The New Bigfoots

[Ryan Thomas]

Here are the new Bigfoots for 2006. They look good, but for my money, nothing beats GHG!!!

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3926/fullbodys1ef2zd.gif (http://imageshack.us)

The head positions on the GHG decoys are far superior to those of Bigfoots and the body sizes and shapes of GHG are much more anatomically correct.

And here are the new 2006 floaters...

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8466/floaters39cp7ut.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Dux r me]

all they did was flock the heads?

[Travis Mueller]

I think they may have actually messed with the paint scheme as well.

[Keath Wetovick]

They still won't come close to GHG!

[Dux r me]

every one got hyped up for that

[Cory Johnson]

BURN THEM, Nothing beats GHG !

[Curt Wilson]

Thanks for the support guys. We know our decoys are the best and it is good to hear that you guys think so as well.

[Cody Frazier]

that chest area needs some work. def.

It don't matter to me if people do buy them, just makes my spread of GHG's look that much better.:D

[Paul Cupka]

I love our "young gun" customers, you guys are bada$$. Thanks for supporting Avery, you will not be disappointed.

[goosehunter64]

Hey Paul.............I'm far from young.......but I am a bad a$$ LOL, amd I'm also a very loyal customer.

[Paul Cupka]

Whoooooooa Nelly! I wasn't saying all of our customers are young!!! I was just refering to the guys above me in this thread. I love them young guys that take no prisoners. Sorry, ALL of our customers are bada$$. LOL-

BUT, you are only as old as you let yourself be!! Take Joe Williams for example, that guy is old as dirt!!!:)

[goosehunter64]

No offense taken...........but Tim can be as old as dirt.......I'm getting there faster every year it seems.... :-)

[Christian Curtis]

Guys,

Thanks for all of the fine comments and support. We are very proud of our decoy line from top to bottom, we feel that it the most realistic decoy available on the market. Competition is great and we welcome it as it makes us better and stronger as a company. We are so confident and excited about the effort we put forth in creating and producing each and every decoy, bag, neck gaiter, and cord crimp that we provide everyone, a place to come voice their opinion and make suggestions about our products. Again, we thank each and every one of you for taking the time to visit this board (some folks even stop by on a daily basis) and to provide input into the growth (each time a new product is created, we grow) of Avery/GHG.

[Cody Frazier]

I am young and these like-like decoys sure do put a hurtin on make bank acct.!! :)

Them chores and mowin yards don't pay much! LOL :)

[hoggr]

There is more to come from bigfoot, the new pose is NOT in that picture, there is also an enhanced paint scheme on the decoy, as well as the flocked heads.

[Travis Mueller]

Boy thanks Hoggr. Clinton is a fine decoy no doubt. They have alway's made a stand up product. I am glad they feel they finally need to make some changes. I wonder why they did that?

[Cory Johnson]

Because their decoys dont bring the birds in your face like GreenHead Gear does !!

[Michael Weiss]

I agree Travis......WHY did they do that? And why all the sudden is everyone else following suit?

[Crippen]

I think those Bigfoots look good enough to fool geese. But it isnt about decoys,calls or blinds. ITS ABOUT BEING WHERE THE DUCKS AND GEESE WANT TO BE. You can kill geese by having a cheap-ass goose call with shitty cardboard shilloutes as long as you are where the geese want to be. So i think about any kind of fullbodied goose decoy will bring them honkers in as long as you are in the right spot.

[duckboy1]

I think those Bigfoots look good enough to fool geese. But it isnt about decoys,calls or blinds. ITS ABOUT BEING WHERE THE DUCKS AND GEESE WANT TO BE. You can kill geese by having a cheap-ass goose call with shitty cardboard shilloutes as long as you are where the geese want to be. So i think about any kind of fullbodied goose decoy will bring them honkers in as long as you are in the right spot.

amen! to me avery has made huge improvments to the decoy market. but how many of you guys use to hunt over foots? im sure a bunch of you guys use to slatter them! was it the decoys? or was it the spot you were in. and it gets me that alot of guys on here say that the decoys made all the differance in the world. it does help but yet you still have to know were the birds want to be and how to call its not just decoys.

