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re: Please School Me on Duck Decoys
Posted on 2/3/16 at 2:26 pm to Homey the Clown
Posted on 2/3/16 at 2:26 pm to Homey the Clown
The carvers edge decoys have made serious strides in the right direction from the old game winners. Me and my partners put out close to 12 dozen at the begining of the year. Mix of teal, grey ducks, mallards and sponnies.
Picked them all up last week and every one of them looks just as good as the day I set them out. with the exceptions of a few that got shot.
FWIW - I hunt in rice fields and leave them out all season. I also like the GHG and Tanglefree but if you are hunting rice fields and want to save money with a good looking spread go with game winner carvers edge all day.
Good luck.
Picked them all up last week and every one of them looks just as good as the day I set them out. with the exceptions of a few that got shot.
FWIW - I hunt in rice fields and leave them out all season. I also like the GHG and Tanglefree but if you are hunting rice fields and want to save money with a good looking spread go with game winner carvers edge all day.
Good luck.
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Posted on 2/3/16 at 2:29 pm to CajunCommander
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CajunCommander
I had a dozen Gadwall and a some other Dekes show up at the house. Those yours or do they belong to faggle?
This post was edited on 2/3/16 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 2/3/16 at 2:45 pm to CP3
They belong to Faggle....
Posted on 2/3/16 at 2:47 pm to CP3
Wait... New in the Box decoys????
Those are mine haha
I thought you were talking about the loose ones in the garage.
Those are mine haha
I thought you were talking about the loose ones in the garage.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 3:19 pm to CajunCommander
We will be leaving some decoys out all season, but we will putting out and picking up some of them as well, so that the spread is always changing up.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 3:34 pm to The Last Coco
Anyone tried the final approach gunners decoys from rogers? They have teal at $25/half dozen.
This post was edited on 2/3/16 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 2/3/16 at 3:37 pm to Homey the Clown
quote:
I got buddies who prefer a spoonie over anything other than a teal for eating
I think every hollywood I've ever cleaned had this nasty shite in it's breasts
which is why I trash them all now instead of even trying to clean them.
This post was edited on 2/3/16 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 2/3/16 at 3:40 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Man, ive never seen that in ANY of thd ducks weve killed. Id definitely toss that shite out. You hunting rice field? Lake? Marsh?
This post was edited on 2/3/16 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 2/3/16 at 3:49 pm to Homey the Clown
I've only seen it in spoonies and I've seen it in literally every one I've ever cleaned. Most recent was rice field in Stuttgart. But I've seen it in marsh and lake too. It's some kind of worm
Posted on 2/3/16 at 3:57 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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I've only seen it in spoonies and I've seen it in literally every one I've ever cleaned. Most recent was rice field in Stuttgart. But I've seen it in marsh and lake too. It's some kind of worm
It's Sarcocystis (a.ka. rice disease) and actually is present in pretty much every duck species. Your experience with spoonies is just anecdotal. Just as likely to find it in mallards.
Sarcocystis - a.k.a. Rice Disease
Posted on 2/3/16 at 3:57 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Experts will tell you that as long as you cook it thoroughly, it is safe to eat. Personally, the "safe" aspect doesn't even make it to my logic process there. That bird won't even get cleaned.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 3:57 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Damn. Ive never seen any with that, and no one i hunt around (huge farm and i know and speak to a number of the hunters regularly) has ever mentioned anything like that. We joke around with people shooting spoonies sometimes, but no one has ever actually had a problem like that that they spoke of. And i dont care if its "safe" if its well cooked, im definitely not cleaning thst duck either.
This post was edited on 2/3/16 at 3:59 pm
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:05 pm to Homey the Clown
quote:
We joke around with people shooting spoonies sometimes, but no one has ever actually had a problem like that that they spoke of.
It's not a spoonie thing - it's just a duck thing. Mallards, teal, spoonies, they all get it occasionally.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:09 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Weird. Never seen that. Shot more than my share of spoonies
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:41 pm to jimbeam
Avian X deeks are great.
No way in hell I would clean or eat that duck
No way in hell I would clean or eat that duck
Posted on 2/3/16 at 7:17 pm to 34venture
Quit giving away my secrets baw 
Posted on 2/3/16 at 7:27 pm to Homey the Clown
I don't have the answer to your original question, but I can tell you that your best bet is to buy mostly mallard decoys as they are by far the cheapest and most any ducks will readily decoy to them...
just sprinkle in a few of the more "specialized" decoys (i.e. teal, poule deau, etc.) to make your spread look real for the area...
just sprinkle in a few of the more "specialized" decoys (i.e. teal, poule deau, etc.) to make your spread look real for the area...
This post was edited on 2/3/16 at 7:57 pm
Posted on 2/3/16 at 7:30 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
quote:
I think every hollywood I've ever cleaned had this nasty shite in it's breasts
I would like to know exactly what that is...I have seen that in a good number of ducks before and never knew what the hell it is....
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:05 pm to Homey the Clown
It's probably already been said, but get in the classifieds and find some deals. I picked up a couple dozen rigged last Feb for $75 from a dude that was getting out of a big lease.
Also, like others have said you can just start saving Coke bottles and spray paint them black to fill in the spread. Will beef your spread up pretty quick. Ppl make fun of bottles but they dance in a slight breeze more than regular decoys. My advice would be to find the lightest (weight) decoys you can for this purpose.
I still have some 10-15 yr old flambeau stay are faded bud doing just fine. Drill out the shot up or busted ones after the season and shoot in a little expanding foam...
Also, like others have said you can just start saving Coke bottles and spray paint them black to fill in the spread. Will beef your spread up pretty quick. Ppl make fun of bottles but they dance in a slight breeze more than regular decoys. My advice would be to find the lightest (weight) decoys you can for this purpose.
I still have some 10-15 yr old flambeau stay are faded bud doing just fine. Drill out the shot up or busted ones after the season and shoot in a little expanding foam...
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:16 pm to Homey the Clown
Also, id say only TX rig your decoys if they'll be hanging in a trailer between hints or if you leave them out/move from field to field a lot. If your going to be bagging them a lot during the season it ends up being less hassle to just wrap the line around the keel.
We used to run covered trailers for out of state hunting a good bit so we only rigged em TX style. I hunt different places in LA these days so I keep them rigged conventional in bags so I can throw them in the boat or put them on my back for a long walk.
We used to run covered trailers for out of state hunting a good bit so we only rigged em TX style. I hunt different places in LA these days so I keep them rigged conventional in bags so I can throw them in the boat or put them on my back for a long walk.
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