A couple of weeks ago after our decoy thread on this page, I had forgotton about a jake moblie decoy I recieved last Valentines day as a gift from an old Girlfriend. Since then I purchased a fan retrofit piece from Primos, where you could install real feathers. Anyway this weekend was horrible whether wise and I decided to take it out of the box and spruce it up. I had a jake decoy in the freezer and I plucked the tail feathers out. Then I hot glued the smaller feathers to the larger tail feathers. I think it turned out good. I know it sounds funny, but I still may not use it. I'll just have to see. This year having some private ground to hunt may sway me in the direction to use him.
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looks pretty good. :icon_thumright:
I use the real feathers from a jake in my B-mobile and they work great, wet weather is hard on them though, looks good man, use it.
Looks like my Jake Mobile but you did a much better job, :z-winnersmiley: Use it Shane!! Esp. the first few wks. of the season. You'll be blown away at how well they work. I don't use a hen with mine and I always turn it facing away from where I think is the most likely place for my gobbler to come from. I use a wing nut with mine to make it set up real quick and I usually just carry it made up if I know I'll hear something at dawn to use it on.
I didn't have if with me the other day because it was going to be so windy and I won't carry it on my bike this wk. but will take it if we go in the buggy.
Looks good man :icon_thumright: I did the same thing for my B-Mobile when I got it and I know it took a lot of work to do that! Some just use the tail feathers but I used the extra feathers in front of them to make it more real like you. It didn't take long for it to get roughed up so I got tired of B-Mobile and I got the Flambeau King Strut. You can use a dried tail fan so it makes it easier when it comes to making one at least. As long as you kill a bird or get someone to give you a tail fan. You make think about transporting the fan but thats where the tailsaver comes in. Bought one at the national convention a few years ago so I could tote my fans in the woods.