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Getting Started With Decoy Placement
When duck and goose hunting in order to be successful and to be in a position whereby one can have greater chances of shooting, decoys are a very important tool for the waterfowler. But where do you begin?
In this brief message of Getting Started with Decoy Placement we will cover some important facets of decoys and the placement of duck and goose decoys. These methods and means are implemented every year by successful waterfowl hunters across the country that learned this setup feature years ago and now perform it merely by second nature. Probably, if the truth be known, these successful hunters would tell you that the methods they use are typically taken for granted because once they are learned they're just a foundational building block.
It is these foundational concepts that all other decoy spreads and placements are built upon.
First and foremost, before we briefly describe this concept, is that one needs to purchase some decoys that have realistic dimensions and paint patterns that are comparable to live ducks. Whether it be ducks or geese that you are hunting, you need to buy decoys that have good paint patterns using a flat, non reflective, type paint. Nothing will scare or spook a potential bagged bird more than decoys painted with a highly reflective type paint, thus spooking birds before you would ever see them within gun range.
So buy decoys that possess low luster, flat type paints on them. Flambeau has recently came out with it's latest paint technology with UVision paints, which will be covered in greater detail in future messages, that supposedly absorb all light waves thus preventing any glare or flash. Ducks are physiologically composed to see into the ultraviolent light realm, another topic altogther.
Look for decoys that are realistic in their stature and anatomical features. Fulfilling the old clich'e "If it looks like a duck, floats like a duck then it probably is a duck." You want decoys that look ducky; simply put that look 'real'. When ducks or geese see your decoys they should develop confidence because they are getting ready to land amongst other brethren of the flock. They should look that real. So buying quality is a must when it comes to owning duck and goose decoys.
Not only are quality, realistic looking duck decoys realistic but they typically possess a little more durability and resiliency to withstand years of usage whereas cheaper decoys would not.
Now some of the heavier decoys that are on the market are not neccessarily a bad thing. When you are looking to buy decoys and notice that some are heavier than others per dozen don't allow this to deter you from buying such. The thought of carrying a slightly heavier decoy bag, weighed in comparison to the realism in which a heavier decoy rides on the water, is not even comparable. Reason being, your more weightier decoys are going to ride lower in the water, thereby displacing water more like that of a "real" duck and have better bouyancy for itself than it's cheaper, lighter counterparts. Overall, it is going to be more realistic to the ducks thus proven itself in time to be more effective in drawing ducks into gun range consistently.
Now it is helpful to have birds of various head and body positions to place in your spread. One way to have more decoys with varying head and body positioning without spending a mini fortune, is to simply buy good quality, realistic looking decoys for your interior landing zone of your spread and somewhat lesser quality decoys to place on the out-skirts of your spread.
Say two dozen quality decoys in the landing zone of your spread where ducks are more apt to land. They will be paying more attention to these decoys in the center of your landing zone simply because that is where they are looking to land. So it only makes sense to add to that visual acuity by placing quality, realistic decoys with non-glaring paint jobs in this area.
Now you can buy a couple dozen of cheaper decoys, if you will, to place on the out-skirts of your spread and use various species and altering body positions to really convey the message of "Hey it's cool, land here" to the ducks on the waters you are hunting. The waterfowler can get away with placing less detailed ducks in these outside areas of the landing zone because duck's vision will not be fixed on these birds as it would on the central area of its landing zone.
Try different species of differing body positions from various manufacturers, it will not hurt to experiment a little in this area as long as you don't compromise too much in the area of the landing zone on the realism of the decoys for this area.
Remember to position your landing zone to create sort of a 'pocket' that the birds will have to fly into from your downwind side. This places the birds coming straight in to your decoys, into the wind to land. Also, they prefer not to fly over decoys in order to land, so remember to always leave this open pocket on the downwind side of the decoy placement. Put your blind or hunting boat (camouflaged thoroughly) of course, on the upwind side of this pocket. Orient your boat to produce safe shooting zones for you and your partner(s) thus each hunter can focus on shooting straight out in front of him and not having to worry about swinging his gun barrel into his buddy's shooting zone.
In summary, place quality, realistic decoys, possessing attention to detail, in the landing zone of your decoy spread and you could place somewhat of lesser detailed decoys in the out-lying edges of your spread because the incoming birds visual focus is always towards their landing zones. The outside 'filler' decoys create the overall look of a larger spread.
Hope this may help some of you all which might be new to this wonderful sport we call waterfowling.
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