Decoy weights

[Cdn-Redneck]

How much weight is best for field decoys? Looking at buying a mold, I have bought pre-rigged setup ups and have about 100lbs of lead that needs to get used up. I guess 4 oz should be plenty.

[pnbrock]

Did you mean floaters?

[warnniklz]

I use 2 10oz weights... but I rig up 6 decoys on one string. Plus I tend to find them out on the river banks.

4oz/decoy should be just fine.

[lorneparker1]

depends what kind of current. Where are you hunting? I use a different size muffin tins and pour my own with stainless cotter pins for the eyes.

[Cdn-Redneck]

I am just thinking for flooded fields probably 18" deep at most, floater decoys.

[rbduck]

[QUOTE I use a different size muffin tins and pour my own with stainless cotter pins for the eyes.[/QUOTE]

I do the same cept I use a bent 5" piece of coat hanger.

Ron

[Foxton Gundogs]

I use 4 oz fishing cannon balls for all water, cheaper than "decoy weights"

[Spirit's Master]

I've been using pencil lead that I have left over from fishing season for about 4 years now. Easy to use, just wrap it around a philips screwdriver shaft and cut it to the weight you want. Four 4 oz weights per 1 lb coil at about $4 per coil. They hold well against a flood tide.

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[bandit_69]

Mojo texas rigging bought some a year ago and it is the way to go you can get them at cabelas online check them out

[SPEYMAN]

Whatever you decide,figure out how you are going to wrap the anchor line and secure the weight so anchor line won't unravel and get all tangled up and *&&^^%$#@&*)(O(&*%$ darn!!

Experience is something you get,just after you needed it.

[Danny]

Flooded field?? One oz would work

[303Brit]

if it's open and prone to high winds, then the smallest cupcake pan is ideal. Then as other have mention cotter pins or coat hangers for eyes, and if you're running shallow fields then texas rigging is the way to go, no tangles, quick deployment and recovery. If you have a Fastenal near you get the heavy gauge aluminum crimps, and then a spool or tangelfree cord, 1 carabineer per 18 dekes and you're laughing. I'll go take some pics to help explain this better

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[303Brit]

K, lets see if this making more sense now;
these are the smallest cupcake baking sheets we use
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Use the good bakers secret ones, they pop the mold out better and last longer in general

This what a dozen texas rigged floaters looks like, I rig them about 4' in length. This gives me more flexibility, between flooded fields and the shallow tidal areas we hunt, plus the longer line lets the dekes move around more in the flooded fields on windy days. this is how they are stored on a biner, and extra slack looped up;
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This is a single deke, show with a store bought deke weight that I picked up for less than what bulk lead is worth. You can see the tanglefree cord (any tough line with work, tarred nylon etc) is passed through the deke, the weight crimped, and then a loop crimp on the opposite end.

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Here is a close up of the aluminum crimp, I use these as 100 of these from Fastenal are worth the same as a dozen "waterfowling" crimps.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/1510385_10153697570900075_1141446850_n.jpg

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