Saw tons of pintails yesterday Brunswick. They are out there. Smaller mallard groups but again they are out there. For some reason not much teal, maybe they moved on.
Saw tons of pintails yesterday Brunswick. They are out there. Smaller mallard groups but again they are out there. For some reason not much teal, maybe they moved on.
Was out last week in the S/E blow and rain did good with 8 ,but noticed they were definitely getting spinner shy ,turned off the robo and had mostly pairs and singles come in probably to my dekes which were dancing in the wind.So Wildfowl article I read referred to putting the dekes close together in mod-heavy wind to simulate huddling?Something I have never tried in all my years so going to give it a go ,see if its an east coast thing or ..
I think decoy spacing is subjective and can vary depending on the area you hunt. In one spot I hunt on a real low tide we can pile the decoys in to a particular channel of water and the birds love it. You can watch the birds with binos from the road and they literally land on top of each other in these spots. So we try and replicate what we see live birds do in these spots. Add a bit of current and wind to get the decoys bouncing and it's awesome. On higher tides when we have more water to work with we do better spreading the decoys out a bit more.
I do think though on any given day, it's the little things that screw you. Movement, looking up at birds that are circling, poorly brushed in blind........
Last edited by Ron.C; 12-27-2019 at 03:30 PM.
Yes have always done it that way in the past,same on the prairies just curious as they do it in the late season on some fields back east and as Ron said in the water its pretty well how they land when you throw them out at LW part of the game try something newer if it works great ,if not back to square ..