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Anyone ever have success using it?

It just doesn't matter.
All the ducks go to the rich guy clubs like north star an slaughter the ducks because they got all the money.
It just doesn't matter...
But this happens a lot.
It dont matter how you set up the ducks ignore your spread. They get under the canopy and land by the fallen tree.
Set up on that tree. (Wink)
where I go that setup with the fallen tree ...there are hundreds of cypress knees. I look for that sort of thing. Ducks do too.

I love that diagram. That’s some real life shit there. I’m still laughing.

Never done the V, or J, or any other specific shapes. My favorite concept, though, is going out of ones way to make landing zones.......you ever seen live ducks on the water deliberately keep space out there for the next flock coming in? Right.

They are apt to plop in anywhere they please.

I’ve had a flock of 5 hoodies crash into some coot decoys once. Had the coots all bunched up against some alligator weeds and the flock of mergansers wanted that spot I guess. Fun times.

The prevailing method of decoy deployment in timber is to toss em all out in the center of the hole.
It's pretty simple and don't overthink it.
Big water is when it gets real important imo.
That's easy too if you have seen what I've seen.
Imitate what YOU see.

Tried this one (sans spinners) last season one morning with a light east wind. Zero ducks came within range, don’t recommend it.

I aint got no cartoon duck decoy app.

hunted this setup 60 days. Hundreds/thousands of ducks died there and another just like it to the right.

I think one of the challenges of saying how to set up is you need a 3D image for starters. Are there trees that will push birds one way or the other. Setting up in cattails is different than setting up on a treelined shore. How hard are the birds hunted.

One day any idiot can kill birds. Otherwise seemingly identical conditions and they will be damned near impossible. Of course on those days where they just don't want to cooperate, you have to go out and move some decoys. You just have to

I like open runways with no back stop if I can. Your V, but the V doesn't close to a point and stays fairly open. So they don't have to fly over a single decoy if they don't want to. Also ideally with no trees on the approach or exit.

Sometimes I set decoys assuming the birds are going to skirt them. I've set up goose decoys so far away that if they actually decoyed and landed in the decoys I might not have a shot. Maybe you can get them to come down a little, give it a look, but they swing "safely" wide and right over the blind

Make it easy for them to get in and get out.

SpinnerMan wrote:I think one of the challenges of saying how to set up is you need a 3D image for starters. Are there trees that will push birds one way or the other. Setting up in cattails is different than setting up on a treelined shore. How hard are the birds hunted.

One day any idiot can kill birds. Otherwise seemingly identical conditions and they will be damned near impossible. Of course on those days where they just don't want to cooperate, you have to go out and move some decoys. You just have to

I like open runways with no back stop if I can. Your V, but the V doesn't close to a point and stays fairly open. So they don't have to fly over a single decoy if they don't want to. Also ideally with no trees on the approach or exit.

Sometimes I set decoys assuming the birds are going to skirt them. I've set up goose decoys so far away that if they actually decoyed and landed in the decoys I might not have a shot. Maybe you can get them to come down a little, give it a look, but they swing "safely" wide and right over the blind

Make it easy for them to get in and get out.

Where we hunt it's bird watching with a gun.
Every once in a while the ducks are here and still pretty reckless. It's hard to hit which day.

lmao...if you don't know how to work the wind

plainsman wrote:lmao...if you don't know how to work the wind

Which channel did you say your show plays? I’ve got to watch and take notes.

Anotherone wrote:

plainsman wrote:lmao...if you don't know how to work the wind

Which channel did you say your show plays? I’ve got to watch and take notes.

I know a lot about the wind topic.
To provide evidence ill post pics of my airplane.
No helicopter?

Yup. Get even slightly into aviation or RC aircraft and it actually will give you that understanding a duck hunter needs to get "calling on the corners" and work the wind right. Otherwise you call them, they circle three times then fly away because you are giving them bad landing orders.
In green timber those rules barely exist.

Anotherone wrote:

plainsman wrote:lmao...if you don't know how to work the wind

Which channel did you say your show plays? I’ve got to watch and take notes.

Maybe you could get tips on the tube....do you have that channel?