Changing decoy spread

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Changing decoy spread

Postby tknight » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:28 pm

I know later in the year some say to pair up your decoys and take some away from your spread, do any of you do this? does it seem to help? If you change em up what type of formation seems to work best for you? We hunt a soybean field and have about 7 dozen out
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Postby Tedl10 » Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:10 pm

After today I will be pairing mine up and putting about 2 dozen out. I watched a flock in a soy bean hole this afternoon and every single drake had a hen right beside him. Them orange legs are starting to brighten up! :wink:
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Postby mottlet » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:05 am

Regardless of timing (early-season, late-season), I will NEVER, EVER put out two dozen decoys. Either put out way less or way more.

Seriously.

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Postby jwarwick » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:45 am

mottlet wrote:Regardless of timing (early-season, late-season), I will NEVER, EVER put out two dozen decoys. Either put out way less or way more.


Are you reasoning that everybody and his uncle is putting out 2 dz. and the ducks are hip to that?
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Postby mottlet » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:06 am

jwarwick wrote:Are you reasoning that everybody and his uncle is putting out 2 dz. and the ducks are hip to that?


Yessir, that'd be it.
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Postby Double R 2 » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:45 pm

My grandad always said he used either 6 or 60.
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Postby RedEyed Duck » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:21 pm

Double R 2 wrote:My grandad always said he used either 6 or 60.


Double R 2, whats the math equation to set that up for arKANSAS?



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Postby Double R 2 » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:00 pm

Multiply times another 5 or 10!
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Postby Tedl10 » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:15 pm

Well the flock I saw consisted of 25. That's about 2 dozen isn't it? All were in pairs and I'm killing ducks that way so I'm not worried! :wink: :lol:
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Postby Anatidae » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:12 pm

Well, if we don't get some more birds......on the last day of the season, I'm going to put-out 2 dozen. I figure it'll take about that many to get my message across, clearly.

Formation? I'm going to use one I've never used before and arrange them in the outline of a 1-finger salute.......and that wouldn't be the index finger, either. :shock:
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Postby champcaller » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:40 pm

Anatidae wrote:Well, if we don't get some more birds......on the last day of the season, I'm going to put-out 2 dozen. I figure it'll take about that many to get my message across, clearly.

Formation? I'm going to use one I've never used before and arrange them in the outline of a 1-finger salute.......and that wouldn't be the index finger, either. :shock:


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Postby gator » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:46 pm

WHATEVER or rather, however many you put out, MAKE SURE YOU PUT OUT AN "ODD" NUMBER.

11 or 13, NEVER 12

5 or 7, 23 or 25, etc etc.

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Postby tknight » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:32 pm

gator wrote:WHATEVER or rather, however many you put out, MAKE SURE YOU PUT OUT AN "ODD" NUMBER.

11 or 13, NEVER 12

5 or 7, 23 or 25, etc etc.

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Postby champcaller » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:47 pm

gator wrote:WHATEVER or rather, however many you put out, MAKE SURE YOU PUT OUT AN "ODD" NUMBER.

11 or 13, NEVER 12

5 or 7, 23 or 25, etc etc.

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please exlpain your theory on the odd numbers
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Postby waterbug » Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:09 pm

If the pairing method doesn't work. Put out one hen and 23 greenheads and make a train. Opps, better make that 24 greenheads so as to make it an odd number divisible by 5
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