Duck Hunters, I need your advise

[FamousAmos]

I use 1 or 2 dozen decoys, mixed up with widgeon, pintail, mallard and teal. I add 7 or 8 full bodied mallards on the shoreline. I have three mojos and tend to have one in the spread for the first half of the season. Jerk cords work well for motion.

[ATI]

Have y'all noticed ducks drop in on ya when your dog or you are walking in the middle of the spread making adjustments, pissing or picking up a duck? ever wonder why???
Decoy species don't matter too much, it's the decoy silhouettes and the motion/wavies you create on the water that brings them in...

Also, some hunters need to STFU. Ducks CAN hear and there're almost always a duck, if not more circling your spread without you seeing them and talking flares them off...

[ultralite09]

WHEN I hunted public I would just throw out some of the Cherokee inflatables they are way lighter and they move well on the water. Rig a few up on a jerk line and you'll be good they make gadwalls and mallards just mix them up. also the wonderduck decoys IMO are better than mojos they move a good amount of water and they are lighter.

One of my buddies got a dozen gaddies in a trade and we used them last year, crazy how good they look and swim, especially with that flat keel, it helped alot since we are really low in water on some spots.

my super expensive super secret weapon is a home made jerk string
but it's very important how you use it and where you put it... most folks with jerk string use it wrong. Also, you're right about barely calling later in the season

Whats the proper way? Shoot me a PM if you want. I usually just let the new guy man the rig. Slow pull till you can pull no more and slow release, trying to make the dekes look as natural as possible.

[duckboy007]

I usually run 18 teal decoys, and have really found that they make a difference in getting teal into the decoys. Last year we killed almost 60% greenwingers, some days straight 3 man limits. Really helped when the big ducks were thin, or spooky.

A dozen quality mallard decoys (nicest you can afford) is always nice to have. I'd put them out when there are mallards around. Bulk of my decoys are puddler packs (widgeon, pins, gadwall). I also have a couple dozen divers for visibility or for when I'm targeting canvasbacks.

My average spread is the 18 teal (pretty close together), and a dozen-3 dozen of the mixed puddlers.

[ATI]

Whats the proper way? Shoot me a PM if you want. I usually just let the new guy man the rig. Slow pull till you can pull no more and slow release, trying to make the dekes look as natural as possible.

I'll just show you this season.

[ultralite09]

I'll just show you this season.

SUHWEET

Also, I hit texoma this morning from a yak. Hooked around 10 or so in an hour and a half between 2 guys. All on topwaters around the state park. Only kept one good one for the grill tonight. Might take the boat out and try to limit this weekend.

[coachkiss]

Man, you hunt in my area. I live in Weston, between Celina and Anna. I have access to a few places to duck hunt. Let me know if you want to go out sometime.

[K. Lane]

Go with some teal, pinnies, gaddies. And coots

Don't waste your time with mojos, quiver butts, wiggle bills, flappin foots, twistin tails or any of that other nonsense that induce movements. Those are mostly hype. If you want movement ( and you prolly do) make am old fashion, fail safe, never let you down jerk string rig. It's a ton cheaper, a lot lighter to carry, and works way better. Been a TON O DUCKS met there demise due to a jerk string long before any if this new stuff came along. Folks who say you have to have these new motion decoys know not what they speak of. They are a waste of time and money.

Remember this...... If you are on "the x " you can decoy a stupid bird with painted 2 liter coke bottles as long as you hide that Dern shiny face

[ATI]

Man, you hunt in my area. I live in Weston, between Celina and Anna. I have access to a few places to duck hunt. Let me know if you want to go out sometime.

The Celina and Prosper area also has a ton of Canadas.
I used to have a place on Preston Road and we whacked the sheeat out of Canadas a few years ago... still good numbers flying around there.

[npe001]

Also, from what I have seen, Ducks are pretty racist! Not trying to be funny.

[ultralite09]

Man, you hunt in my area. I live in Weston, between Celina and Anna. I have access to a few places to duck hunt. Let me know if you want to go out sometime.

Yeah, that would be awesome!

[NelsonV]

On public waters I use this especially if there's a lot of hunters. 18 teal, 36 magnum mallards, 12 pintail, and a blue herron to boot.

[ultralite09]

On public waters I use this especially if there's a lot of hunters. 18 teal, 36 magnum mallards, 12 pintail, and a blue herron to boot.

Ive thought about those herron decoys, are they worth my time/money?

No one else use coots? I was always told there were a big confidence boost in the spread.

[panhandlehunter]

We run good sized spreads down here where I hunt, 5 dz GWT, 3 dz pintail, 2 dz spoonie, 2 dz gadwall and 2 dozen coot, sometimes more. There's a lot of duck ponds down here. Spread them out and keep the same species together with big holes for birds to land. As it gets later in the season our spread shrinks down to 2 dz coot and maybe a dozen mixed dekes in drake/hen pairs. Coot dekes work great, where there are coots, there's food. Last year we watched thousands of birds land with coots. We only use mojos during early teal. The birds have wised up to them.

[ABHC TX]

more green and corn!