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V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:29 amby flight control
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?
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:44 pmby NuffDaddy
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
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:59 pmby assateague
That's what I was going to ask- post up some pics of the process, if you don't mind.
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:00 pmby Eric Haynes
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
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:07 pmby DeadEye_Dan
Or weld them.
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:49 pmby assateague
Whole lot of comedy around here. Wait until I invent my wood welder. I'll be an early retired rich bastard.
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:56 pmby Goldfish
You aren't getting any slack today
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Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:57 pmby assateague
No. No I'm not.
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:58 pmby assateague
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.
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:31 pmby flight control
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.
I haven't figured out how to post pics from my phone yet either, and my laptop is dead
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:32 pmby assateague
I suspected that was the case. That's why I asked!
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:36 pmby flight control
Give me a few days and I'll try and make up a tutorial
Not hard to make really.
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:55 pmby Eric Haynes
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.
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
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:20 pmby assateague
Shut up, Eric.
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:23 pmby Eric Haynes
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
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:31 pmby Flightstopper
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.
LOL!
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:51 pmby flight control
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.
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:04 pmby Flightstopper
It's overrated anyways
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Ah never mind it's fucking great
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:05 pmby Eric Haynes
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:31 pmby assateague
I will kill one. And all you fuckers will pay.
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:40 pmby jehler
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.....
#notreallybutwouldifiwasntbroke
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:41 pmby Eric Haynes
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.....
#notreallybutwouldifiwasntbroke
I'll go $1 on that
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Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:45 pmby assateague
I'd bet $100 I don't shoot one. Win-win.
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:46 pmby jehler
assateague wrote:I'd bet $100 I don't shoot one. Win-win.
You'd shoot one by mistake
Re: V boards
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:48 pmby Flightstopper
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
Re: V boards
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Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:24 amby flight control
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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Side view of the works
Re: V boards
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Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:27 amby assateague
What are they made of?
Re: V boards
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Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:32 amby flight control
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.
Re: V boards
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Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:39 amby assateague
What thivkness of plywood for the silos?
Re: V boards
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Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:50 amby flight control
Mine are 1/4, but thicker would be more durable, altough bigger and heavier
