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Heat Gun Decoys
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12/04/09 11:58 PM
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Dave Speer
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I wanted a little variety in my spread but was low on cash. Cappy's decoy paint jobs inspired me to add a little variety with paint, and then I got this idea. I turned this: into this: using this: Your mileage may vary. I will say I came awfully close to creating a hole in the decoy behind the neck while bending the plastic but I caught it just in time. If you try it, let me warn you about something I already knew from patching kayaks with plastic buckets: there is a very, very fine line between the plastic not being hot enough and then it suddenly caving in on itself. It worked well but I only did the one as that day I was busy getting decoys rigged for the opener and didn't have time to do any more.
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Re: Heat Gun Decoys
[Re: Dave Speer]
#1083068
12/05/09 12:13 AM
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Jeff Elder
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I use to cut there heads of and solder them back on. Just acted like it was metal and worked it like I was welding
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Re: Heat Gun Decoys
[Re: Jeff Elder]
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12/05/09 12:33 AM
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kdub
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Red Neck Genius. Take that Avery!
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Re: Heat Gun Decoys
[Re: kdub]
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12/05/09 02:25 AM
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nogeese
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man you huntin in key west?
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Re: Heat Gun Decoys
[Re: kdub]
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12/05/09 04:29 PM
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Texas Fight
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Red Neck Genius. Take that Avery!
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Re: Heat Gun Decoys
[Re: nogeese]
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12/05/09 04:55 PM
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Dave Speer
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man you huntin in key west? haha... that's my dirty pool. A chore that did not get done that day because gettin ready was more important!
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Re: Heat Gun Decoys
[Re: Dave Speer]
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12/05/09 05:52 PM
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TreeBass
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Re: Heat Gun Decoys
[Re: TreeBass]
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12/05/09 06:10 PM
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ishootspoonies
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im kinda diggin it. I wouldnt do that to my ghg gears, tho. I may dig around and see if i have any more cheap dekes to play with.
you should try to extend the head out a little, like the neck is stretched out, instead of just curled down.
I like spoonie, his humor is dryer than my duck lease.
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Re: Heat Gun Decoys
[Re: ishootspoonies]
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12/05/09 08:12 PM
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Dave Speer
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im kinda diggin it. I wouldnt do that to my ghg gears, tho. I may dig around and see if i have any more cheap dekes to play with.
you should try to extend the head out a little, like the neck is stretched out, instead of just curled down. Yeah I did this to el cheapies. You're right about the neck but if I pulled the head forward, there would need to be more material behind the head to keep from creating a hole in the plastic. Not too easy getting the excess plastic from under the neck back behind it!
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Re: Heat Gun Decoys
[Re: Dave Speer]
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12/05/09 09:20 PM
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Jeff Elder
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