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Originally Posted by simplepeddler
With Casey's post I get to thinking......which happens little but all the same.........what are your favorite decoys?
Is high quality worth the high price?
how are you rigging?
I really was pleased with the rig'em right's in Venice this year.
You could toss six teal in a hole VERY easy......
then three to six big ducks on the cupped wind side within minutes.
Get some pics up of how you rig?
Is it just me, or is everyone else STILL stuck with duck fever?
Man, not sure if it's the new puppy
the son coming into his own hunting personality
or just the birds themselves, but I am still ducky
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I use the Greenhead gear decoys and have been really impressed with their looks and the way their colors hold up.
We started hunting in the marsh this year and I also switched to texas rigged decoys. I was really impressed at how quickly you could put out and pick up decoys using this method. I bought 400lb mono from this website along with the crimps and a crimper.
http://www.snlcorp.com/SNL/Other/DuckDecoyKit.aspx
I rigged my decoys similiar to this except that i used a snap swiwel to connect to the decoy instead of passing the monofiliment through the hole in the decoy. I figued the decoys would slid up and down easier and have more movement on the water with the swivel.
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On my decoys there were holes in the front and the back of the keel to attach lines too. I like to put half of the decoys each way. This keeps every decoy from pointing in the exact same direction (always into the wind) and looks alot more natural.
I also believe that you should use species of decoys that you would see where you hunt. Throwing out all mallard decoys when all you kill is greys and teal doesn't make since. I don't know how much this really matters in the long run, but from what I have seen with teal atleast is that when come in to land 95% of the time it is going to be with the teal decoys.