Spent the day making some silhouettes....

[rubberdown]

I have spent a small fortune this year and last getting gear for duck and goose hunting, so I decided to make some silhouettes myself rather than buying them. I made 17 all together (16 pictured) out of that white corrugated plastic and then made templets for the spray paint. I think they turned out okay and I sure hope they help fill my limited spread. What do you guys think???

 

[Hoakster]

Very impressive.
You have way more talent and patience than I'll ever have.

 

[Sherlock Gnomes]

Very nice... I spent the day shooting 300 yards .... Ahhhhh the smell of gunpowder... Very nice work

 

[jlovie]

Looks great, I was thinking of doing something similar. I made about a dozen decoys out of black pipe and plywood last year, here's the link if you're curious.

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/853401-My-DIY-goose-decoys

I've had good luck with them and will be making more when I get my hands on some more pipe. Did you download templates or make your own?

 

[rubberdown]

The only talent I had for this project was the ability to draw my templet's in a CAD program and get them laser cut out of steel. I grabbed pictures on line and did the CAD drawings and scaled them to the approximate sizes of what they are when you buy them. Then the feathers are also drawn from someone elses home made silhouette and I added it to my profile templates. The had part was waiting for the paints to dry so I could spray the following colors LOL.

Heres the steel templet's and the cutouts before paint

 

[rubberdown]

Looks great, I was thinking of doing something similar. I made about a dozen decoys out of black pipe and plywood last year, here's the link if you're curious.

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/853401-My-DIY-goose-decoys

I've had good luck with them and will be making more when I get my hands on some more pipe. Did you download templates or make your own?

Thats pretty cool too dude, good idea.

 

[the spank]

Look good to me even without the feather detail. By the time the birds are close enough to see feather detail they should be in full retreat with the sound of gunfire going off!!

 

[mrgoat]

I have made lots of silhouettes over the years and those look very good. The paint job is good but what I really like is shape. Only 4 alert birds with the long necks the rest are relaxed. There always has to be a few long necked alert decoys but the vast majority should be of a relaxed nature, feeding, resting, sleeping, and in my opinion your silhouette shapes have depicted those shapes very well. Always just painted mine flat black, so your paint job is very fancy in comparison.

 

[Shade1]

You did an awesome job forsure Ive done probly 3 dozen but not to that extent with the paint job they do work well only issue ive found is ther not real sturdy when trying to push into this frozen alberta ground . Which I turn does a number on the hole for the stake but all in all their great
good luck with your hunts
Cheers