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re: Ducks just circling
Posted on 12/1/14 at 3:47 pm to TheGreat318
Posted on 12/1/14 at 3:47 pm to TheGreat318
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a jerk string.
I never ever ever hunt without the jerk string.
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 3:48 pm to prettycountry
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Set up now in a tree line on the edge of the fields
That's a big problem. Get in the middle of the field, even if you just have to stick up brush and stand in it. You'll kill more.
The only other thing I can think of that has not been mentioned is 90% of duck hunting is being where the ducks want to be. If you aren't jumping ducks out of your hole, or seeing feathers on the water from preening, then you are not in a "good" spot.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 3:55 pm to OhFace55
Deke spread....does it look like live resting or feeding ducks
Posted on 12/1/14 at 3:57 pm to prettycountry
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prettycountry
Where are you located? I'm a pretty big rice field hunter myself so I can come down to your setup and consult you free of charge.
This post was edited on 12/1/14 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 12/1/14 at 4:00 pm to 34venture
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34venture
Ducks just circling
If you think you have enough brush on your blind add more.
This......and if don't have cover casting shadows into your blind......
You might as well stand up in the dekes
Posted on 12/1/14 at 4:04 pm to prettycountry
They are seeing something. Does your blind stick out above ground a good bit. They know that that's not natural. Pull those mechanical ducks out. And you might need professional advice. I'm available this weekend.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 4:19 pm to prettycountry
The Mojo is probably making them nervous.
Seriously. Mojos have been so overused at this point I consider them a liability. Just think about how many Mojos those birds have seen between you and Canada.
Seriously. Mojos have been so overused at this point I consider them a liability. Just think about how many Mojos those birds have seen between you and Canada.
This post was edited on 12/1/14 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 12/1/14 at 4:19 pm to prettycountry
how many dekes, how many ducks we talking about seeing?
Posted on 12/1/14 at 4:21 pm to prettycountry
everyone has good ideas and suggestions, but I know that a few crawfish sacks of corn will work 
Posted on 12/1/14 at 4:29 pm to Tino
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Me and JC might need you to come to our new duck hunting spot and get us set up right
Say the word.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 5:07 pm to prettycountry
Do you ever see ducks lit in there?
Posted on 12/1/14 at 6:17 pm to prettycountry
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ducks I'm seeing only circle but do not want to light. Not flaring either.
honestly, I have found this to be the case for the last few years...birds are just a lot more blindshy now than they used to be.
brush up good, cover your face and hands with nets or paint...make sure your blind has as low a profile as you can manage (sitting height, if possible)...
Posted on 12/1/14 at 6:28 pm to prettycountry
We had the same problem this past weekend. First of all, I think our decoys weren't set up just right for how they wanted to land in the pond.
More importantly, for our last group, once they got close, we used no mallard call and just some gray duck tat tats and they locked up immediately and came in.
More importantly, for our last group, once they got close, we used no mallard call and just some gray duck tat tats and they locked up immediately and came in.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 6:53 pm to prettycountry
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prettycountry Ducks just circling Set up now in a tree line on the edge of the fields.(40 acres).....My thoughts were maybe they would rather light in the middle fields not near trees where predators could hide.
Likely to be correct. Gonna be hard some days to get them to dive in the way you want when they have a tree line holding them high. Likely really depends on your wind and sun.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 7:18 pm to prettycountry
A bunch of good ideas in this thread, however you can't make em go where they don't want to (legally anyway 
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)Posted on 12/1/14 at 7:31 pm to Palo Gaucho
OP descibed 80% of all my rice field hunts.
Best advice I can give is that they hate the wooded edges of fields because thats the easiest place for hunters to hide. A layout blind or even kneeling/laying with a grass mat over you in the middle of the field will have far better results.
True story, I was hunting a rice field in Ark one time by laying in the brushiest part of the levee on the edge. Saw hundreds of birds and none would commit. Got tired of hearing shooting in the field behind me so I got up and stood there and watched a guy limit out by sitting on a 5 gal bucket in the middle of the field behind me.
Best advice I can give is that they hate the wooded edges of fields because thats the easiest place for hunters to hide. A layout blind or even kneeling/laying with a grass mat over you in the middle of the field will have far better results.
True story, I was hunting a rice field in Ark one time by laying in the brushiest part of the levee on the edge. Saw hundreds of birds and none would commit. Got tired of hearing shooting in the field behind me so I got up and stood there and watched a guy limit out by sitting on a 5 gal bucket in the middle of the field behind me.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 8:47 pm to PT24-7
You should look into a layout blind and move to the middle of the field. Pits and levees can flair birds without rain or some serious sun blinding them
Posted on 12/1/14 at 8:56 pm to prettycountry
how deep is the water in the field where you hunt?
Posted on 12/2/14 at 8:52 am to nelatf
Tree line is the worst place to hunt ducks. Also, you need to be level with the field.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 9:35 am to Sparkplug#1
We are hunting geese right now in an 80 acre plowed dry bean field with plowed levees in a 6 man pit blind right smack dab in the middle of both cuts and the blind is the only thing with grass around it. I feel like we would have a better chance at killing geese running around butt naked in the middle of the field throwing rocks at them. Geese will b-line to our decoys from a couple hundred yards out and sometimes we dont even have to call at them, then at about 100 yards they slow down and start flaring and hover over us at about 100 yards up, talk to us for a few secs and then haul arse in the opposite direction. It must have happened to 10 groups in a row yesterday.
Side note: just how pissed off would you guys be at the farmers for leasing property from them and then they dont set it up properly to hunt. I feel that all they would have had to do is not cut the fricking levees and we'd blend in pretty well. The head of the lease was up front about this and said "farming takes precedent" so we knew we may have a delay to our season going in, but we didnt anticipate going into fricking week 4 and have no water and a dry plowed field. These blinds are in Morse for what it's worth. Very frustrating because there are geese ALL OVER but always shy away from our blind.
Side note: just how pissed off would you guys be at the farmers for leasing property from them and then they dont set it up properly to hunt. I feel that all they would have had to do is not cut the fricking levees and we'd blend in pretty well. The head of the lease was up front about this and said "farming takes precedent" so we knew we may have a delay to our season going in, but we didnt anticipate going into fricking week 4 and have no water and a dry plowed field. These blinds are in Morse for what it's worth. Very frustrating because there are geese ALL OVER but always shy away from our blind.
This post was edited on 12/2/14 at 9:38 am
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