Been seeing some of the "Reaping" videos on youtube and reading about Heads Up Decoys and UP decoys. Bow mounted trickery and it looks like a blast.

After some thinking, I figured I had all the makings of such a devise, so for the last couple days, I've been putting one together.

I had a featherflex jake and a tail fan from an old shotgunned bird. I pulled all the tail feathers and mounted them to a piece of cardboard with straw pieces.
I then folded the tail of the decoy inside itself as far as I could and cut a piece of 1/4" plywood cut to fit, to hold it open. Stapled the decoy to it and made a bracket to hold it on the bow. It makes a decent 3D, bow mounted deke. A little bit of weight I have to get used to for shooting, but it's not bad.
Could probably use a little red paint around the head area.
Together with my home made ghillie, I hope to get a bird...any bird...this spring.

That's really cool.  Can't wait for the picture and story of the big ol tom.  Good luck

You need to put a video camera in its eyes.  :-)
Just joking...but it would be cool so see the smack down from that perspective.

It will be a fun experiment.  Keep us posted.

I have some friends that do a lot of hunting with this  https://www.amazon.com/Turkey-Gobbler-Shotgun-Hunting-Season/dp/B00SJG31T4  which is similar.  

They chase the birds right out into the field, crawling behind it.  It doesn't always work, but they have had some cool close encounters.

Just make sure you are in an area with no gun hunters!

Yeah sew a piece of blaze orange to your back, even private land can have trespassers.

Hope you don't get beat up by the local kingpin Tom!

That's going to work !

That  looks awesome. Nice work

Looks pretty good to me. Here in Jersey we can't stalk so that won't work. Keep us posted.

That looks great!!! Looking forward to some hero pics.      


Steve Jr

Nek4me, I hope the king does beat me up. That'll be cool.

Highlow, I wasn't really planning on stalking with it, but more sitting in the grass and waving it around to put movement to it and bringing them to me, but, I will if the situation calls for it.

Thanks all.

Even a piece of orange flagging tape above ya might be a good idea?
Some great work on the rig...impressive!!

I like it. ALOT. Good luck.