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Tell me about your decoy spread
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:14 am
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:14 am
Hunt mostly rice field with BIG spreads. I'm trying to see what the best combination of species is. Our spread is something like this:
30% Mallards
20% teal
20% grey ducks
15% spoonies
15% pintail (usually off alone)
Should I use a different species make up? Any particular grouping strategies?
This thread isn't only for rice fields. We can talk other waterfowl landscapes as well.
What y'all got?
30% Mallards
20% teal
20% grey ducks
15% spoonies
15% pintail (usually off alone)
Should I use a different species make up? Any particular grouping strategies?
This thread isn't only for rice fields. We can talk other waterfowl landscapes as well.
What y'all got?
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Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:21 am to CajunCommander
I definitely like pintail dekes in ricefields
This post was edited on 9/14/16 at 11:22 am
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:22 am to CajunCommander
I start big, then whittle down through the year.
Open with 5-8 dozen mallards
2 dozen teal
dozen pintails
dozen random (black jacks/greys/old decoys painted brown)
Usually down to 2 dozen mallards and dozen teal by 2nd split.
Exception: On front days I will bring out the whole spread again to mimic a bunch of new birds in the area.
Open with 5-8 dozen mallards
2 dozen teal
dozen pintails
dozen random (black jacks/greys/old decoys painted brown)
Usually down to 2 dozen mallards and dozen teal by 2nd split.
Exception: On front days I will bring out the whole spread again to mimic a bunch of new birds in the area.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:23 am to CajunCommander
99% public land timber or fields, and it is walk-in access.
A dozen Banded Mallard foam shells
6-8 teal
2 wood ducks
If the area is right and I can use my wheeler, I will use my canada shells as well.
A dozen Banded Mallard foam shells
6-8 teal
2 wood ducks
If the area is right and I can use my wheeler, I will use my canada shells as well.
This post was edited on 9/14/16 at 11:29 am
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:24 am to CajunCommander
anywhere from 200-500 windsocks for geese Few dozen mixed mallards, teal and pintail for rice fields
Dozen teal and a few pintail drakes in the marsh
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:35 am to Clyde Tipton
quote:
On front days I will bring out the whole spread again to mimic a bunch of new birds in the area.
Thats a pretty solid tactic right there
Posted on 9/14/16 at 1:08 pm to Clyde Tipton
Where do you hunt? Rice fields?
Posted on 9/14/16 at 1:23 pm to CajunCommander
quote:
Where do you hunt?
All over. Public lakes, I've been on leases some years, friends leases.
That's just my general line of thinking about how to use decoys. I hunt with a lot of other people's set ups too, so I've seen it all both work and fail. I'm a big believer in picking some up or moving them around if it's not going well. That can make a difference sometimes.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 1:39 pm to CajunCommander
75% greys, 15% divers and pouldeau, and 10% teal.
I normally hunt with like 3.5 dozen in the first split depending on how the birds act. Most of the time, I'm down to about a half dozen greys by the end of the second split.
I normally hunt with like 3.5 dozen in the first split depending on how the birds act. Most of the time, I'm down to about a half dozen greys by the end of the second split.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:09 pm to MSWebfoot
quote:
99% public land timber or fields, and it is walk-in access.
A dozen Banded Mallard foam shells
6-8 teal
2 wood ducks
You sound like my MS twin. I typically do more wood ducks though, and my mallards are inflatable rather than foam shell (which i've been trying to find a dozen of for a while now). Same locations though.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:37 pm to CajunCommander
Moved to OK and the predominant species is mallards, grays and green wing. Last year hunted 12-24 mallards, 6 grays, 6 wigeon, 6 pintail and 12 gwt.
This year, totally changing the game plan. We saw lots of Canadas last year but they never came into our spread till I bought 4 goose floaters. This year I'll likely be running 16 goose floaters, 6-8 mallards (6 magnum drakes with flocked heads, 2 magnum hens) and maaaaybe 1 dz gwt if they're really thick in the area, although in my limited experience with them, teal love goose decoys. Hopefully this gives me more chances at geese without affecting my duck numbers.
There is one hole I hunt that is heavy gray duck and gwt, and that's what I'll run when I hunt that specific hole.
This year, totally changing the game plan. We saw lots of Canadas last year but they never came into our spread till I bought 4 goose floaters. This year I'll likely be running 16 goose floaters, 6-8 mallards (6 magnum drakes with flocked heads, 2 magnum hens) and maaaaybe 1 dz gwt if they're really thick in the area, although in my limited experience with them, teal love goose decoys. Hopefully this gives me more chances at geese without affecting my duck numbers.
There is one hole I hunt that is heavy gray duck and gwt, and that's what I'll run when I hunt that specific hole.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:39 pm to The Last Coco
Ducks love goose decoys.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:42 pm to CajunCommander
14 empty propane tanks, 187 empty 2 liter bottles, 10 spinners, 8 squirters, and two home made mallard machines.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:43 pm to jimbeam
quote:
Ducks love goose decoys
That's what I've read. Hoping it holds some truth.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:50 pm to The Last Coco
150 Coots & 6 Greys
They can't resist.
They can't resist.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 3:07 pm to gorillacoco
I have inflatables too, the ones with the hard plastic heads. The shells are sooooo much lighter, and can take a shot to the face with no ill effects. 
I carry my whole spread in a Drake backpack.
I carry my whole spread in a Drake backpack.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 3:47 pm to MSWebfoot
Where did you get the shells??
Posted on 9/14/16 at 3:55 pm to gorillacoco
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Where did you get the shells??
Bruh - he even linked it in his post. C'mon man!
Posted on 9/14/16 at 4:04 pm to CajunCommander
It's a bunch of fuzzy headed mallards
Posted on 9/14/16 at 4:04 pm to The Last Coco
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