GHG goose floater heads are a pain in the #$%

[weedsnager]

i've read all the other problems with the GHG canadian goose floater heads, but these heads are in pain in the rear to seat properly!! when you pay $89 for decoys, you shouldn't have to go into your garage and doctor these things up to make them work properly.

[Jason Connellee]

Can you describe your issue with the heads ?

Maybe I can help.

[Chris Jones]

Weedsnagger,
I understand where you are coming from but please understand the tollerances on those heads are so tight. There is not much room for error. If they went on easily they would come off easily. I would recommend using dish soap or soapy water on the threads before you try getting them on the first time. Good luck and let me know if you need mroe help with them.

[Joe Fladeland]

I was thinking about getting some goose floaters for my duck spread. I was just wondering how these heads attach to the body. Are they like the Goose shells? Goose fullbodies? Mallard fullbody actives? etc. thanks. Dakota Kid

[weedsnager]

i've tried the soapy solution, and i can't get the heads to seat tight to the body. the way these heads go on is mickey mouse, for $90 there should be way the heads go on, and stay on. now every time i pick these up out of the water i have to worry about the heads popping off?

[Joe Fladeland]

So do the heads attach like any other decoy that GHG makes? If so, which decoy? I don't know what "mickey mouse" means.. sorry..Dakota Kid.

[J Kryspin]

I didn't have any problems with my floater heads.

Take a close look at the base of the head and the neck post. Maybe there's some excess plastic that needs to be trimmed with an exacto knife.

[Chris Jones]

The next soulution weedsnagger is to take a pair of pliers and bend the plasic of the head so its convex and not concave. This is mainly done on the corners that catch the threads. This will allow for the head to ride over the corners of the threads. Again its got to do with the tollerances if they went on easily, they would fall off just as easily. Of the 80 floaters I have, some of them were tough and needed trimmed but the little bit of work is worth it. They are pure goose on the water!
Dakota Kid to answer your question, The head attachment is a similar screw type to a Full body. Let me know if I can help you more.

[Rick Frisch]

Chris,

Thanks for answering the head connection questions. We are making the head connections with tight tolerances so that they won't come off. The only floating Canada decoy that I have ever had that the head didn't come off was an old Flambeau. The only reason it didn't come off was that the decoy was all one piece. The problem is that they don't look realistic and the heads tip back. I am not kidding when I say every other Canada floater decoy I have owned the heads came off.

Thanks,

[weedsnager]

Take a close look at the base of the head and the neck post. Maybe there's some excess plastic that needs to be trimmed with an exacto knife.

yeah, i tried and trimmed them a little, but 2 of them started to crack at the seams. like i said before........ for $90, there shouldn't have to be trimming and bending