Best spread for $200?

[AubreyLaHaye458]

Originally Posted by simplepeddler

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

If you wanna kill ducks regularly in the rice fields it's what you gotta do.

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by simplepeddler

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

We move em around some during the season for sure. I think we may pick em up for the split this year too

[aquaholic]

I have hunted over 300-400 decoys near rest areas w 100000+ ducks on them. Sometimes very large spreads are the ticket. We now hunt over 50-75 dekes and pickup everyday. I think it is more about being hid than decoys. We kill ducks in the woods with calls and no decoys every year. Gotta be flexible!!

[noodle creek]

Just buy as many as you can for 200

[Gottogo49]

I think that it depends on where you hunt, small ponds with 2 dozen decoys definitely pick them up. We hunt from islands on a big pond and we use 6-8 dozen (2 dozen are coots) around each blind. We hunt at least every other day. That's just too much work to take those in and out every other day. I do pick them up during the split. There are many flocks in our area that have 15-20 or so ducks in them. Only 2 dozen decoys does not interest them much. I vote for quantity over quality but I don't allow sinkers or decoys that tip on their side to stay. I hunted specs over some stuffers once and they weren't as deadly as you would think. I also hunted with a guy who had 10 dozen spec decoys and they worked very good that day. Experiment a little and see what works in your area. I'm not Louie Armstrong on a duck call so I just try to get their attention and let the decoys do their job. My buddy shoots at every duck that comes in range, I like to let them circle and hopefully come in to light then get two or sometimes three. We usually hunt from separate blinds. He is done by 8:00, I like to stay until 11:30 or 12:00. There's usually a good pintail and greyduck flight around 9-10.

[CajunSteelsetter]

I'll be hunting small holes wherever I end up hunting most this year, so about two dozen than I can set easily on my own will be ideal I think. Kind of a "traveling" setup. Probably get a dozen teal and half dozen mallard and pintail or greys i'm thinking.