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Windy as heck today so I flock.

By the way... those flambeaus...that model is the best decoy ever made from plastic imo. The 1980's version.

Post of pictures as you go along. I've often wondered if flocking really matters all that much.

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Olly wrote:Post of pictures as you go along. I've often wondered if flocking really matters all that much.

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I always believed ducks were brightly colored so other ducks could see them better. Exagerate the white parts because white stands out in the field. A bird watcher taught me that is how they spot tiny birds is by looking for white.

Wire brushed them. The bed pan is to collect and recycle the overspray. Applying with the ketchup bottle after painting the area with proper color. Re doing one old beat up one that I did three yrs ago. Took a beating this season.

Did one side so u can see difference.
Fifteen miniutes later I have one head done. I hope the guys I got pissy with about shooting them understand why now. Its a lot of work getting to be that purty.

The front one only has one coat. Two is better as u will c.
It gets faster...

But one little problem.....

So many.....

Just noticed that some of them baggies look like they might have something in them. It is brown flocking. OK?

aunt betty wrote:The front one only has one coat. Two is better as u will c.

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It gets faster...

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But one little problem.....

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So many.....

lookin good. Good luck...looks like you got a long day ahead of ya.


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aunt betty wrote:Just noticed that some of them baggies look like they might have something in them. It is brown flocking. OK?

I believe you.


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aunt betty wrote:Just noticed that some of them baggies look like they might have something in them. It is brown flocking. OK?

Lol! Was just coming to check

I'm going really slow. Warming up to the process. The goal is two dozen flocked decoys that are all that style.
I have a dozen of the earlier model of Flambeaus done already. They just need tuned up from being used last season.


Three dozen of these babies is plenty in a timber-hole. They glow when compared to other non-flocked dekes.
I'm using those second generation Flambeaus because they are taller and catch more wind. I've watched these same decoys for years and trust me...them taller ones move 3-5 times as much with the gentlest breeze. That's why I grab every single one I see when I find lost decoys floating around in the woods. I let others go but NOT that particular model of Flambeau.

Here's the older ones... I painted some to look like bluebills.
Haven't noticed all my decoys are water-keels yet. I walk-in hunted for many years, got good at tossing them, and when I got my boat kept using them. I can throw out 3 dozen and have only 2 or 3 upside down. Sometimes none.

Up close. After flocking.

See whats going on here???

aunt betty wrote:See whats going on here???

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waterswatt???


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Prolonging the inevitable?

Fixed a hole. It will prolong the inevitable, yes.
Made home-made sausage gravy and biscuits for dinner. I'm too fat to flock.
Tune in tomorrow and I'll finish flocking the flock.

Good flocking job.

aunt betty wrote:By the way... those flambeaus...that model is the best decoy ever made from plastic imo. The 1980's version.

I threw away almost 100 of those cheap bastards about 10 years ago, hated them to much to give them away, didn't want the bad karma

jehler wrote:

aunt betty wrote:By the way... those flambeaus...that model is the best decoy ever made from plastic imo. The 1980's version.

I threw away almost 100 of those cheap bastards about 10 years ago, hated them to much to give them away, didn't want the bad karma

They are indeed the worst ever made.

3legged_lab wrote:

jehler wrote:

aunt betty wrote:By the way... those flambeaus...that model is the best decoy ever made from plastic imo. The 1980's version.

I threw away almost 100 of those cheap bastards about 10 years ago, hated them to much to give them away, didn't want the bad karma

They are indeed the worst ever made.

Strom fronts and ghg are worse, 2 of the least durable out of the newer model decoys.

rebelp74 wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

jehler wrote:

aunt betty wrote:By the way... those flambeaus...that model is the best decoy ever made from plastic imo. The 1980's version.

I threw away almost 100 of those cheap bastards about 10 years ago, hated them to much to give them away, didn't want the bad karma

They are indeed the worst ever made.

Strom fronts and ghg are worse, 2 of the least durable out of the newer model decoys.

X1000

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rebelp74 wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

jehler wrote:

aunt betty wrote:By the way... those flambeaus...that model is the best decoy ever made from plastic imo. The 1980's version.

I threw away almost 100 of those cheap bastards about 10 years ago, hated them to much to give them away, didn't want the bad karma

They are indeed the worst ever made.

Strom fronts and ghg are worse, 2 of the least durable out of the newer model decoys.

Bukaki. I have been beating the piss out of my hot buys for the last 6 years and I would still take them over a truck load of brand new flamblows.

3legged_lab wrote:

rebelp74 wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

jehler wrote:

aunt betty wrote:By the way... those flambeaus...that model is the best decoy ever made from plastic imo. The 1980's version.

I threw away almost 100 of those cheap bastards about 10 years ago, hated them to much to give them away, didn't want the bad karma

They are indeed the worst ever made.

Strom fronts and ghg are worse, 2 of the least durable out of the newer model decoys.

Bukaki. I have been beating the piss out of my hot buys for the last 6 years and I would still take them over a truck load of brand new flamblows.

You don't put them in slotted bags do you? I'll take g&h and dakota over all of them. I texas rig, put out/pick up a ton of decoys each hunt, and am brutal on them.

rebelp74 wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

rebelp74 wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

jehler wrote:[quote="aunt betty"]By the way... those flambeaus...that model is the best decoy ever made from plastic imo. The 1980's version.

I threw away almost 100 of those cheap bastards about 10 years ago, hated them to much to give them away, didn't want the bad karma

They are indeed the worst ever made.

Strom fronts and ghg are worse, 2 of the least durable out of the newer model decoys.

Bukaki. I have been beating the piss out of my hot buys for the last 6 years and I would still take them over a truck load of brand new flamblows.

You don't put them in slotted bags do you? I'll take g&h and dakota over all of them. I texas rig, put out/pick up a ton of decoys each hunt, and am brutal on them.[/quote]
I said they are HOT BUYS, did the part where I said "beat the piss out of" go over your head?

You never know with some people.

3legged_lab wrote:I said they are HOT BUYS, did the part where I said "beat the piss out of" go over your head?

he must be short, it's always happening

rebelp74 wrote:You never know with some people.

Haha.
I'm only cautious with my goose decoys because they are so damned expensive.

3legged_lab wrote:

rebelp74 wrote:You never know with some people.

Haha.
I'm only cautious with my goose decoys because they are so damned expensive.

Same here, at $400 a dozen you almost have to be. The only decoys I bag are full bodies.

I'm too cheap to buy good goose decoys. I got a doz old flambous I spend $70 on. Gets me buy.


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