Dakota Decoys
Dakota Decoys
I was looking at the Macks catalog earlier and the Dakota Decoys look like real ducks. They are high as giraffe poontang. Anybody got them? Are they worth it?
- Greenhead22
- Duck South Addict
- Posts: 19203
- Joined: Sun Apr 29, 2001 12:01 am
- Location: Mississippi/Louisiana/Arkansas
Re: Dakota Decoys
I have 5 dozen. You can't beat the realism or design. The only issue is the fading of the flocked heads. They won't last long in a rice field.
- Greenhead22
- Duck South Addict
- Posts: 19203
- Joined: Sun Apr 29, 2001 12:01 am
- Location: Mississippi/Louisiana/Arkansas
Re: Dakota Decoys
I haven't done that yet. They can also be repainted.
Re: Dakota Decoys
FLOCK that! I mean them, re-flock them?
Do you think the flocking is worth the coin? Just can't justify that cost for the longevity of the product with my track record on decoys.
Do you think the flocking is worth the coin? Just can't justify that cost for the longevity of the product with my track record on decoys.
Looking for 2 duck calls from Dominic Serio of Greenwood (ones for Novacaine)
"Most Chesapeakes, unless in agreement that it is his idea, will continually question the validity of what he is being asked to do" - Butch Goodwin
"Most Chesapeakes, unless in agreement that it is his idea, will continually question the validity of what he is being asked to do" - Butch Goodwin
- Blake Williamson
- Duck South Addict
- Posts: 1689
- Joined: Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:56 am
- Location: Probably on the Pearl River setting at the cabin with a beer in hand with Ol'Jake beside me.
Re: Dakota Decoys
They look dam good!!! But if ya like me It's hard to pay that kind of money for something I know I'm going to have tore up in a yr bc of the way I hunt.
Marsh Mutt Pro-Staff
-
- Duck South Addict
- Posts: 1131
- Joined: Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:27 am
Re: Dakota Decoys
I have about 5 dozen of their geese, and 3 dozen of their ducks. I found the ducks for 129 last year and should have bought a lot more. Anyway I'm hell on them and they have held up. Anything flocked will get nicked up but it's part of it. Least with these decoys they come with both flocked and painted heads.
Re: Dakota Decoys
you can get them without the flocked heads I think. Not quite as good looking, but probably a little more durable.
-
- Duck South Addict
- Posts: 4587
- Joined: Sun Aug 18, 2002 3:09 pm
Re: Dakota Decoys
Roger's has them for $133 a dozen.
Re: Dakota Decoys
They are tough and durable; I think the painted heads look really good if not better...I had a club member back over a dozen and it only broke 2 decoys and 2 heads....I was impressed with that
-
- Duck South Addict
- Posts: 4411
- Joined: Thu Jun 30, 2005 2:36 pm
Re: Dakota Decoys
Bold question to those using ~$280 a dozen decoys....are you killing more ducks as a result of the decoys? If so, is there a noticeable difference in birds decoying and kills over less expensive decoys?
- Greenhead22
- Duck South Addict
- Posts: 19203
- Joined: Sun Apr 29, 2001 12:01 am
- Location: Mississippi/Louisiana/Arkansas
Re: Dakota Decoys
I don't know. Mine were free.
-
- Duck South Addict
- Posts: 4231
- Joined: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:24 am
- Location: MillCreek
Re: Dakota Decoys
Mmm I tell ya, in the brakes, thicket and timber, it's hard to beat a $20 jerk string and half a dozen Cherokee inflatables.
To me, being hidden is the be-all-end-all of coming home with meat and not. You can buy $2000 guns, $20,000 boats, $300 decoys, $1000 dogs, cases of hevi-shot, the technologically advanced camo, the mojo timers, the plastic corn...you can even be on the "x". But if you do all this and go into a spot half-ass hidden, moving around, looking up- you have spent thousands for nothing.
Notice I didn't say calls. In the timber, I don't feel like decoys are a "must have", depending on the timber type. Good calling comes after being hid.
No way I am paying that for a decoy. This is coming from a guy who owns a Yeti with pride too, though.
To me, being hidden is the be-all-end-all of coming home with meat and not. You can buy $2000 guns, $20,000 boats, $300 decoys, $1000 dogs, cases of hevi-shot, the technologically advanced camo, the mojo timers, the plastic corn...you can even be on the "x". But if you do all this and go into a spot half-ass hidden, moving around, looking up- you have spent thousands for nothing.
Notice I didn't say calls. In the timber, I don't feel like decoys are a "must have", depending on the timber type. Good calling comes after being hid.
No way I am paying that for a decoy. This is coming from a guy who owns a Yeti with pride too, though.
"The middle of the road is where the white line is -- and that's the worst place to drive." Robert Frost
http://www.pintailduckboats.com/
http://www.pintailduckboats.com/
Re: Dakota Decoys
By the time they get close enough to decide whether my decoys are Dakota or Flambeau we are usually knocking 'em down.
Μολὼν λαβέ
HRCH Man with a Loaded Gun MH
HR Quest's Loaded Gun 4/8/00-7/5/12 RIP
HRCH Man with a Loaded Gun MH
HR Quest's Loaded Gun 4/8/00-7/5/12 RIP
Re: Dakota Decoys
"Yea, I went hunting once. Shot the deer in the leg, had to kill it with a shovel. it took about an hour." - Michael Scott
http://alectaylor.smugmug.com/
http://alectaylor.smugmug.com/
Return to “General Discussion Forum”
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 254 guests