specks

[slew]

how many decoys are needed for specks, I have one doz and about three doz snows is that enough and how would you place them

[novacaine]

how many decoys are needed for specks, I have one doz and about three doz snows is that enough and how would you place them

Do not put the snows with the specks....................move them away if you must think you just have to use them for visual.
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1dozen is a little shy but i have seen it work (it happened to be the X). 2 dozen would be mo better but use what you have. Flocked shells are a relatively inexpensive option to fill in a spread but dont get carried away. I'm currently trying to build up to 2.5 to 3 dozen fulls.........Those suckers are expensive.
The key is to set them up very close to where you saw them working the previous day.

OK.......my bad....................we are talking about field hunting and setting up for just geese right?????

[Jeff]

With a good call no decoys are needed.

Without a good call 12-24 placed in family groups, normally odd numbers. Snow decoys are normally a waste of time unless you have several hundred in my opinion. Honestly if you want to kill specks there isn't much more rewarding in waterfowl hunting than calling specks into the decoys.

[YazooValley]

We killed a few today with no speck decoys and very mediocre calling.

[grik]

any body got a rec on speck call and instructional CD? I've tried before but getting the reed to "break over" was not easy --- I understand back pressure is key but it don't come naturally for me. We've got a ton of speck in our area and I "call" at them while we are duck hunting but there is usually not a lot of interest on the specs part -- I suspect that is due probably to my calling lacking --- any advice and recommendations would be appreciated. thanks

[Anatidae]

any body got a rec on speck call and instructional CD? I've tried before but getting the reed to "break over" was not easy --- I understand back pressure is key but it don't come naturally for me. We've got a ton of speck in our area and I "call" at them while we are duck hunting but there is usually not a lot of interest on the specs part -- I suspect that is due probably to my calling lacking --- any advice and recommendations would be appreciated. thanks

I learned how to calll specks with my voice when I was in my teens (even after voice changed).......but your vocal chords change in later years. You might try this using a "Lute-a-lute" syllable .......like yodeling.

Otherwise, the Chien Caille or Haydels calls are pretty easy to use. You just have to experiement with call-hand position/closure to learn optimal back pressure. It comes with experience - you gotta start somewhere.

[hillhunter]

Have any of you guys ever had any luck hunting specks in the afternoon? Or you think mornings only? Like finding some in wheat or bean fields after sun up and setting up close to there a little later after you run them up or something? Just wondering, would love to hunt some one day. My understanding is that they decoy better than mallards but have only killed two and they were decoying in to duck decoys at a honker call.

[Jeff]

I have always done best on them mid morning. However over the years have killed some in the afternoons typically over a grit pile in the marsh. It's always worth a try if you can pattern them AND you don't shoot a roost hole for them.

[Bercy]

We killed a few today with no speck decoys and very mediocre calling.

I bet the caller would take offense to that calling remark.

[YazooValley]

We killed a few today with no speck decoys and very mediocre calling.

I bet the caller would take offense to that calling remark.

I thought I was being fairly gracious. But I'll give some credit. It was working.

[music_man]

any body got a rec on speck call and instructional CD? I've tried before but getting the reed to "break over" was not easy --- I understand back pressure is key but it don't come naturally for me. We've got a ton of speck in our area and I "call" at them while we are duck hunting but there is usually not a lot of interest on the specs part -- I suspect that is due probably to my calling lacking --- any advice and recommendations would be appreciated. thanks

I would reccomend 2 calls:
A gaston custom calls speck
Or
A redbone speck
Both are GREAT calls, but they do take a little practice to master.

[Deltaduk]

youtube a riceland poly speck call. call is so thick it feels like an acrylic call Don't even have to control back pressure with your hands.. Just cupp them and blow.. give it a look see. great call and at about $70-80 I cant remember

[pondman]

youtube a riceland poly speck call. call is so thick it feels like an acrylic call Don't even have to control back pressure with your hands.. Just cupp them and blow.. give it a look see. great call and at about $70-80 I cant remember

I got one for Christmas last year. I love it!! Easy to blow and very loud. When we hunt them in AR we use about 18 deeks and usually have better luck over water in the afternoons. Mornings they like dry ground.

Pond

[Wingman]

Beginner speck callers can't go wrong with the Haydel compensator. It has a little restrictor on the end that helps you to make it yodel easier.

I've hunted them in the afternoons when the moon is full. Yesterday we caught them coming in to water all day long while dry feeding in field right across the road. It was fabulous. If you can find them coming to water, you can pretty much hunt them anytime of day. I equate them dry feeding (as in absolutely no water in the field they're feeding in) to us eating cereal with no milk. You can only go so long before you gotta take a drink. But the cool thing is, you'll have constant action as group after group comes to the water and returns to the field.

When the moon is dark, they'll come off the roost about sunrise and go to the feeding fields. Try to pattern them at least two days in a row when they are doing this.

I love field hunting specks. It just takes a good bit of land to do it on a consistent basis around here.

[JCA]

Specks have gotten in my blood bad over the last couple of years. I have a Redbone, and both a poly and an acrylic Riceland along with a Zink. The acrylic Riceland is by far the best for me out of any of the calls that I own. Have killed them over no decoys and over no more than 8 decoys. We usually always put a few decoys out when we are in our fields. We usually set ours up on the upwind side of our ducks and well away from our ducks. If you run a Mojo we seem to have better results when they are turned off. Talk to James at Riceland, nice guy and builds a great call.