New Rester/Sleeper heads for Canada shells

[Clayton]

I see in the new DU Magazine that there will be rester/sleeper shells. How will they come, 4 pack or 6 pack? Are the heads interchangeable with the other shells?

[Rick Frisch]

My understanding is that they are going to come in 12-packs of either sleepers or resters. The heads on the sleepers are part of the body mold. They do not come off. The rester heads do come off like the other shells. These heads will not fit another decoys due the different size of the bodies.

thanks,

[Travis Jendro]

any pics!!!

[Wayne Radcliffe]

I will see if I can get some and post them up.

[Chad Buehler]

So the heads are not going to come off of the shells on the sleepers? That doesn't make any sense at all unless you are talking about a "tucked and buried in wing" head style sleeper. The sleeper pic in DU is the one where its head is tucked and bill pointed down towards the water and I have got to believe that this head will be removable because if it isn't then I can't see how these shells would ever sell due to their inability to be stacked. A true sleeper shell it would work for sure, but the ones pictured in DU...not a chance.

[GBuck]

I think Rick is talking about the sleeper heads, not the rester heads. If I understand him correctly the shells will be stackable (including the heads). There used to be another one-piece stackable shell on the market, forget the name at the moment, I would really think that avery going this route has a winner. Super quick to set up and take down. I would grab at least 2 dozen of these. Hopefully the tails will be flocked too.

[TEAM GTG]

The mag sleeper used to be the one piece sleeper shell on the market. Pics of the one piece shell?? If Avery were to come up with a one piece stackable sleeper mallard shell it would sell like sunscreen at a nudist convention in phoenix.:D

[Wayne Radcliffe]

The sleepers are the molded one piece shells. The Resters will have removable heads.
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[David Harper]

Hey Wayne, awesome pics. I can't wait to get me some of those sleeper shells.

[ksgoosekilr]

Oooo I like. What is retail on them going to be? Those will look awesome on the river and hunting ponds and you won't hafta fiddle with putting them together in the dark!

[Corey Carston]

They look great.

[Travis Jendro]

nice lookin decoys. thanks for the pics.

[Ben Cade]

Can't wait to get my hands on about five dozen of those sleepers!

[Joe Fladeland]

Beautiful..........

[duck slayer12]

Do they stack very well with the non removable heads?

[Wayne Radcliffe]

They do stack real well. That's the first thing I tried when I saw the samples.

[duck slayer12]

They do stack real well. That's the first thing I tried when I saw the samples.
Thanks for the info! hate to ask but did the paint hold up better than last years?

[ksgoosekilr]

I got my Ducks Unlimited magazine finally.....are the rester shells just the floaters with the bottom cut out?

[Wayne Radcliffe]

The paint was fine and they are not floaters with the bottoms cut out. They have their own mold.

[Adam Johnson]

Wow, great pic (and great looking decoys).

[procaller 1]

they look good

[RedBarren]

Are these bigger or smaller then the oversize ffd shells,or hot buys...what the size , lenght?,, and do these come FFD or just pro grade. RB

[Ben Burgess]

Will these full molded sleepers come fully flocked?

[OutForBlood87]

Those are going to look awsome on ice......

[The Goose Man]

The heads are flocked aren't they? It looks like it in the picture but I'm just making sure. I'm sure they are, as I can't imagine Avery making another Canadian decoy without flocked heads. Looks great though!

[ksgoosekilr]

as I can't imagine Avery making another Canadian decoy without flocked heads

Actually they are a China decoy;).....I imagine that their Canada goose decoys will always have flocked heads

[Ryan Vande Griend]

Thats awesome!

[duckboy1]

will these be offerd in specks or snows down the line??

[Wayne Radcliffe]

They are life size and they will come in Pro-Grade and FFD. The heads are flocked. I don't know about snow's but I did see samples in Specks.

[Ben Graf]

How much $ ??

[Wayne Radcliffe]

I don't know the price yet but I believe they will retail around $150 a dozen.

[Ben Graf]

thanks

[Cory Johnson]

They look good!

[Corn Doc]

Anyone have any updates on when these new lifesize sleeper or rester shell decoys will arrive and where they may be available since they did not make the catalogs? How about an anticipated date....

[Dux r me]

might have to cop a doz......perfect for late season

[Doug Steinke]

October

[Yooper350]

Any update on when these will be ready yet?

[GBuck]

Any update on when these will be ready yet?


I am guessing not October...

[calling4life]

Maybe october of 09;)

[Dirt_Bag]

Ya Great another goose pose:mad: Just what us duck hunters want to see:rolleyes:

[Travis Mueller]

Doug, this should be right up your alley.

[GBuck]

bump

[Jude St.John]

The stackable sleepers will be sweet!

[Dirt_Bag]

The stackable sleepers will be sweet!

IN a duck would be nice:rolleyes:

[Andrew Bremseth]

IN a duck would be nice:rolleyes:

Everyone knows ducks decoy into geese better than they do ducks ;)

Nothing ever new for the duck hunter.. must suck huh:D

[Jon Lee]

Some of us hunted over them this last weekend, The sleepers stacked nice and the heads on the resters are awesome.

[CamoHunter870]

Well I'm glad I hit the search feature and realized these are coming out for 09.

I was looking to pick up a doz. OS FFD' shells but I'll wait for the cheaper and lighter/smaller LifeSize shells.

Can't wait for them this fall.
I need help, our season isn't even over yet but yet I am making a gear list for next fall.

[Mike Adams]

Well I'm glad I hit the search feature and realized these are coming out for 09.

I was looking to pick up a doz. OS FFD' shells but I'll wait for the cheaper and lighter/smaller LifeSize shells.

Can't wait for them this fall.
I need help, our season isn't even over yet but yet I am making a gear list for next fall.



Nothing wrong with planning ahead! :D I plan on selling my old fishing boat this summer for decoys..... see I plan ahead to lol

[Commando]

Some of us hunted over them this last weekend, The sleepers stacked nice and the heads on the resters are awesome.

Pics?

[Ryan Kleinschmidt]

Pics?

The 8th post in this thread has a picture.

[duckin82]

Everyone knows ducks decoy into geese better than they do ducks ;)

Nothing ever new for the duck hunter.. must suck huh:D

not when you shoot a mess of dumb woodies and they taste wwwaaayyyyyy better than any goose you'll ever shoot:D;)

[Kile Jones]

Will they be FFD?

[Andrew Bremseth]

Will they be FFD?

Both FFD and Pro-grade version.

[Doug Steinke]

Sleeper FFDs...


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[Weatherby]

as always doug AWESOME pics again! i always look forward to seeing what you come up with next!

[PWILLIAMS]

they look good

[CamoHunter870]

Yeah, I'm glad I am waiting for those LS FFD' shells

That last picture, damn, those shells look like real geese sitting on the ice. It could get ugly next year late in the season using these combined with fullbodies so I can put out more decoys compared to just using fullbodies when I have to carry stuff in.

Doug
Any pictures of the resters?

[Geesekiller]

Doug Great Photo's!

[Joe Fladeland]

Oh my.......


Incredible photos, Doug, and congrats on the photos in the latest DU magazine.

Those dekes look amazing!

[calling4life]

Pick this back up.

Those FFD shells are absolutely sick

How are they holding up????? Do you stack them right on each other with no problems???