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I've always wanted to try one of those Higdon Pulsators.
Are they not worth a crap as far as shooting water up?
Grossly overpriced in my opinion,...but what isn't anymore?

I wondered the same thing. They look good enough to try. I got 2 of the wonder ducks and am pleased with them. Only prob is in rice field with the water so shallow they hang up some. You gotta clean out a spot and just keep it there

Flightstopper wrote:

Steele22 wrote:I made one 3 years ago. It's still going good, but I caulked the shit out of it where I cut the shaft. Took and bent rebar into a triangle. Put a decoy one the 3 points and welded a straight piece across it to mount the trolling motor head too. Just attached it with metal bands. I'll get a pic up if you wanna see it

I'd like to see it, have some ideas in mind but need the motor in hand to figure out the rest.

Why not just buy a mallard machine? I got mine for $160.00 several years ago and it works great on just about everything. I've noticed it will bump a nervous bullsprig if he's on final approach but other than that it's been great in the rice.

Bootlipkiller wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:

Steele22 wrote:I made one 3 years ago. It's still going good, but I caulked the shit out of it where I cut the shaft. Took and bent rebar into a triangle. Put a decoy one the 3 points and welded a straight piece across it to mount the trolling motor head too. Just attached it with metal bands. I'll get a pic up if you wanna see it

I'd like to see it, have some ideas in mind but need the motor in hand to figure out the rest.

Why not just buy a mallard machine? I got mine for $160.00 several years ago and it works great on just about everything. I've noticed it will bump a nervous bullsprig if he's on final approach but other than that it's been great in the rice.

and on the Eel!

AKPirate wrote:

Bootlipkiller wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:

Steele22 wrote:I made one 3 years ago. It's still going good, but I caulked the shit out of it where I cut the shaft. Took and bent rebar into a triangle. Put a decoy one the 3 points and welded a straight piece across it to mount the trolling motor head too. Just attached it with metal bands. I'll get a pic up if you wanna see it

I'd like to see it, have some ideas in mind but need the motor in hand to figure out the rest.

Why not just buy a mallard machine? I got mine for $160.00 several years ago and it works great on just about everything. I've noticed it will bump a nervous bullsprig if he's on final approach but other than that it's been great in the rice.

and on the Eel!

The eel breaks everything! Robo ducks and spirits!

Bootlipkiller wrote:

AKPirate wrote:

Bootlipkiller wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:

Steele22 wrote:I made one 3 years ago. It's still going good, but I caulked the shit out of it where I cut the shaft. Took and bent rebar into a triangle. Put a decoy one the 3 points and welded a straight piece across it to mount the trolling motor head too. Just attached it with metal bands. I'll get a pic up if you wanna see it

I'd like to see it, have some ideas in mind but need the motor in hand to figure out the rest.

Why not just buy a mallard machine? I got mine for $160.00 several years ago and it works great on just about everything. I've noticed it will bump a nervous bullsprig if he's on final approach but other than that it's been great in the rice.

and on the Eel!

The eel breaks everything! Robo ducks and spirits!

yep

But look how happy I was just to be there. I wonder if that empty box of blackcloud had something to do with the ducks not being there.

Bootlipkiller wrote:But look how happy I was just to be there. I wonder if that empty box of blackcloud had something to do with the ducks not being there.

The liquor came out soon after you didn't care about getting behind brush

I hunt my ass off at home, I was there for the party!

Bootlipkiller wrote:I hunt my ass off at home, I was there for the party!

Mike and I were too, we are going to have even more characters there this year

AKPirate wrote:

Bootlipkiller wrote:I hunt my ass off at home, I was there for the party!

Mike and I were too, we are going to have even more characters there this year

If the butt plug comes out numbers may diminish. My safe word is going to be kwickfish this year.

Bootlipkiller wrote:

AKPirate wrote:

Bootlipkiller wrote:I hunt my ass off at home, I was there for the party!

Mike and I were too, we are going to have even more characters there this year

If the butt plug comes out numbers may diminish. My safe word is going to be kwickfish this year.

I am pretty sure Jehler will top that again

Duckdog wrote:I've always wanted to try one of those Higdon Pulsators.
Are they not worth a crap as far as shooting water up?
Grossly overpriced in my opinion,...but what isn't anymore?

If you look around on the Internet, you'll find plenty of help on building one yourself. Not worth a flip in my "mudhole" pothole because the bilge pump jams with humus PDQ. But my beefs with them in cleaner water are the lack of ability to shut them off at will and the little fountain they pump doesn't show well at a distance, which is where I find such attractors generally most useful.

Bootlipkiller wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:

Steele22 wrote:I made one 3 years ago. It's still going good, but I caulked the shit out of it where I cut the shaft. Took and bent rebar into a triangle. Put a decoy one the 3 points and welded a straight piece across it to mount the trolling motor head too. Just attached it with metal bands. I'll get a pic up if you wanna see it

I'd like to see it, have some ideas in mind but need the motor in hand to figure out the rest.

Why not just buy a mallard machine? I got mine for $160.00 several years ago and it works great on just about everything. I've noticed it will bump a nervous bullsprig if he's on final approach but other than that it's been great in the rice.

I'm on my second Mallard Machine - after deciding I wasn't going to replace the first when it croaked. That decision lasted maybe a week, as I found I missed heck out of having something, anything to help combat the still-life effect of the spread on dead calm mornings. Way too much sludge in my pond to operate the manual decoy trolly I'd found more effective in rice or any kind of jerk cord submerged enough not to mess the dog up, for that matter. So I bought another.

