American Made Decoys

[Blackwolf]

There were some questions in a few threads recently about decoys, specifically goose decoys that are mae in the U.S.A.. Does anyone know which decoys/decoy companies are American made?

[field-n-feathers]

Bigfoot Originals, G & H, Dave Smith, Blue Collar Decoys, and Realgeese....to name a few.

[brentbullets]

Just the bodies on BF Originals, heads and feet come from China.

[DSM16428]

To name most actually. Most, if not all your silos are U.S. made too. Why pay 1 american 8-10 bucks an hour to do what 15 chinese folks could at less than half the price? You think waterfowl hunting stuff is expensive arleady?! Have it all be made stateside and see what the prices would be...

[Blackwolf]

Is that why DSD's are so expensive?, or maybe its a combination of the quality and the location of the make.

[DSM16428]

Both of course! You have what it for all intents and purposes a cottage industry type small business and rediculously high quality and detail. If anybody figures out how to make a decoy and keep it even close to DSD quality AND have it made cheap?...Look out!

[dakotashooter2]

It's great when we support American made stuff but if the cheaper stuff wasn't avaiable it would probably keep a lot of guys out of the sport. There are a lot of hunters out there that cannot affort to spend $3000-$4000 on decoys they are only going to use a couple times a season. Heck even a lot of guys that do spend that much money are on the buy, play and sell program.

[Blackwolf]

Thats where I'm at with the prices too. I started with 4 shell decoys and slowly added silhouettes over the first year or 2 of goose hunting. This year I bought my first 1 dozen GHG FFD lesser full bodies. Before the next season starts I'm hoping to add another dozen or 2, either dakotas of some type or maybe the new Higdons, or maybe Real Geese. I'm still undecided.

I just bought a new GK comp slayer in their limited run of "gold rush" so that will push back my decoy purchases some. I just couldn't pass it up (I'm totally addicted to the "Gold Rush Alaska" show too.....)

[2500hdon37s]

To name most actually. Most, if not all your silos are U.S. made too. Why pay 1 american 8-10 bucks an hour to do what 15 chinese folks could at less than half the price? You think waterfowl hunting stuff is expensive arleady?! Have it all be made stateside and see what the prices would be...

probaly not any more IMO by the time you factor in shipping.

most big plastic molds dont need a ton of people to run them anyways, its the painting that might get them.

[yovi91]

most big plastic molds dont need a ton of people to run them anyways, its the painting that might get them.

it many not be that it takes a lot of people to run them but the supplies are going to cost a lot more to produce here, that and like DSM16428 said you can hire 15 Chinese people of half as much. just my opinion

[DSM16428]

To name most actually. Most, if not all your silos are U.S. made too. Why pay 1 american 8-10 bucks an hour to do what 15 chinese folks could at less than half the price? You think waterfowl hunting stuff is expensive arleady?! Have it all be made stateside and see what the prices would be...

probaly not any more IMO by the time you factor in shipping.

most big plastic molds dont need a ton of people to run them anyways, its the painting that might get them.

I have run those "big plastic molds" before and I can tell you, Anything the size of a FB goose decoy is comming out of a VERY LARGE PRESS. Wether they are molded halves or single piece blow mold type, believe me, it takes more than one person to handle/run a big mold press like that and with all the surface detail, they could be difficult to unmold too. The process isn't exactly speedy either as you MUST wait for the bodies to cool before you handle them (and believe me they're gonna be HOT at around 300 degrees plus out of the mold!) or you risk deforming them very easily.

[cashman]

I used to care about buying american, but then I realized that shipping, sales, and other stuff all supports american jobs too. That and I noticed that most of the people that gripe about buy american are driving hondas...

[don835]

I glued the heads on my Avian's. Does that count as partially American made or Assembled in America?

Murph.

[DSM16428]

I glued the heads on my Avian's. Does that count as partially American made or Assembled in America?

Murph.

North Amercian any ways.

[speckleberry]

...probaly not any more IMO by the time you factor in shipping...

Dead wrong. Know a fella that moved his operation to China in order to compete. Cut his cost by well over 40%... with the shipping factored in. Believe he told me a container cost him roughly $3500 to ship from China to here, regardless of the weight.
Have you looked at cabinets lately? Gonna be hard to find any that aren't built with materials shipped from across the water...

[Phil in MO]

One thing you guys haven't mentioned is the biggest and most expensive reason most decoys aren't made here. That is environmental laws and restrictions. The EPA has so many restrictions on industry in this country it's hard to make it. China on the otherhand is posioning thier country into such a mess that it may take centuries to recover if they stopped today. At least right now you cannot have it both ways.

[dakotashooter2]

There are also cases where we are shipping them raw matterials for items which they ship back here. I wouldn't think that would be cost effective but.................

[don novicki]

Drop Zone Elites are made here in the US by Aero Outdoors. Look as good as a Smith IMO..........

[don novicki]

Im glad the EPA has restrictions on pollution/polluting. If they didn't GE and all the rest of em would be dumping slugde out the back door into the stream like they did years ago.................

[goosechaser125]

Drop Zone Elites are made here in the US by Aero Outdoors. Look as good as a Smith IMO..........

Just took a look at thier website, nice looking decoys.