Decoys - stuffers/feathers

[ahlangle]

I've noticed birds coming right in on top of dead birds on the water, and have read a little on how ducks' eyesight works. It stands to reason that a duck can tell the difference between a superduper avian dakota flocked 2000XPST decoy and feathers, so I pose the question:
Anybody ever use stuffers or some variation of real feathers on a decoy?

I'd never be able to pay for mounted birds at 200+ each to throw out in the water and rot next week, but if there's anyone crazy enough to glue duck feathers on a decoy with any success, I'm crazy enough to listen and try it.

[Quackhead62]

Personally never had and trouble killing ducks over the old plastic decoys. Make sure the blind is brushed and stay hidden and you will be successful. I don't ever see myself spending money on flocked duck decoys.


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[meaux fishing]

You could try this

[ahlangle]

now THATS the kind of crazy im talkin about! thanks!

[redaddiction]

Originally Posted by ahlangle

now THATS the kind of crazy im talkin about! thanks!

But you would first have to kill a duck over regular plastic decoys, to be able to stick the dead bird on a pole to attract more ducks to kill again! You don't see the irony in that?!? LOL (irony may be the wrong word but you catch my drift)

[DaPointIsDaBomb]

The biggest thing that helps us is using flat paint and not glossy. We even go as far as to running sandpaper over our Clorox bottles to knock off the shine. Then use matte black paint on the ends. Only time we use anything shiny is for the mallard decoys We leave a little bit of the Sprite bottle unpainted to mimic a greenheads

[CajunSteelsetter]

Originally Posted by DaPointIsDaBomb

The biggest thing that helps us is using flat paint and not glossy. We even go as far as to running sandpaper over our Clorox bottles to knock off the shine. Then use matte black paint on the ends. Only time we use anything shiny is for the mallard decoys We leave a little bit of the Sprite bottle unpainted to mimic a greenheads

Haha, well played sir. +1 pt on the troll board.


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