Electronic decoy is a special device that imitates the voices of different animals, luring them to the hunter. They come in different types and configurations and, of course, make life easier for lovers of this type of relaxation. Now they don’t need to walk for hours in search of prey, rather quietly waiting for their trophy to turn on the decoy. Electronic for hunting or manual - a matter of taste of the hunter.
Varieties of decoys
In stores you can find a wide selection of decoys for every taste and material possibilities. These devices are metal, plastic, wooden, different in price and quality, manufactured in the factory and homemade.
There are two main types of decoys: electronic and manual. You can find a lot of manual decoys: from various materials, from different manufacturing countries, from many shapes and configurations. Electronic are located separately.
What decoy to buy? The choice is left to each buyer individually. Someone prefers to save for a long time, but to buy a good device, someone will use a cheaper option.
What is the difference
In order for the decoy to be effective during the hunt, its owner must have an almost perfect hearing, which not everyone can brag about. It was for such hunters that electronic devices were invented. Hunting with an electronic decoy is much easier, you do not need to be constantly extremely focused, you do not need special skills.
With awkward or inept handling of a hand-held device, a peculiar echo can result, which, on the contrary, will scare away the animals, and not entice them. In electronic devices, there is no such effect, the device produces excellent sound quality, without additional unnecessary sounds and echo, which guarantees the attraction of the beast. Even the most sensitive animals, which can easily reveal the hunter's trick and do not go to the manual bait, perfectly respond to the electronic decoy for hunting. The voice simulator provides invaluable assistance in this sense.
Despite the high efficiency of the devices, some hunters do not risk using them, since they think that this is prohibited by law. But this opinion is erroneous. In the legislation of our country nothing is said about the use of such a device, therefore, it is not prohibited, it is allowed. Therefore, any hunter can safely use electronic decoys for hunting in his arsenal.
About expensive and cheap models
When choosing a device, sellers offer samples of domestic and foreign production. According to the majority of hunters, they differ only in price, and have no other differences in work. Further, the article considers semolina of domestic production.
Electronic decoys for hunting made in our country are divided into cheap and expensive. Expensive devices are made of better material, they are equipped with longer phonograms, may have additional functions. The price for them is usually two times higher than their budget counterparts, but it is quite justified by the quality and durability.
Such decoys are quite simple to use, have a wide selection of voices, ergonomic, and high-quality speakers are immediately used in their production, which helps to lure game at a distance twice as large as the relatively cheaper options.
For those who are limited in material means, there are cheaper models. They have 8-bit phonograms, standard speakers and amplifiers on microcircuits. Such decoys are largely inferior to their more expensive counterparts, but almost every hunter can afford them.
Criterias of choice
There are certain criteria for choosing a device to find the most functional and high-quality product. Adhering to simple rules, there is a chance not to be disappointed with the purchase. Hunting decoys should be chosen, following the following tips:
- You should pay attention to the material from which the decoy is made. This affects its functioning in different situations.
- Radius of action. The wider it is, the more game you can attract, and there is less chance of returning home empty-handed.
- The number of votes that are in the semolina. The more of them, the greater the variety of animals that can be lured with its help.
- Certificate of quality. It should be on every item. Only a certified product can be truly quality and last a long time.
- You need to buy goods only in official stores and outlets. They will issue a warranty card, and it will be possible to return the goods if they do not meet expectations or work poorly.
Electronic decoys for hunting: reviews
Despite the obvious usefulness of this device, many professional hunters do not approve of its use. They believe that the use of such a device is not only unethical, but also unlawful.
Many say that hunting with an electronic decoy is completely devoid of sports interest, because it does not require absolutely any special skills. And in time it happens quite quickly, which deprives the process itself of interest.
And some hunters say that they stop using such decoys in favor of manual ones, despite the fact that they have expensive models in their arsenal.
Many also argue that a hunter with an electronic decoy will never reach a professional level due to the fact that he has no reason to develop, study the voices of nature and imitate them, use stuffed animals and decoy baits.
And there is a category of hunting enthusiasts who consider the use of electronic decoys to be one of the forms of poaching, since with low physical costs, an unreasonably large collection of trophies is obtained.
Do it yourself
Those who cannot afford to buy electronic decoys for hunting in the store can do it themselves. Since ancient times, there are many known methods of manufacturing devices to attract animals. They can be made from special wooden blanks sawn with the help of a machine, from cartridges and even from the bones of animals that were caught hunting.
To make wood decoy you need:
- take a blank, preferably from birch;
- then saw it with a jigsaw and give a characteristic shape;
- the sawn blank must be treated with fine-grained emery paper;
- Further, the details are collected and fixed relative to each other with electrical tape, then they are processed with a file;
- in order for the sound to be as similar to natural sound as possible, and for the electronic decoy for hunting to have water-repellent properties, it must be covered with a colorless stain, and after drying with nitro-varnish.
The device’s membrane is made of any sheet with a thickness of about 0.3 mm. It is inserted between the membranes of the cavity itself. All this is fixed by cambric of the right size. To configure the electronic decoy for hunting, you need to move the membrane with cambric along relative to the resonator. Keep in mind that the larger the internal diameter of the device, the lower the sound will be at the output. No specific materials are required for the manufacture of the device; all of them can be found in the garage or on the balcony of any owner.