In case you didn't catch my intro etc., I posted it on the mainland forum ( http://huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=5407 ), but more then likely this forum will be home. I wont be in BC till late june, but one must plan ahead..
I'm a certified duck nut who carves competitively, makes duck boats and pretty much live waterfowl 24/7
My wonderment is about your the species composition of your spreads, obviously black ducks and eiders wont be the best choices once I get to BC. My guess is that mallards make up the majority of your bag for puddlers, followed by?
Does one need a spread of pintails to decoy them or will they come to mallard dekes? I have 3 or 4 pintails dekes now, will that just be a tease?
Same goes for gaddies and widgeon?
My thoughts where to paint my blacks into mallards and get a dozen GHG mallards to supplement till my carving catches up making a couple of dozen mallards. additionally I was thinking of getting 1/2 doz each of gaddies and widgeon, am I going in the right direction?
I have a spread for scoters but will have to build one for brant which I look forward to very much and am still rebuilding my goldeneye spread after selling it off a year ago.
In case you can't tell I'm quite excited to make the move!
Very best,
Ian