Decoy Placement
Decoy Placement
I gotta question, picture if you will. My hole has a slough that comes in from the west and goes south.. we hunt in the bend, it just opens up into somewhat of an oxbow. Usually place dekes out in the oxbow in the U or C pattern depending on the wind. But birds seem a little hesitant, we are well hidden and I don't see another problem. What would be a better set up, place the dekes on the mouth of the oxbow or what?
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Get in there and just watch, do the birds even want to be in it. Don't matter where you put if em they don't want in.
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Number of decoys?? Might be your problem... I try to match the flocks that I see... If you see 100s and you put out 100s of decoys and that wont work try 8 or 10... I have hunted over 1 or 2 decoys and done well..
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BTW the trick is to NOT bring more decoys then your plan... Else you will empty the boat like I do... If I decide I am hunting over 3 decoys on top of the meadow that is all I bring is 3 decoys...
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BTW the trick is to NOT bring more decoys then your plan... Else you will empty the boat like I do... If I decide I am hunting over 3 decoys on top of the meadow that is all I bring is 3 decoys...
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If there's any decoys out of place, (IOW, downwind) that can cause 'em to not finish well. Usually occurs when folks try to set decoys the way ducks sit on the water. Doesn't take more than a couple of decoys downwind to stop 'em from coming in.
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mallardhunter wrote:If there's any decoys out of place, (IOW, downwind) that can cause 'em to not finish well. Usually occurs when folks try to set decoys the way ducks sit on the water. Doesn't take more than a couple of decoys downwind to stop 'em from coming in.
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Instead of placing them in a shape, try something different. Sounds like they've grown use to your set up. If your putting out 4 doz dekes, try putting out about only 8 and vs versa. Switch from a J or C and spread them out. If your calling, don't call. Just mix as many things up as possible until you figure it out. JMO
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Red the CBR wrote:mallardhunter wrote:If there's any decoys out of place, (IOW, downwind) that can cause 'em to not finish well. Usually occurs when folks try to set decoys the way ducks sit on the water. Doesn't take more than a couple of decoys downwind to stop 'em from coming in.
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I think what he is talking about is placing decoys downwind and not giving them an open space to light.... ducks like to light into the wind, and don't usually like to make the final pass over decoys, they tend to light in open water.....
I agree with Red's suggestion to use fewer decoys, I would try that first(particularly if you are not in a very open spot)....also sometimes movement in the decoys (jerk string) can help a lot.... decoy placement shape is overrated imo.... often times the best placement is a small "clump" upwind from where you want them to land....
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