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Postby flight control » Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:29 am

I've heard them called V or Y boards. I had a bunch of plywood scraps laying around and made myself a dozen GE,a dozen mergs and six squaw silhouettes. I built folding frames for them and I am pretty happy with the results. Thirty decoys take up less room in the boat than half a dozen GHG ge deeks.

Anybody else use these?
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Re: V boards

Postby NuffDaddy » Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:44 pm

flight control wrote:I've heard them called V or Y boards. I had a bunch of plywood scraps laying around and made myself a dozen GE,a dozen mergs and six squaw silhouettes. I built folding frames for them and I am pretty happy with the results. Thirty decoys take up less room in the boat than half a dozen GHG ge deeks.

Anybody else use these?

never used em but I've been wanting to get some made up. Got any pics of the ones you made?


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Re: V boards

Postby assateague » Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:59 pm

That's what I was going to ask- post up some pics of the process, if you don't mind.
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Re: V boards

Postby Eric Haynes » Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:00 pm

assateague wrote:That's what I was going to ask- post up some pics of the process, if you don't mind.

Maybe you could put them together with biscuits

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Re: V boards

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:07 pm

Or weld them.
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Re: V boards

Postby assateague » Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:49 pm

Whole lot of comedy around here. Wait until I invent my wood welder. I'll be an early retired rich bastard.
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Re: V boards

Postby Goldfish » Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:56 pm

You aren't getting any slack today

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Re: V boards

Postby assateague » Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:57 pm

No. No I'm not.
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Re: V boards

Postby assateague » Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:58 pm

I'm glad this forum exists, though. Because when I do finally kill a pintail, there will be a bold, large type, profanity-laden post put up. Probably about 7 of them, just to make sure nobody misses it.
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Re: V boards

Postby flight control » Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:31 pm

I don't have any pics, but I could take some next time I go to my dads house.AT, you would love these, cost me ~20$ to make 30 decoys. :D

I haven't figured out how to post pics from my phone yet either, and my laptop is dead
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Re: V boards

Postby assateague » Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:32 pm

I suspected that was the case. That's why I asked! :lol:
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Re: V boards

Postby flight control » Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:36 pm

Give me a few days and I'll try and make up a tutorial
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Re: V boards

Postby Eric Haynes » Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:55 pm

flight control wrote:I don't have any pics, but I could take some next time I go to my dads house.AT, you would love these, cost me ~20$ to make 30 decoys. :D

I haven't figured out how to post pics from my phone yet either, and my laptop is dead

Do they work on sprig? Just asking.

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Re: V boards

Postby assateague » Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:20 pm

Shut up, Eric.
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Re: V boards

Postby Eric Haynes » Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:23 pm

Oh come on. If they worked on sprig you would use them, wouldnt ya!

I dont have much room to talk. I've never shot a nice drake pin myself. They are never here very long, and when they are, Ive already switched to divers. Same thing goes for cans too

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Re: V boards

Postby Flightstopper » Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:31 pm

assateague wrote:I'm glad this forum exists, though. Because when I do finally kill a pintail, there will be a bold, large type, profanity-laden post put up. Probably about 7 of them, just to make sure nobody misses it.


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Re: V boards

Postby flight control » Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:51 pm

I've never shot a bull sprig either, don't think I've ever seen one. I did shoot a hen once, and I've seen three other hens get shot, but never a nice drake.
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Re: V boards

Postby Flightstopper » Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:04 pm

It's overrated anyways

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Re: V boards

Postby Eric Haynes » Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:05 pm

But we know certain people have never shot one in their lives, and it's funny :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Re: V boards

Postby assateague » Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:31 pm

I will kill one. And all you fuckers will pay.
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Re: V boards

Postby jehler » Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:40 pm

assateague wrote:I will kill one. And all you fuckers will pay.

You just found your Vegas bet, I'll personally give anybody 5:1 he doesn't shoot one next year.....
















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Re: V boards

Postby Eric Haynes » Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:41 pm

jehler wrote:
assateague wrote:I will kill one. And all you fuckers will pay.

You just found your Vegas bet, I'll personally give anybody 5:1 he doesn't shoot one next year.....
















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I'll go $1 on that

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Re: V boards

Postby assateague » Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:45 pm

I'd bet $100 I don't shoot one. Win-win.
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Re: V boards

Postby jehler » Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:46 pm

assateague wrote:I'd bet $100 I don't shoot one. Win-win.

You'd shoot one by mistake
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Re: V boards

Postby Flightstopper » Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:48 pm

jehler wrote:
assateague wrote:I'd bet $100 I don't shoot one. Win-win.

You'd shoot one by mistake


He'd pull up to shoot his black duck and drop the three hard dick bull sprigs behind it he didn't see
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Re: V boards

Postby flight control » Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:24 am

Ok, finaly figured out how to post pics from my phone. Here is a sample of what my V/Y boards look like.
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Hen GE
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drake GE
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Generic hen merg
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Squaw
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Arms deployed
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Folded up for transport
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Re: V boards

Postby assateague » Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:27 am

What are they made of?
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Re: V boards

Postby flight control » Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:32 am

The arms are 32" long, made from 3/4 x 1 1/4 spruce board and the "gearbox" as I've heard it called is a 7" square piece of plywood with two corners cut off. The silos are plywood scraps I had laying arround that I painted with acrylics.
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Re: V boards

Postby assateague » Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:39 am

What thivkness of plywood for the silos?
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Re: V boards

Postby flight control » Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:50 am

Mine are 1/4, but thicker would be more durable, altough bigger and heavier
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