Extreme waterfowl hunting

Extreme waterfowl hunting

By : Bill Miller
North American Hunting Club
September 1998

Silhouettes Have Come A Long Way...

A new decoy manufacturer called North-East Decoys out of Quebec, Canada is also striving for a more 3-D appearance in silhouettes but is taking a different tack. North-East Decoys are covered with a patent pending non-glare, permanent velvet finish. Viewed at a distance under any light condition, the velvet finish gives the birds, particularly in the head and neck area, a rounded, 3-dimensional appearance. Four neck postures are available to promote the illusion of action and the necks swivel back against the body for durability and added customization in the spread.
To help reduce the problem of the decoys disappearing when viewed from overhead, the “3-D” North-East model has fold down sides also finished with the special velvet process. Because of the illusion of “roundness” that the velvet gives, the flat fold down sides do a good job of filling out the decoy in the birds’ sight.
You can tell the folks at North-East Decoys are extreme waterfowl hunters because of the attention they give to detail. For example, their snow goose decoys have two different shades of velvet covering. One if the typical pure white of a mature snow. The second is a dusty gray brown which perfectly mimics an immature bird. In their own hunting, they mix in the proper percentage of young birds to old birds based on the flyway report on the nesting success and juvenile percentage of the migrating flock!