Jerkin'

[wing shot 1]

It blows my mind that people will spend tousands upon thousands of $ and are too lazy to rig up a $3.00 jerkstring.One of the most reliable, effective tools you can use.....

Sometimes i will only use a JS with 3 decoys...no other dekes. People laugh til the ducks fall in.

The most important part of it is a 3 foot peice of 1/4 inch elastic from walmart that cost about .80 cents.

[Ducks be us]

I saw some at BSP's for around $30...I chuckled as I walked by em

[Bankermane]

i bought it

[DUCKAHOLIC]

I thought you were talking about Duckbums favorite thing to do when he was alone....................

[Ducks be us]

i bought it

I meant ta say EVERYONE should have 5 or 6

[JDgator]

I am scaling back to a dozen decoys, plus 2 on the jerk string (with very little calling). This is what appears to be most natural in my neck of the woods.

[salty]

Where in walmart did you find the long skinny bungee cord? Right now I have a few of the 1/4" mini bungee cords tied together on my jerk string, but I would like a nice long piece of cord for more movement in the spread. I've looked at wally world and lowes in starkvegas and can't seem to find any bulk bungee cord.

[crow]

Back to the wind, three decoys to the right, four decoys to the left, two on the string in the pocket (I use 6 feet of elastic cord so they can "swim" some, pull it in and let it out slowly as the ducks come in)....deadly!

[Up2Early]

salty,

Go to Home Depot. They sell "Canopy Tarp Ties" in a small plastic jar. It's a black bungee cord with an orange ball on the end. Take the whole thing apart and you've got a 12" bungee cord. It's all the spring you need.

U2E

[Dutch Dog]

Salty, He's not talking about the bungee cords I believe. I think he's talking about the elastic stuff you can get back in the crafts department where the fabrics are.

[Jelly]

Go to a sporting goods store and get the peep sight cord. Works great. just ask bonehead.

[salty]

Thanks for the tips guys. I keep eye'n those big PVC bins with the looooong pieces of bungee cord holding in the rubber balls and things at walmart. I figured they must have some of that cord somewhere.

[Bercy]

How do you rig your jerk string? What do you have on the backside of the jerk string - tie elastic/bungee to tree, weight, . . . ?

[salty]

I use a 3ft piece of conduit with a carriage bolt at the top for a handle and another bolt down lower to stomp the conduit into the mud

[merlebo05]

I rig my jerk cords so that they are in a diamond shape!!!!!!