Re: Separating bird species in decoys?
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:15 am
No that is a blonde mallard decoy, he picked it up in a combo pack with his Black duck X mallard decoys.
Duck Hunting Forum, Goose Hunting Forum, Waterfowl Hunting, Duck Boats.
https://www.waterfowlforum.net/
ducks~n~bucks wrote:Do you guys do this? Do ducks segregate themselves? This year we segregated our decoys based on species, wigeon with wigeon, mallards with mallards, divers with divers, and intermingled coots with all. Is this a good idea?
GadwallGetter530 wrote:ducks~n~bucks wrote:Do you guys do this? Do ducks segregate themselves? This year we segregated our decoys based on species, wigeon with wigeon, mallards with mallards, divers with divers, and intermingled coots with all. Is this a good idea?
I was running around 8 to 16 decs most of the season. Mix of mallards gaddys wigeon spoons and sprig. Separating them a good distance apart. Most of the time the birds would work into their own species more times then not. If that says anything.
ducks~n~bucks wrote:GadwallGetter530 wrote:ducks~n~bucks wrote:Do you guys do this? Do ducks segregate themselves? This year we segregated our decoys based on species, wigeon with wigeon, mallards with mallards, divers with divers, and intermingled coots with all. Is this a good idea?
I was running around 8 to 16 decs most of the season. Mix of mallards gaddys wigeon spoons and sprig. Separating them a good distance apart. Most of the time the birds would work into their own species more times then not. If that says anything.
Yeah we usually throw our mallards 30 yards to one side of us, and our wigeon 30 yards to the other side. This year we are going to try placing them in groups of 2-4 also. And we're adding sprigs to the spread.
GadwallGetter530 wrote:ducks~n~bucks wrote:GadwallGetter530 wrote:ducks~n~bucks wrote:Do you guys do this? Do ducks segregate themselves? This year we segregated our decoys based on species, wigeon with wigeon, mallards with mallards, divers with divers, and intermingled coots with all. Is this a good idea?
I was running around 8 to 16 decs most of the season. Mix of mallards gaddys wigeon spoons and sprig. Separating them a good distance apart. Most of the time the birds would work into their own species more times then not. If that says anything.
Yeah we usually throw our mallards 30 yards to one side of us, and our wigeon 30 yards to the other side. This year we are going to try placing them in groups of 2-4 also. And we're adding sprigs to the spread.
Honestly, Try and get alot of white out there. I love using spoony decs, it seems to grab the birds attention.
ducks~n~bucks wrote:GadwallGetter530 wrote:ducks~n~bucks wrote:GadwallGetter530 wrote:ducks~n~bucks wrote:Do you guys do this? Do ducks segregate themselves? This year we segregated our decoys based on species, wigeon with wigeon, mallards with mallards, divers with divers, and intermingled coots with all. Is this a good idea?
I was running around 8 to 16 decs most of the season. Mix of mallards gaddys wigeon spoons and sprig. Separating them a good distance apart. Most of the time the birds would work into their own species more times then not. If that says anything.
Yeah we usually throw our mallards 30 yards to one side of us, and our wigeon 30 yards to the other side. This year we are going to try placing them in groups of 2-4 also. And we're adding sprigs to the spread.
Honestly, Try and get alot of white out there. I love using spoony decs, it seems to grab the birds attention.
When were on the lake we run 4 dozen cans and a dozen bluebills, plus the goose decoys.
GadwallGetter530 wrote:ducks~n~bucks wrote:GadwallGetter530 wrote:ducks~n~bucks wrote:GadwallGetter530 wrote:ducks~n~bucks wrote:Do you guys do this? Do ducks segregate themselves? This year we segregated our decoys based on species, wigeon with wigeon, mallards with mallards, divers with divers, and intermingled coots with all. Is this a good idea?
I was running around 8 to 16 decs most of the season. Mix of mallards gaddys wigeon spoons and sprig. Separating them a good distance apart. Most of the time the birds would work into their own species more times then not. If that says anything.
Yeah we usually throw our mallards 30 yards to one side of us, and our wigeon 30 yards to the other side. This year we are going to try placing them in groups of 2-4 also. And we're adding sprigs to the spread.
Honestly, Try and get alot of white out there. I love using spoony decs, it seems to grab the birds attention.
When were on the lake we run 4 dozen cans and a dozen bluebills, plus the goose decoys.
Yeah. I think that'll do it.lol
jehler wrote:Mingling your scaup, ringers and redheads is fine. Keep your eyes, buffies and cans separate
ducks~n~bucks wrote:jehler wrote:Mingling your scaup, ringers and redheads is fine. Keep your eyes, buffies and cans separate
What about mingling cans with scaup? This year was the first my dad has even out out diver decoys, so we are just figuring that part out.
jehler wrote:Mingling your scaup, ringers and redheads is fine. Keep your eyes, buffies and cans separate
ducks~n~bucks wrote:Do you guys do this? Do ducks segregate themselves? This year we segregated our decoys based on species, wigeon with wigeon, mallards with mallards, divers with divers, and intermingled coots with all. Is this a good idea?
Legband wrote:ducks~n~bucks wrote:Do you guys do this? Do ducks segregate themselves? This year we segregated our decoys based on species, wigeon with wigeon, mallards with mallards, divers with divers, and intermingled coots with all. Is this a good idea?
I always separate my decoys by species.
And you can watch the birds land in their kind very regularly.
While it's true that ducks mix in their natural habitat , it's also true that they segregate .
I have come to believe it gives me greater drawing power to the spread to segregate.
We hunt with spreads as big as 25 dozen and as small as a 1/2 dozen.
The 1/2 dozen is always mallards or cans , mallards when hunting puddle ducks and cans when hunting divers.
I set up six to eight blinds a year in various locations from Oregon to central California and use the same system successfully.
welcome legbandLegband wrote:ducks~n~bucks wrote:Do you guys do this? Do ducks segregate themselves? This year we segregated our decoys based on species, wigeon with wigeon, mallards with mallards, divers with divers, and intermingled coots with all. Is this a good idea?
I always separate my decoys by species.
And you can watch the birds land in their kind very regularly.
While it's true that ducks mix in their natural habitat , it's also true that they segregate .
I have come to believe it gives me greater drawing power to the spread to segregate.
We hunt with spreads as big as 25 dozen and as small as a 1/2 dozen.
The 1/2 dozen is always mallards or cans , mallards when hunting puddle ducks and cans when hunting divers.
I set up six to eight blinds a year in various locations from Oregon to central California and use the same system successfully.
Legband wrote:Make sure you buy the new waterless cashew trees lol.
the west side water allotments are almost non existent.
Very sad very scary
assateague wrote:If I win the lottery, I'm buying as much CA grassland as I can and planting cashew trees.