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First Flight Decoys / Rockland Outdoors
Has anyone used any First Flight Decoys from Rockland Outdoors? I am thinking about buying some of their gadwall decoys and teal decoys.
Any feedback or advice is welcomed and appreciated. Thanks Robbie aka Big Hutch |
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I think the teal look good. The grey ducks kinda lack detail in my opinion.
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That's cheap though i will pick up some teal and coot decoys from there for sure
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I have some, the detail is ok, the quality is not ghg level but the price is great.
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X2....after 2 years the paint started to come off of my Teal decoys.
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X2 on what everyone else pretty much said. I have their GWT.
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Check out Dakota Decoys. My friends in Ne. use them.
$$ Ouch !!! |
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Yea the Dakota's are ridiculous flocked decoys are nice but if their close enough to see that detail then they're coming home for dinner
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Sometimes it's not about getting them in close enough to shoot, it's about getting them in close enough to get the opportunity to get them in close enough to shoot. They know when food is there from high up, and know a safe roost from high up, why wouldn't they be able to spot a realistic set of birds from up there after being trained by crap dekes for the last 2,000 miles of flight? |
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i have hunted over the same speck decoys for a very long time. the flocking is peeling off and they are so faded that they look almost grey. i feel i would have had the same success over brand new decoys in the same situations. like someone said earlier. if they can see the paint on the decoys flaking then they are too close and should be hanging on your bird strap. as far as ducks go, i believe it is more about the contrast of colors, white and black... when you see ducks on a pond from far, what do you see? black or brown dots and white on a pintail or spoonbill chest, that is it. all of this detail painting is to fool people into buying more expensive decoys. buy the most durable decoys you can and if you feel like they are fading, just slap on a little brown and white paint. that is why coke bottle theory works so well. paint them black with a strip of white and what do the birds see with those bottles are spinning and floating,? the flash of dark and white. contrast... but then again that is my opinion. and everybody is different. |
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When specks settle down after the opening few days,they always seem to line up on the sound and for me,it is like they don't even care about the decoys
HOWEVER,I did an experiment to see if we really even needed speck decoys after 4 seasons of using a redbone,and oh yes,even though it seems like they are ignoring the decoys, WE NEED THEM I got cocky,thought,oh I have world titles,we don't need decoys---WRONG ANSWER--JOHN I have and am in the process of painting all our goose decoys,nothing fancy,super flat paint And as mentioned---make the white stand out |
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You can put out wood carved dekes that cost $400 each.. if you dont have the two different types of motion that are present in a natural spread of birds youre just wasting money. Ive witnessed birds choose a spread of milk jugs over another high dollar spread because the two types of motion were present, and the hunters might not have been the best callers but they knew when to call which is just as important.
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Well I'll still Whack em with my ghg gear brotha it's really opinion and budget but to get back on topic I'd hunt over those first flight decoys.
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First Flight Decoys / Rockland Outdoors
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Where can you buy G&H decoys in southwest LA? Thanks Robbie aka Big Hutch |
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I have two dozen of the GWT I bought at the end of the season and will put them out this year.
Also, I can see paying a lot of $ for a nice flocked SPEC decoys since you only needed 3-5. However whom ever thinks high priced duck decoys brings them in closer have not ducked hunted too much or too long! |
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After thirty two seasons of duck hunting I have learned a little but I am still learning. We have killed decoying ducks while standing outside the blind when someone was in the decoys picking up ducks with the motor running. If a duck wants to come in you have to try hard to stop them. Other times nothing you can do will get them to commit.
What I am considering in the decoy choice is durability. If after 1 season half the new decoys you bought last year are leaking around the keel and have lost all their paint, is a "cheap" decoy really that cheap? My argument is that when you use as many decoys as I do, 150-200 per blind, at 2 blinds. I can't afford to replace half of my decoys every year. I also dont have time to re-rig that many decoys each year. Now if I only used a couple dozen then who really cares how much they cost or how long they last. Heck I would probably buy custom made decoys made of wood or cork just to add to the huntng experience. Just my two cents. Robbie aka Big Hutch |
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Looking at buying a few dozen Rockland decoys; are they still holding up for y'all?
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I bought 10 dozen of the Gadwal decoys and the paint was off them by the end of the season. The Teals held up good they still look like they did when I got them.
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Decoys
Kool, thx for the feedback.
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Coke bottles or bust
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