As most of my friends on this forum know, I bought a couple of really nice decoys before the season started. Today was there first test. Just so all of you know, these decoys blow up and get firm. They are almost like a basketball. The first thing I told my sweet wife, don't shoot my new decoys. Bird comes out,runs straight to breeder hen and tries to mount decoy. Wife gets excited.(not sure if it was the long beard or the breeding that excited her. Needless to say,she shot the $hit out of my new hen. Here is where the ideas come in to play. Decoy won't hold air anymore due to 4 or 5 #6 size holes in the rubber decoy. How would you try to seal these holes. I was thinking if I could get some "tire slime" inside, That might seal leaks. My neighbor says to trim down some "tire plugs" and try to plug the bird like a car tire. Any other ideas out there guys?
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Wonder if tire sealer would work. That emergency tire repair you pump in a tire on the highway and it blows it up and seals it. But may not be able to take it down
i know this isnt what are asking for ..but my thoughts are ...trash it and go with a decoy that you dont have to air up...
this is the classic reason i hate those kind..
strum wrote:i know this isnt what are asking for ..but my thoughts are ...trash it and go with a decoy that you dont have to air up...
this is the classic reason i hate those kind..
X2 my buddy has a twitchy trigger finger since he ran it through a jointer. All my decoys have his mark. On them.
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How about making a bladder for it with a beach ball of a similar size, they're pretty cheap too. You can put a slit large enough to fit the ball, then blow it up once it's in side. The decoys only need enough air to maintain their shape.
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Try "Goop", the shoe sole repair stuff. I use it on waders all the time. Sticks well and seals...it is tough and waterproof.
I used to hunt with a friend who couldn't resist shooting the Flambeau type duck decoys. (He claims they were accidents). After draining them overnight we would use clear silicone caulk. (like bath and tub sealer) That worked reasonably well, but the plastic in those decoys is more rigid.
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