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Attn: Waterfowl fanatics!

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I have only been duck hunting about 3 time in last 3 or 4 seasons. I used to be very David but my dog was getting and and did die so I got busy with late season archery deer.
Got a lab pup now I am trying to get ready by winter. He is 7 months old and doing well. Also I didn't draw my Kansas archery tag this year so maybe I can spend December waterfowling.
 
jrabq said:
My only "trick" is quality over quantity in terms of decoys. Which is good because;

1) Where I hunt quantity doesn't seem to do much for you.

2) I don't have to haul so much crap.

So my maximum spread is usually dozen full bodies with flocked heads, + 4-6 floaters, and one spinner.

Having said that my #1 spot has been in a downhill slide for last 10 or so years so might have to try something new this year.
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Which flocked head full bodies are you running? Seems silly for me to run nice flocked floaters and then painted full bodies.
 
David Gough said:
Which flocked head full bodies are you running? Seems silly for me to run nice flocked floaters and then painted full bodies.
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I have both Higdon(?) and AvianX, I think the Xs look a little better and have a simpler mount. I normally just use ~1/2" (maybe 3/8"?) wooden dowels 2 to 4 feet long, hammered or pushed down into the mud or river sand. The Higdons had a very small diameter hole in the bottom which didn't match my method, I ended up converting them all with pvc piping so they would easily sit on the dowels.
 
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jrabq said:
I have both Higdon(?) and AvianX, I think the Xs look a little better and have a simpler mount. I normally just use ~1/2" (maybe 3/8"?) wooden dowels 2 to 4 feet long, hammered or pushed down into the mud or river sand. The Higdons had a very small diameter hole in the bottom which didn't match my method, I ended up converting them all with pvc piping so they would easily sit on the dowels.
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Thanks for the insight
 
David Gough said:
About to buy a couple boxes of these. Any suggestions on full body's to match?
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Avian x fullbodies 🤣
But also GHG makes good fullbodies. A little smaller but definitely lighter. We like to run at least 2 different brands cuz the GHGs move better in the smaller wind and are a little brighter. The Avian X are definitely bigger and the size difference/body positions makes your spread look a little better in my opinion. We also like to use silhouettes in fields and sheet water
 
David Gough said:
Which flocked head full bodies are you running? Seems silly for me to run nice flocked floaters and then painted full bodies.
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Up here for the month of September, it is brown ducks and lots of mud, so flocked are not very popular.
I do coat my dekes with silicone spray before the opener and that keeps them looking less muddy.
I avoid rectangular shapes like conventional blinds, instead I keep a low profile laying out in a jet sled.
 
Dwreckers said:
Avian x fullbodies 🤣
But also GHG makes good fullbodies. A little smaller but definitely lighter. We like to run at least 2 different brands cuz the GHGs move better in the smaller wind and are a little brighter. The Avian X are definitely bigger and the size difference/body positions makes your spread look a little better in my opinion. We also like to use silhouettes in fields and sheet water
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Guess buy once cry once is the motto....
 
AlaskaHunter said:
Up here for the month of September, it is brown ducks and lots of mud, so flocked are not very popular.
I do coat my dekes with silicone spray before the opener and that keeps them looking less muddy.
I avoid rectangular shapes like conventional blinds, instead I keep a low profile laying out in a jet sled.
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I do that down here in Nevada as well with my jetsled.
 
Dwreckers said:
Avian x fullbodies 🤣
But also GHG makes good fullbodies. A little smaller but definitely lighter. We like to run at least 2 different brands cuz the GHGs move better in the smaller wind and are a little brighter. The Avian X are definitely bigger and the size difference/body positions makes your spread look a little better in my opinion. We also like to use silhouettes in fields and sheet water
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These look great. Interesting Avian-X sells these exclusively to Bass Pro/Cabelas
 
Dwreckers said:
Biggest thing is you need to decide what works for you. I don’t know where you hunt or what your duck population is like. 2 dozen could be perfect or maybe you need 10 dozen? With silos and full bodies sometimes we run 20 dozen
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Hunting mostly in Nevada and mostly marsh habitat. I never run more than two dozen here. Sometimes only run six or even less. Duck population isn't huge. If I hop over to the central valley or hunt another state I usually combine decoys with who I'm hunting with.
 
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