But calm morning or not, my jerk cord/dipping duck experience seems to buck the norm, because I find them very easy to overdo with big ducks looking directly at the spread. Never mind the Darwin award winners that would land in the middle of a hydroplane race, I'm speaking of survivors with PhDs tucked under each wing. I want to kill them all, and too much of a good thing can get in the way of that. Only time I'll bump the MM much when something's approaching the rig is to try to tease ringnecks that know and would otherwise skirt it into tripping up or to put teal "right there," when a whirligig won't.

I normally bump mine when the bird is making a turn out away from the blind

Rick wrote:

Bootlipkiller wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:

Steele22 wrote:I made one 3 years ago. It's still going good, but I caulked the **** out of it where I cut the shaft. Took and bent rebar into a triangle. Put a decoy one the 3 points and welded a straight piece across it to mount the trolling motor head too. Just attached it with metal bands. I'll get a pic up if you wanna see it

I'd like to see it, have some ideas in mind but need the motor in hand to figure out the rest.

Why not just buy a mallard machine? I got mine for $160.00 several years ago and it works great on just about everything. I've noticed it will bump a nervous bullsprig if he's on final approach but other than that it's been great in the rice.

I'm on my second Mallard Machine - after deciding I wasn't going to replace the first when it croaked. That decision lasted maybe a week, as I found I missed heck out of having something, anything to help combat the still-life effect of the spread on dead calm mornings. Way too much sludge in my pond to operate the manual decoy trolly I'd found more effective in rice or any kind of jerk cord submerged enough not to mess the dog up, for that matter. So I bought another.

But calm morning or not, my jerk cord/dipping duck experience seems to buck the norm, because I find them very easy to overdo with big ducks looking directly at the spread. Never mind the Darwin award winners that would land in the middle of a hydroplane race, I'm speaking of survivors with PhDs tucked under each wing. I want to kill them all, and too much of a good thing can get in the way of that. Only time I'll bump the MM much when something's approaching the rig is to try to tease ringnecks that know and would otherwise skirt it into tripping up or to put teal "right there," when a whirligig won't.

You've got that right Rick , with ease of relocating a jerkline and making it more inviting , also with the ability to activate
it at the right time has its rewards !

3200 Man wrote: You've got that right Rick , with ease of relocating a jerkline and making it more inviting , also with the ability to activate
it at the right time has its rewards !

Rub being motion on both ends of the line.

Bootlipkiller wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:

Steele22 wrote:I made one 3 years ago. It's still going good, but I caulked the shit out of it where I cut the shaft. Took and bent rebar into a triangle. Put a decoy one the 3 points and welded a straight piece across it to mount the trolling motor head too. Just attached it with metal bands. I'll get a pic up if you wanna see it

I'd like to see it, have some ideas in mind but need the motor in hand to figure out the rest.

Why not just buy a mallard machine? I got mine for $160.00 several years ago and it works great on just about everything. I've noticed it will bump a nervous bullsprig if he's on final approach but other than that it's been great in the rice.

A free trolling motor head and most other parts I need will be laying around here. Big price difference in virtually free to $160

getting the pond planted

Going back to that blind in the video Wednesday. That's where mine is. I'll put pics up then

Crew seems to have an attitude problem. Might want to add more beer.

Lol. Yea at that point we had a disc break got our ass soaked with a storm and were completely outta beer. Which sucked

Just broke out the dremel for my next crack at toneboard cutting. Could go south quick...

Flightstopper wrote:

Bootlipkiller wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:

Steele22 wrote:I made one 3 years ago. It's still going good, but I caulked the shit out of it where I cut the shaft. Took and bent rebar into a triangle. Put a decoy one the 3 points and welded a straight piece across it to mount the trolling motor head too. Just attached it with metal bands. I'll get a pic up if you wanna see it

I'd like to see it, have some ideas in mind but need the motor in hand to figure out the rest.

Why not just buy a mallard machine? I got mine for $160.00 several years ago and it works great on just about everything. I've noticed it will bump a nervous bullsprig if he's on final approach but other than that it's been great in the rice.

A free trolling motor head and most other parts I need will be laying around here. Big price difference in virtually free to $160

But I thought you couldn't find a free trolling motor head? Hence the (looking for one and not being able to find one).

Bootlipkiller wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:

Bootlipkiller wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:

Steele22 wrote:I made one 3 years ago. It's still going good, but I caulked the shit out of it where I cut the shaft. Took and bent rebar into a triangle. Put a decoy one the 3 points and welded a straight piece across it to mount the trolling motor head too. Just attached it with metal bands. I'll get a pic up if you wanna see it

I'd like to see it, have some ideas in mind but need the motor in hand to figure out the rest.

Why not just buy a mallard machine? I got mine for $160.00 several years ago and it works great on just about everything. I've noticed it will bump a nervous bullsprig if he's on final approach but other than that it's been great in the rice.

A free trolling motor head and most other parts I need will be laying around here. Big price difference in virtually free to $160

But I thought you couldn't find a free trolling motor head? Hence the (looking for one and not being able to find one).

Grandpa has one sitting in his garage I'm going to use. It's somewhere jumbled in the quotes saying that.

Must have missed that, I was busy trying to catch a fish earlier.

Bootlipkiller wrote:Must have missed that, I was busy trying to catch a fish earlier.

I take it the pink meat still eludes you?

Rick wrote:Just broke out the dremel for my next crack at toneboard cutting. Could go south quick...

To me, that's the beauty of a Dremel- if you're gonna fuck something up, at least you do it quickly. Nothing worse than spending an hour doing something by hand in small degrees and then messing it up. With the Dremel, the damage is usury done within a minute

assateague wrote: With the Dremel, the damage is usury done within a minute

You phone reverted to Chinaman mode again.

assateague wrote:

Rick wrote:Just broke out the dremel for my next crack at toneboard cutting. Could go south quick...

To me, that's the beauty of a Dremel- if you're gonna fuck something up, at least you do it quickly.

And I did.