaint them as divers but I just cant bring myself to do it..... Sooooo I'm going to try and make my own decoys to hunt over this year!!! Crazy.... yes! Insane..... yes! rewarding if it actually works.... YES!!! How cool would it be to kill birds over decoys you made by hand??? Well I think it would be awesome so I'm going to give it a try. I'm currently working on two teal dekes to get a feel for the work I have ahead of me. Here's some pics of the progress so far:

Before: Carry lite Mallards



Halfway:



Done:

 

[Rutin]

Here's the Herters I just cant seem to mess with....



Cut from a 1" piece of foam that was 2'x2'

Rough cut:



Semi final draft on foam:

 

[Longdraw]

Just invite me and you won't need any decoys,that day

 

[bowhunter1023]

Never TOO far for a passion!!!

 

[Curran]

Just invite me and you won't need any decoys,that day

Pick me up on your way through. :smiley_boogie:

 

[Rutin]

Just invite me and you won't need any decoys,that day

Honestly after seeing your post on burlapping and repainting I'm going down the same road! I'm looking at molds and eps beads now to start making legit deke bodies. I get way to carried away with stuff sometimes but I'm enjoying it. I def need a nice spread like the one you built!

 

[Rutin]

Pick me up on your way through. :smiley_boogie:

This will prob be a spot I will have one of the late season hunts I posted about earlier in the year. Def would like to get some guys together for a good shoot.

 

[bowhunter1023]

Have gun, will travel.

 

[Mao]

Those look good! We did something similar but ours did not turn out nearly as nice.

 

[Curran]

Honestly after seeing your post on burlapping and repainting I'm going down the same road! I'm looking at molds and eps beads now to start making legit deke bodies. I get way to carried away with stuff sometimes but I'm enjoying it. I def need a nice spread like the one you built!

When you get to that point let me know, I can help point you in the right direction. I've made a couple like that.

 

[Carpn]

Nice man !

 

[Archertl]

nice work. you cant ever go to far if it is something you enjoy and save some money.

 

[matt hougan]

If you don't use the herters I'll buy'm

 

[Rutin]

Def keeping the Herters just not going to burlap and paint them. Thanks tho