[Rob Jepson]

Christian...very nicely stated my friend.

As for hunting on the spot, there is no substitution for being where the birds want to be (just ask Rick "it's all about the spot" Frisch.) BUT, what do you do when circumstances don't allow you to be on the "x"? I would want what I felt are the best looking decoys to put the odds in my favor of pulling birds to me.

[Chris Jones]

I don't think there is a serious goose hunter here that didn't run foots up till 2003. I made the move for obvious reasons,for the better look. I felt that the better more anatomically correct GHG was the way to go. Rob is right as much as we would all love to hunt the X alot of the time that jsut doesn't happen. You find yourself running "traffic" most of the time. When this happens, you need the best looking decoys and alot of them. The days of the cardboard silos and hunt on the X are long gone (atleast in the central flyway) To successfully get on birds day in and day out. It pays to have the best looking decoy on the market.

[Eric Larsgaard]

Well said Chris!
He is right we have all owned BF decoys. None of us will argue that BF has done a good job in the past or that they at one time were the top dog of the goose decoy market.
Times have changed and it was a simple decision for most that realism is where it is at. All of us at one time or another hunt trafficing birds and we always do not get to hunt the X. This is where I want to make sure that I have the most realistic looking spread with as motion as I can get......

There is only one company that provides.
1. A realistic decoy with great body poses and head positions
2. Life like paint scheme
3. True motion with the slightest of winds.
4. A affordable Price


Other companies may have one or two of these but we offer all 4.

[Ryan Kleinschmidt]

Well, this is not a personal attack and I hope this thread dosen't turn into that. I run Big Foots and have been running them for 12 years now. I have never had trouble killing geese over Foots. We are not always on the X. Being able to read geese and knowing what to do when is also key. I do own a few GHG. After one year of hard hunting, they held up pretty well. A few paint chips, but nothing major. I have to admit, I am leary of buying them because of some of the complaints that get posted. They are a great looking decoy, but IMO they seem to have some duribility issues. I guess that can be expected from what I would call a "semi-custom decoy". I am not attacking GHG or Avery because I do use a lot of Avery products and I am very satisfied with them. I will keep using what works and time will tell if I descide to make "the switch". Like I said, I love the looks of the decoys, just not diving in head first yet. By the way, I think its great that we have all these younger generation hunters on here but don't be supprised at how much your opinions will change as you get older. I know mine did!!

[chad belding]

It is good to have competition like Bigfoot. They are an honest company and they respect what we are doing. It would be difficult for anyone to keep up with our momentum. I can't wait for the future.

Good Hunting!

Chad Belding
Avery Outdoors

[Duster]

I agree with Eric, in fact I ran primarily Foots until 2 years ago. A buddy of mine at Cabela's turned me on to the GHG dekes and I have been building a spread of GHG ever since. Like someone said in an earlier post, you may have to take care of them a little better but they look better so it is worth it. We ran traffic twice last fall and limited out one day and we were 2 short of a limit of honkers the second time. This was something new to me since I would normally not hunt a field unless there were at least SOME birds in it. As far as care and trailering goes, if a person uses a little imagination you can come up with some good ways to store and trailer them effectively AND efficiently.

[shanerr22]

I personally like bigfeet,there more durable.All of my ghg broke.The feet wont stay on and the heads wont screw on all the way.I do know that ghg is the best looking decoys but wuth work to the heads snapping on and the feet and the paint chipping off these decoys would be that absolute deal.

[Goosepride]

I've hunted over both and I like both very much. It's tough to beat the looks of the GHG and tough to beat the durability of the Big Foots. I've got the old combo spread of both. However, I only have Big Foots for FB's so I can't really speak for the GHG full bodies other than when I've been with guys who hunt over them. They look awesome to me though. I have a few of the OS Shells and they bring the geese in. They look good on the UMS. I think they're both quality products and by having them competing for our business...well that's great for us because we get such good products. My only complaint for both of them...a little pricey for the average hunter...

