A template screwed down to a few roughly trimmed layouts, then throw it on a router table with a flush trim bit. Gets multiples done quickly, precise and if you are smart with your screw holes they should be in the right spot for your ground spikes to go in to.
Really curious how many birds you've shot over those decoys? I'm in the process of building some foam and burlap duck decoys, definitely making some of these next. This is my first year hunting waterfowl and I'm hooked!
Honestly, these have seen limited duty. Since I built them two years ago, NY state messed with our daily limits. The regular season and late season daily limit in my area and most of the state is 1 goose/day which makes it hardly worth the effort. Our early September season limit is still good, but we usually hunt ponds in September because few, if any, corn fields are cut by then. I use them to supplement my full body decoys and build numbers. Under the right conditions, the silhouettes alone will get geese to finish.
I do think that would work. The most important thing is to seal the laminated edges well when you're priming and painting and to store them in a dry place.
I have a video about my stakes. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-P-WB8mccsXQ.html The material comes from Home Depot and Lowe's. Additionally, I have been doing one of the improvements suggested in the comments of flattening the end into a blade.
The brush-on brown was a shade I picked from a color selector at the paint store and they mixed for me. I don't know the particular color. The spray-on brown was Rust-Oleum Camouflage Earth Brown. The black and white were just el cheapo flat black and flat white. I hope this helps.
They do but like anything else in hunting, nothing is automatic. There are a lot of other factors involved, some you have control of and some you don’t. I use them to supplement my full body decoys and build numbers. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. Under the right conditions, the silhouettes alone will get geese to finish.
