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final approach decoys
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Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:39 pmby edisto
I was out looking for some more woodie decoys and come across these final approach mallards on sale so got them too but when I got home realized how light the drakes heads were when opened box. Has anyone used these decoys ? Do they seem to be ok? F.a. decoy on bottom
Re: final approach decoys
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Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:44 pmby grizz18
bitches be like "OMG look at the hair color on that drake. I'm going to land on his face"
Re: final approach decoys
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Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:51 pmby Mornin Beef
my FA dozen of mallards which look nothing like yours have three cracked after one season. no joke I fucking hate FA. even though the hen especially looked awesome.
Re: final approach decoys
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Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:25 pmby grizz18
Also hanging them upside down might turn the heads a different color, something about too much blood? not sure but that could be the problem
Re: final approach decoys
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Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:30 pmby Goldfish
I'm lost now, which one is the new decoy? Looks like the top one is a quiver duck
sent from a phancy fone
Re: final approach decoys
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Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:53 pmby edisto
Yeah sorry the top is a quiver duck I was just showing the color differance.
Re: final approach decoys
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Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:56 pmby aunt betty
edisto wrote:I was out looking for some more woodie decoys and come across these final approach mallards on sale so got them too but when I got home realized how light the drakes heads were when opened box. Has anyone used these decoys ? Do they seem to be ok? F.a. decoy on bottom
Quit thinking so much. Ducks aint as smart as you or we'd never kill any.
You'd see a non-camo shotgun and flare.
You'd see one decoy with red eyes and flare.
You'd see a guy wearing a Chicago Bears hat...and flare.
You'd see a non camo duck boat and flare.
You'd see a bottle of dip spit and flare.
You'd hear one squeeky call and flare.
You'd see glare on the water and flare.
You'd see one un-painted face and flare.
You'd see a poodle and flare.
DUCKS HAVE BRAINS THAT ARE THIS BIG.
So quit thinking so much.
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Re: final approach decoys
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Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:09 pmby 3legged_lab
You guys that over think the decoys crack me up. Do you really think that a couple shades off from what the industry standard (which by the way, looks nothing like the real deal) flambeaus look like is going to matter?
Have you ever held a real mallard up in the sunlight? I've seen multiple shades of green, blue, purple, and even hints of a copper color.
Hunt those decoys and if you don't kill ducks I'll bet money it wasn't the cause of the blocks. Odds are you or your buddy or your dog or your refuge style rendition of repeated comeback calls were to blame.
Put em in the water, hold still and killem em.
Re: final approach decoys
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Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:21 pmby flight control
3legged_lab wrote:You guys that over think the decoys crack me up. Do you really think that a couple shades off from what the industry standard (which by the way, looks nothing like the real deal) flambeaus look like is going to matter?
Have you ever held a real mallard up in the sunlight? I've seen multiple shades of green, blue, purple, and even hints of a copper color.
Hunt those decoys and if you don't kill ducks I'll bet money it wasn't the cause of the blocks. Odds are you or your buddy or your dog or your refuge style rendition of repeated comeback calls were to blame.
Put em in the water, hold still and killem em.
Agreed. But as far as durability goes, I've never heard anything good.
Re: final approach decoys
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Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:26 pmby 3legged_lab
flight control wrote:3legged_lab wrote:You guys that over think the decoys crack me up. Do you really think that a couple shades off from what the industry standard (which by the way, looks nothing like the real deal) flambeaus look like is going to matter?
Have you ever held a real mallard up in the sunlight? I've seen multiple shades of green, blue, purple, and even hints of a copper color.
Hunt those decoys and if you don't kill ducks I'll bet money it wasn't the cause of the blocks. Odds are you or your buddy or your dog or your refuge style rendition of repeated comeback calls were to blame.
Put em in the water, hold still and killem em.
Agreed. But as far as durability goes, I've never heard anything good.
Possibly. I have no personal experience with that brand.
Re: final approach decoys
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Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:45 pmby Olly
I know a old poor Yooper that hunts over home made decoys. These are milk cartons with very rough mallard colors on the. Old man kills a ton of ducks, I used to see him driving in from the marsh all the time on roads that his 2WD truck had no business going down.
So those decoys will serve you just the way they are.
