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Making silhouette goose decoys

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#1 ·
I thought I might try making some silhouette goose decoys out of plywood, but can't find full size patterns. I know I can download some, but my printer won't go that big. Is there somewhere I can buy a full size pattern?
 
#5 ·
Get ahold of Big Al's decoys. THey will send you a free sample of a silo, then trace it. Or just buy some bigs Al's, they are cheap and effective.

Honestly that would be the way to go, buy a Dozen from Big Al and trace out another couple dozen that way you get a bunch of different stances.
 
#6 ·
Get ahold of Big Al's decoys. THey will send you a free sample of a silo, then trace it. Or just buy some bigs Al's, they are cheap and effective.

Honestly that would be the way to go, buy a Dozen from Big Al and trace out another couple dozen that way you get a bunch of different stances.
Sounds like the right plan. I should have bought at least one at the sports show and used it as a pattern. How do I find Big Al? Google?
 
#14 ·
I use to make them out of a real thin plywood. Four basic colors were white,black,dark brown and light brown. Don't need a bunch of detail. Get the black head and white patch right. I use to hunt them by Mosquito refuge. They would fly off the ponds across the road to my spread. They were already in shooting range when they would fly by me. The magnet to get them to come was a couple of small black balloons sprayed with a touch brown paint tied off with fishing line. That movement was like a magnet. This was great for pass shooting but I could never get a flock to commit and land. Most of the time it was too late for them though :)
 
#16 ·
The only disclaimer I have about Big Al's when I use to run them was they give off a terrible shine in sunlight. we had to spray a light coat of flat spray paint in order to help remove some shine
 
#17 ·
I'm bumping this back to the top. When you use silhouettes is that all you need or do you still need some real decoys. I was going to try to make some and just found this thread. I am new to this game and dont want to spend a small fortune to get started.
 
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