need some help with my decoy fan

demoIL · 06-23-2008, 07:17 PM

Well while hunting this year my real fan for my b-mobile got soaked. The feathers are curling up on the edges and have pulled apart to leave a space on one side. Is there some trick to getting the feathers straight again?

I'll post a pic but I'm not sure it's close enough to see what I'm talking about..

Any ideas?

RIStrutStopper · 06-24-2008, 11:46 AM

I wouldn't worry about the space. I'm sure that fan would be just as effective as it was before, but you might try steaming it to see if that helps any.

SouthernStrut56 · 06-24-2008, 09:12 PM

I agree with RI, this won't make the decoy less effective.No need for it to be perfect. There's plenty of turkeys in the wild with some really messed up fans.When a turkey spots any part of those real feathers,he'll more than likely want a closer look, BUT not always. And sometimes, you don't even need the decoy, just putting a full fan out on a stake in the right spot can pull one in close enough for a shot, BUT not always.Here's a great example of an UGLY fan fromone I got this year, hadalmost half his tail feathers missing......no I didn't shoot them off,he was just downright ugly!haha How many did you end up with RI, 3? You had a great season! We gave em a good run!

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w131/SouthernStrut56/DSCN0110.jpg

RIStrutStopper · 06-24-2008, 09:43 PM

My season was kinda slow, but I did score on my last two times out. Kinda made up for it. We didn't do half bad though. Gotta let someone else win now and again, lol.

demoIL · 06-27-2008, 09:07 PM

Wow, his fan is in pretty bad shape.. Never seen one quite that bad.. He's got a really nice beard on him though..

AndI realize it don't need to be perfect, guess I just wanted to try and get it back to the way it was. Would like it to look nice for for myself I suppose.. I shot an eastern with a super nice fan this year but I decided to mount the fan/beard on a plaque vs: using it for a decoy fan..

Thanks for the replies..

JW · 06-29-2008, 07:09 AM

Mine looks the same - comes from folding it up. I don't worry about it though just as the ohers have told you.

Or

You could replace a feather or two.

Remeber all when you asemble this not all tail feathers are the same size. Out side edges as not as long as center feathers.

JW