Re: final approach decoys
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Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:54 pmby jehler
10-1 that old yooper had a pile a corn under his decoys
Re: final approach decoys
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Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:07 pmby Olly
jehler wrote:10-1 that old yooper had a pile a corn under his decoys
Re: final approach decoys
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Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:13 pmby Willie
I wouldn't use them for mallards. Probably ought to repaint into bluebills or cans.
Re: final approach decoys
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Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:18 pmby R. Chapman
Olly wrote:I know a old poor Yooper that hunts over home made decoys. These are milk cartons with very rough mallard colors on the. Old man kills a ton of ducks, I used to see him driving in from the marsh all the time on roads that his 2WD truck had no business going down.
So those decoys will serve you just the way they are.
The only reason he comes back with a shit load of ducks is due to his fixed full choke shooting #4 buffered lead!
Re: final approach decoys
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:31 pmby edisto
Well I got a hold of an airbrush. Think looks a lil better
Re: final approach decoys
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:47 pmby 3legged_lab
I like the one on the right.
Re: final approach decoys
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:39 pmby Tiler_J
3legged_lab wrote:I like the one on the right.
X2. Mallard heads are green not blue.
Re: final approach decoys
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:45 pmby NuffDaddy
I don't like either one...never saw a metalic green head either.
Re: final approach decoys
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:51 pmby The Duck Hammer
NuffDaddy wrote:I don't like either one...never saw a metalic green head either.
Cabela's Northern Flight decoys look just like that. They don't look to bad on the water.
Re: final approach decoys
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:55 pmby edisto
NuffDaddy wrote:I don't like either one...never saw a metalic green head either.
That's why I painted it the darker color.I pulled out the box they were the lighter green color. Ive raised a few mallards hear on our farm. And granted there's diff shades of blue and green on a mallards head when light hits. Never seen it get that light.And growing up round hear shooting woodies in lil swamps on our landall my life I've just recently started hunting lakes and all. I know the simplest things outta place would flare a wood duck. And just always had wood duck decoys was just curious but from what I'm reading on here they don't seem too hold up anyhow.
Re: final approach decoys
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:02 pmby NuffDaddy
edisto wrote:NuffDaddy wrote:I don't like either one...never saw a metalic green head either.
That's why I painted it the darker color.I pulled out the box they were the lighter green color. Ive raised a few mallards hear on our farm. And granted there's diff shades of blue and green on a mallards head when light hits. And growing up round hear shooting woodies in lil swamps on our land I've just recently started hunting lakes and all. I know the simplest things outta place would flare a wood duck. And just always wood duck decoys
Throwing a little flat green on the side would help a lot.
Re: final approach decoys
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:45 pmby 3legged_lab
NuffDaddy wrote:I don't like either one...never saw a metalic green head either.
Don't necessarily have to look real to get their attention, just like all the guys who blow a call like a stage routine. To get them to look.
Re: final approach decoys
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:51 pmby NuffDaddy
3legged_lab wrote:NuffDaddy wrote:I don't like either one...never saw a metalic green head either.
Don't necessarily have to look real to get their attention, just like all the guys who blow a call like a stage routine. To get them to look.
I like those guys to be about 200 yards from me. So when they get their attention then flare them with constant hail calls they will come over to me.
Re: final approach decoys
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:11 pmby 3legged_lab
I'll be more blunt. Don't over think it, the ducks don't. My decoys are muddy and faded, I bet I could paint them all flat back and they'd work just the same.
Re: final approach decoys
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:13 pmby QH's Paw
Mornin Beef wrote:my FA dozen of mallards which look nothing like yours have three cracked after one season. no joke I fucking hate FA. even though the hen especially looked awesome.
The tanglefree deeks are just as bad or worse, especially in the cold weather. I had them crack out when throwing them in the water.
Re: final approach decoys
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:36 pmby RonE
Good job, both colors will attract mallards close enough to kill.
Re: final approach decoys
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:49 pmby Juice Box
That's how I got all my FA mallard deeks. They were all returns and since they were already paid for my boss have them to me. I just threw away the cracked ones.
Re: final approach decoys
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:50 pmby The Duck Hammer
Juice Box wrote:That's how I got all my FA mallard deeks. They were all returns and since they were already paid for my boss have them to me. I just threw away the cracked ones.
You should have turned them into shells.
Re: final approach decoys
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:52 pmby Juice Box
Good idea. Ill do that when the others crack out