Post by Ron Kulas on Aug 20, 2014 4:29:18 GMT -6
I've long enjoyed decoying deer with 3 life sized decoys.
It's fun and adds another level of satisfaction to my bowhunting but at the same time it was for work and more stuff to haul in and out of the woods. I still plan to use the full sized decoys during the rut but this year I am making a lighter and more portable decoy again using the tail wager device.
This decoy is a 2D decoy since its not a full 3D. Its just the rear end. Im built it out of scrap lumber I had in the shop and the leftover paint from making last other decoys. Here are a few early pictures of the construction.
It bought some fiberglass driveway marking poles and painted them black and drilled a couple holes in the decoy. The tail wager will want to cause some imbalance making the decoy want to trip forward so the poles will hold it up and help on windy days too. Here I have the poles and tail wager installed. But you can also just lean it against a tree.
Then I made a housing for the battery pack and painted the decoy with the same light brown I used on other decoys and then sprayed white highlights in all the white hair areas. The motion tails is made by Come Alive "Tail wager". Here is a link.
tail-wagger.com/product/tail-wagger-deer-decoy-motion-kit-fur-tail/
The finished deer butt without motion.
And here is a video of the tail swishing. Total weight with motor and battery pack is 7 pounds.
It's fun and adds another level of satisfaction to my bowhunting but at the same time it was for work and more stuff to haul in and out of the woods. I still plan to use the full sized decoys during the rut but this year I am making a lighter and more portable decoy again using the tail wager device.
This decoy is a 2D decoy since its not a full 3D. Its just the rear end. Im built it out of scrap lumber I had in the shop and the leftover paint from making last other decoys. Here are a few early pictures of the construction.
It bought some fiberglass driveway marking poles and painted them black and drilled a couple holes in the decoy. The tail wager will want to cause some imbalance making the decoy want to trip forward so the poles will hold it up and help on windy days too. Here I have the poles and tail wager installed. But you can also just lean it against a tree.
Then I made a housing for the battery pack and painted the decoy with the same light brown I used on other decoys and then sprayed white highlights in all the white hair areas. The motion tails is made by Come Alive "Tail wager". Here is a link.
tail-wagger.com/product/tail-wagger-deer-decoy-motion-kit-fur-tail/
The finished deer butt without motion.
And here is a video of the tail swishing. Total weight with motor and battery pack is 7 pounds.