bullet-proof decoys

[R Buker]

I suppose this is old news but I wanted to pass it along if others aren't doing it yet.

I hunt with a lot of different people and alot of those people don't seem to be able to time their shots to avoid hitting my decoys. Every year I'd have some that took too many bb's and start to sink. I was patching them with silicone but that lasted a year or two at best.

What I've done is to fill those that get shot with that canned expanding foam. It takes a little practice to know how much foam to put in them but when you get it right, you end up with a decoy that is literally bullet-proof. But, be warned that if you put too much in them, it will expand and split the decoy wide open.

If you need to carry your decoys in to your hunting area you may not want to do this as it does add some significant weight. But, now when I cripple a bird and it falls into the decoys, my guests can feel free to shoot at will and my decoys won't sink.

Hope this helps someone out there.

Randy

[Guest]

Rather than silicone, try goop.. it will not come off in a couple years, it will last the life of the decoy.

I cant tell you how many pellet holes I patch a year. I would rather get a couple holes in the decoys than lose cripples that fall in the decoys.

Goop works good and doesnt turn your decoys into bricks.

[R Buker]

I'm able to leave my decoys in the water full time. I certainly don't mind the weight and patching holes with goop or silicone or anything else would be a never ending battle. The foam makes them trouble free from that point on.

[ChuckN]

You are absolutely right R Buker, I've foamed the inside of my deks too and it works great. I've also done goop too if I don't have any expando foam around.

Great tips for those shot up deks.

[gethanet]

goop works good also I put some jb weld on a couple about 5 years ago and it still looks like the day I put it on. Jb holds paint better too.

[WALLEYENUTZ]

buy herters, they are already foam

[wyldewal]

I've saved a few dekes from the trash by foaming them My buddys thought they were beyond hope. Some of them had holes the size of quarters. (I don't know were they came from )

The foam worked well but it does add some wieght. This is not much of an issue because my decoys stay in the boat when I'm not hunting.