Testimonials

This spring we ran about 200 "test" Sillosocks in our spread.(you may not always see them but they are there!) To say the least, I was impressed. I really liked how they performed in winds ranging from 0-50 mph. I love the way they "bounce" on the spring steel stakes and hold thier shape in zero wind. The decoys movement is unique. The real advantage is you get a windsock with a head that compacts down to nothing. They are extremely lightweight and functionable. As time goes on, be assured that there will be a lot more Sillosock footage in our videos. I plan on adding at least 500 to my personal spread for next fall.

Jim Jones

"I love the movement but the biggest thing is they don't "pop" in high wind like rag decoys."

" I will send you some pictures when my buddy sends them to me. Yours decoys seem to be amazingly durable I had them out for 4 days and two of the days the wind was over 40 MPH I had some of the north winds tear out but all the Sillosocks held and maybe only one bag ripped. Pretty amazing if you ask me for how light they are. You know what would be really cool for the blues juvies and mallards if you could have the bodies screen printed with feathers. That process may be cheaper than you think and make the decoys look awesome.

Jim: When you get those improvements made I think you may have the best “decoy product on the market”

The Factors :

Weight SislloSocks Great

Transportability SilloSocks Great

Price SilloSocks Great

Storage SilloSocks Great

Effectiveness in

Wind or no wind SilloSocks Great

Durability SilloSocks (so far) Great

What other decoy can do all that.

Just wanted to leave you a note Jim, we love the decoys we received from you. We are having our most successful snow goose season to date. We attribute much of our success this year to your decoys. Thanks again."

"...just wanted to let you know that I set the dozen sillosocks that I
purchased out amongst my custom northwinds on a recent snow goose hunt and they performed beautifully. As you stated...in a 20mph wind...they actually
drilled themselves deeper. What I liked about them most...was that the body
didn't flag as tyvek can in gusting wind...your body/head moved naturally
together in one piece. There was a slight sheen to the material in bright
mid day sun but I don't think it was harmful. If a duller material comes
available I would certainly employ it. Tell your buyers that if they are
hunting a cornfield when the ground is frozen...not to worry. Your spring
steel stakes slip into the cornstalk with ease.

I will certainly purchase more from you when my custom northwind rig wears
out. May be interested in having some shipped to ND or SK for a late spring
snow goose hunt...as I would be flying rather than driving. Do you need
some hunting footage on video of this product in action or do you have some
quality hunts with birds being shot over them. Let me know"

"...Awesome! I wouldn't change a thing on them, the realism is really great!! My partner from the Greene co Ia hunt e-mailed me last week and said he had hunted the same area we hunted( only with Texas rags!) and said the birds wouldn't finish!! He wondered out loud in the e-mail "wonder if I would have had your Sillosocks"??? Isn't that awesome!."

"...My next step is remember the other day when I was asking for the first time about your dekes, well I had ordered 6 more dozen Outlaws. Well now I want yours------instead. The wife has cut off the money for dekes since I spent $240. with you and $360. with the other company, boy did I screw up. So I am going to try and return the Outlaws, since I only opened one box, and then turn around and get some more of yours for late season. I sure hope they will let me do this----we'll see.

Thanks, sorry I was so long winded but I was truly impressed."

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"We set up with wind 15-20 mph gusting to 30 mph. We chased Texas rags and outlaws all day. I have to say I am very impressed with SilloSocks I did not have to touch one of them.

Are replacement bags available because I shot a snow and it landed directly on a SilloSock I need a new bag?" YES

There was myself and a buddy of mine the 8 dozen Sillosocks and 5 dozen Last Looks. There are 12 birds in front of us,

all in your face shots, had them on the ground before 8 am !!!!! I (on the left) am holding a Sillosock that got crunched by a falling juvy blue!!! My buddy (on the right) shot his first banded juvy snow on this hunt!!! He is convinced you have a GREAT product and so am I!!! We also shot 6 on Friday afternoon and another 12 on Sunday (but no photos!!!). Thought you would like to see the results!!!

Thanks a million Jim, you know I want a lot more Sillosocks for next year!!!

A South Dakota Guide wrote:

"We performed our first field test of the decoys and here are the results: I already made arrangements to get rid of most of my windsocks so the question I have for you is what kind of deal can we do for another 500. I have a big group coming from Indiana and would like two spreads of Sillosocks if possible. That is how good the testing went.

We had the Sillosocks out in close to 40 MPH this weekend, all I can say is holy crap, they looked awesome. At one point, I caught myself just staring at them because they moved so good. With that extreme wind, the moved almost ninety degrees to the side and bobbed up and down. I can't wait for our big push of birds to see the real results. Sunday night the wind died completely and the wind socks looked sad, but the sillosocks looked great. They impress me more and more every time I see them. Everybody that I have showed have been extremely excited about these decoys Jim, I think you really have something. I was also going to tell you that there is a sporting goods chain called Scheels that have plenty of stores in the midwest that I have some pretty good connections at. For next year, I think you better prepare yourself for these decoys to take the snow goose market by storm. Let me know on the decoys as soon as you can- you can call me anytime. I really appreciate you going out of your way for us and hope we can return the favor. Talk to you later."

"... just getting back to you on the snow goose hunting, We had a couple of hundred thousand geese filter through here in the last week. Hunted about six days and killed 31 geese,all over decoys and reasonable shots. The decoys worked nice and helped alot. I also had a lot nice comments on them from other hunters that came along. Most of the geese have moved on north, but am still getting taildraging bunches that work good. We got three this morning and left at 8.30. Will get about another week of slow hunting(but its still hunting) . Be on the look out they are heading your way (if they aren't all ready there) Will be sending you a picture this week, hope you get to hunt them! DG."

Went hunting south of Bay City Tuesday, took my two grandsons on their first goose hunt along with their dad. Set up Texas windsocks, Outlaw sil., and Sillosocks. The wind was about 5 to 10 at daylight but by 8 am it was a steady 15 to 20 gusting to 30 at times. Jim I have been doing this since 1967 and I have to say I am very impressed with your decoy. I chased rags, actually my grandsons did, set Outlaws up that kept blowing over, but didn't have to touch one of yours, except for one that a Texas rag uprooted and blew across the spread at about Mach 2. I love the movement but the biggest thing is they don't "pop" in high wind. I sure you know this but I can't tell you how many times I have had snows locked up on the rags only to have them flare at about 50yds. out in high wind conditions. That is the only thing I can attribute the flaring to since on light wind they will usually pass through the center of the spread maybe not in range but at least go on through. The only thing is carrying them to the lease in the truck, they seem vulnerble, especially if there are more of them in the bed of the truck. I will come up with something though, this was the maiden voyage.

Thanks, sorry I was so long winded but I was truly impressed."