CajunSteelsetter |
08-16-2013 04:40 PM |
Best spread for $200?
You have $200 to put together a small decoy spread. What's your magic mix?
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Bucoo |
08-16-2013 04:44 PM |
GHG "hot buy" decoys are pretty good for the price.
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I would say depends on how many decoys you are trying to spread, The areas I hunt usually only need a dozen or two.
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meaux fishing |
08-16-2013 05:42 PM |
Where are you hunting?
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Ducktrickster |
08-16-2013 06:21 PM |
2 litre coke bottles painted black. I have a friend that puts out about 150 along with mallard and pintail dekes. Guess where the mallards always try to land.
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Matt G |
08-16-2013 06:33 PM |
I have basically the same question. I have 2 dozen teal and a dozen mallard at home and between 4-6 dozen at the camp. I need to have enough for 3 marsh blinds. Two blinds are on big holes and the 3rd is a smaller puddle.
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AubreyLaHaye458 |
08-16-2013 07:49 PM |
A dozen mallards, a dozen pintails, a dozen teal, half a dozen greys.
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meaux fishing |
08-16-2013 08:18 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ducktrickster
(Post 618169)
2 litre coke bottles painted black. I have a friend that puts out about 150 along with mallard and pintail dekes. Guess where the mallards always try to land.
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^^^^^
this or coot decoys
Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt G
(Post 618176)
I have basically the same question. I have 2 dozen teal and a dozen mallard at home and between 4-6 dozen at the camp. I need to have enough for 3 marsh blinds. Two blinds are on big holes and the 3rd is a smaller puddle.
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Gottogo49 |
08-16-2013 09:21 PM |
It's just me but I try to match the hatch.
We have lots of coots and scaup with some greys and teal.
I like variety and I try to make the spread look like what they normally see.
Only 2 greenheads killed last year so I don't put out many of those.
I like to put a couple of mottled ducks as confidence decoys off to one side.
The white breasts of pintail drakes show up well so I put a few of those guys out front.
I found a couple of spoonbill decoys, I like the white breast on the drake even though I shoot spoonies only as a last resort. I like duck butts and headless feeders but I will pick those up if the wind is still and they seem to flare. A jerk string can be a magnet on calm days. That's everything that I know about decoys.
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speck-chaser |
08-16-2013 09:26 PM |
2 wonder duck tornado decoys and whatever still decoys you can buy with the money left over.:grinpimp:
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Natural Light Kid |
08-16-2013 09:53 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gottogo49
(Post 618256)
It's just me but I try to match the hatch.
We have lots of coots and scaup with some greys and teal.
I like variety and I try to make the spread look like what they normally see.
Only 2 greenheads killed last year so I don't put out many of those.
I like to put a couple of mottled ducks as confidence decoys off to one side.
The white breasts of pintail drakes show up well so I put a few of those guys out front.
I found a couple of spoonbill decoys, I like the white breast on the drake even though I shoot spoonies only as a last resort. I like duck butts and headless feeders but I will pick those up if the wind is still and they seem to flare. A jerk string can be a magnet on calm days. That's everything that I know about decoys.
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Ditto. Match the birds you have in the area, not what you want. If you got a lot of spoonies, put out spoonies. If you don't have any mallards, don't put any, and so on.
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fishaholic82 |
08-17-2013 03:58 AM |
check out flightcanceled.com I got some new decoys from them this year and they look pretty good for the price.
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BArmand |
08-17-2013 08:48 AM |
Mix in what you normally kill. We have lots of pintail and very few mallards so I load up on pintail. Picking up your decoys after every hunt will do more for your hunting than anything IMO
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simplepeddler |
08-17-2013 10:50 AM |
I agree that picking up decoys is the key......
If I am hunting a buddies blind that leaves them out........I reset them for wind when I get there.....
After 30 of so years of this......I just thing "big" bird "little" bird.....
I set species together.........
For the brakes we hunt I rarely use over a dozen decoys unless the big flights of greys are in.
For Venice........I use just mallard and teal
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MarshRat89 |
08-17-2013 01:06 PM |
I Started picking up every weekend also. No sense in letting them sit there fading in the sun.
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CajunSteelsetter |
08-17-2013 02:23 PM |
Thanks guys, hopefully be hunting around sweetlake and also maybe a little in Sabine. I know teal birds and a few greys and spoonies will definitely have to be in the mix! Do y'all have any preference about quality over quantity when it comes to brands of dekes?
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meaux fishing |
08-17-2013 02:51 PM |
You guys that pick up after every hunt, how many are you putting out? In my rice field we put out 12-15 dozen. That's just too many to pick up every day
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speck-chaser |
08-17-2013 03:21 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by BArmand
(Post 618330)
Mix in what you normally kill. We have lots of pintail and very few mallards so I load up on pintail. Picking up your decoys after every hunt will do more for your hunting than anything IMO
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x2^^^^^
Hunt flooded timber, only use about 2 dozen.
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I usually pick up after the hunt and leave em in the blind, but like I said I don't put out but a couple dozen. I plan on texas rigging this year it just makes everything easier. plus I'm hunting in no deeper than 1.5ft of water. Its usually around a foot deep.
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simplepeddler |
08-18-2013 06:33 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by meaux fishing
(Post 618428)
You guys that pick up after every hunt, how many are you putting out? In my rice field we put out 12-15 dozen. That's just too many to pick up every day
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That is a lot of dekes.....
But I have seen decoys with slime growing on them they are left out so long.
I would be at least moving a couple dozen a day setting for wind
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