West Texas duck hunters: What decoys are currently in your spread?

[AD1717]

Im new to duck hunting, only my second full season. Hunting in Coleman County (40 miles south of Abilene). Most of the season I have been hunting over my gadwall and green winged teal decoys. Sometimes throw in a few mallards and/or wigeons. I have been seeing quite a few birds, but no one specie more predominantly than others. Very mixed bags. So ive been a little unsure on what would be a good spread so just thought I would see what some of yall were hunting over and whats been working for you? Thanks and God bless.

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[Slew]

What your putting out is just fine! We went the other weekend out there and had a few mallards. Pintails. Widgeon and gadwall. Back when I duck hunted a lot I used pintails and widgeon and black jacks a lot for the white on them. So much more visible than other decoys.


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[macguyverberry]

If you are seeing mixed bags, then continue to used mixed bags. If you aren't sure what you are seeing in the air, error on the side of caution and mix it up anyway.

If you have geese in the area, and your hunting location is right for it, then a couple of goose floaters might be a nice add-on. Just a thought...

[CaprockRoamer]

I've hunted waterfowl in Haskell for the last 20 years. What you have floating doesn't matter nearly as much as being on that X. Same thing for geese. Killed many limits with only about a half dozen mallard decoys. This time of year that X seems to get smaller. Put out what you have and if you're where they want to be, they'll cup up no matter what you put out there.

[DUKFVR]

Been a duck hunting fanatic for over 40 yrs. Don't over think decoys. Sure sometimes it MIGHT come into play , but what you are doing is just fine. In some cases like late season or heavily pressured areas you can have too many decoys, because the birds become decoy shy, just like alot of times little to no calling is best later in season. Like stated above being on the X or as close to it as possible is the key to killing consistently.

[Mossback]

Big water, lakes and such I like pintails and spoony decoys, more Drake’s then hens for the color. You can see white bobbing around from a long way away. Small tank hunting I don’t think it matters nearly as much but still try and use more Drake’s than anything for the color. Early in the yr I will spread them out more too, this time of yr I group em a little more especially on small water. If you drive around and look at the birds in tanks this time of year they are grouped up tighter for some reason.

[S-3 Ranch]

I use a mix of many different types of decoys, some bought, some "salvaged " from lake or bay shore, teal , mallard, pintail. I try not to overthink my decoys

[Ishi&Elvis]

It never hurts to add a great blue heron decoy. Not that you want to attract them, but it seems to help ducks associate that it's safe at that spot.

[Rangefinder]

We use mallards pintails teal wingeon gadwall.

[bentman]

I have 18 tanks in Coleman cnty I can't remember a better year for duck hunting. I've been duck hunting the area for years. 6 to 12 decoys is all you need. The most important thing is to scout and don't bump the ducks off ponds if you don't have to. LEAVE THE BIRDS ALONE.