[Ryan Vande Griend]

The New big foots are def. improved from the last, but GHG rules all!!!
You guys have taken over my mind....
pretty much all my papers at school have something like the Greenhead Gear symbol, Avery, And Zink calls-do you talk the talk? we do...
Up til this past year, I have been into waterfowl, its my favorite thing to do, but now im totally posessed and I cant think about anything else than goin oout hunting for some big honkers, or ducks!!!!
Thx Guys,
~Ryan

[Duster]

Ryan, it only gets worse before it gets better! :)

[Goosman]

That it, there is really nothing special about them, I'm a diehard GHG fan they are the best, I will defiantly be staying with GHG!!!



Jon

[kberggren]

I have used both GHG and Bigfoot and both have worked great. I actually prefer GHG more than bigfoot because they are more correct but nothing beats bigfoot on durability. I love the fact that GHG has a honker and lesser decoys to add size difference. However i do think bigfoot floaters do look better but watch out with GHG new Lifesize decoys coming out. Back home we flood a cornfield and use fullbodies, shells, and floaters. During the season we will also add anywhere from 200 to 1000 silhouettes and windsocks up wind to add numbers.

But with that said and done, You can still kill geese with just silhouettes. At school I hunt with 15 dozen homemade corroplast silhouettes and 5 dozen homemade windsocks and i still kill a lot of geese. They have flocked heads, feather detail, and steel stakes so you can hammer them into frozen ground. I'm only on the X maybe 1 to 6 times during the season, other than that i'm trafficing birds. The reason is that i'm in college with limited funds and most important limited space to store and transport my decoys. But I can fit 20 dozen decoys, blinds, a decoy dolly, and more in the back of my truck with room to spare.

I'm not here to start a war because i believe GHG does have great products and is leading the industry in new ideas and products. I'm just stating the silhouettes still do work. Once i have a place to start storing and hauling my own fullbodies, i will start building a fullbody spread. But for now i'm still using my homemade spread of silhouettes and windsocks!

[Chris Holleger]

Competition is always good, but after hearing so much about the new BF dekes im not that impressed.

GHG all the way!

[Cory Johnson]

Greenhead Gear & Avery & Zink Calls Rule !!! Everything else dosent.

[Gulicemo]

One thing i learned in school...

Competition is what drives the economy.... The more suppliers, the more competition.

The more suppliers, the lower the prices, the higher quality and quantity...

Nothing wrong with some good old fashioned competitions.

[Rob Jepson]

I think it would be foolish to claim that birds can only be killed over one type of decoy (FB, shell, silos, etc.) or one manufacturer's model and I don't think anyone is really saying that here. I've killed way too many geese over silhouettes to say they are not a useful and effective decoy.

GHG is about making the various tools one needs (or just flat out prefers to own) to fool and kill birds better. Because of that mindset we lead the decoy industry in innovations and continually improve upon what have been long-accepted industry "standards".

[Goosepride]

Ryan, it only gets worse before it gets better! :)

Chris - that's what they keep telling me too! If I have to have a disease....it might as well be goose hunting! lol!

[Travis Mueller]

Yeah you guy's are turning this into a who's better or worse. I have said this a million times guys. Use what you want to use, but don't crucify a guy if he prefers one decoy over the other.

And also watch your language!!!

[Christian Curtis]

Agreed Travis...We have not come on here and said that this is better than that or that is better than this. What we are doing is, providing an outstanding decoy at an outstanding price and I don't think anyone will argue that. The choice is up to all of you...

In my mind, hunting has a lot to do with confidence. If you are confident in your decoys, blinds, calling, and location you will kill more birds. For me to be confident, I want the most realistic decoy available to go along with the rest of it. I feel that GHG fits that bill.