The duck cradle

[ballstothewaal]

Anybody seen or possibly used one of these? I am not sure what I think of this, but it definitely is an interesting idea.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/hunting/hunting-decoys/duck-decoys%7C/pc/104791680/c/104714280/sc/104311980/cabela-s-northern-flight-trade-duck-cradle/1852588.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fduck-decoys%2F_%2FN-1100087%2FNe-1160%2FNo-96%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_104311980%3FWTz_srn%3DBy%252BType%26WTz_st%3DGuidedNav%26WTz_stype%3DGNP%26recordsPerPage%3D48#BVRRWidgetID

[lokidog]

Looks like a gimmick to me. Just make your dead ducks look like they are sleeping on shore near your decoys if you need more bodies.

For the price of three you could buy an inexpensive dozen decoys.   

Now, if they had something that you could mount real wings on the back of your decoys, that might be something.

[h2ofowlr]

Don't waste your money.  I have seen several guys buy them and give them a go.  Couldn't tell a bit of difference with them using it.  More crap to carry.  They should provide a map with these of locations where it could possibly help out or work.  If you could attach a pull string to it, so the wings would flap, you might have something.   

[CP]

My dog would insist on pulling the bird off that rig and bringing it to me.

[EWUeagles]

I once hunted a creek years ago with my cousin before I got into waterfowl hunting so I was just following their lead but we showed up with zero decoys. We shot a group of three and then propped them up with sticks in a couple inches of water and kept adding them as we shot more. By the end we had 21 decoys. It was kind of crazy and I thought it was weird doing it that way. I have never tried it since. That being said I think they cradle would be more hassle than it is worth.

[Bill W]

I'm glad I don't have to rely on a duck cradle for decoys.  I shoot poorly enough that I'd never have anything to put in.

[ballstothewaal]

Yeah, I never really planned on buying one, just wondered if anybody had tried it or something similar. Not really sure how beneficial it would be without any movement.

[Duckgtr]

Just a gimmick, the duck dynasty era hunters will buy it. All you need is fishin line and some sticks to make some dead ducks into ghetto flying ducks, worked great for me last year in the mountains