How many decoys for the early season?

[Westsidewaterfowler]

I know it's such a debatable subject but just curious what everyone sudjests for amount of decoys to throw out for these early season birds. I'm thinking maybe a dozen at max?

[Mfowl]

Depends on your spot. Alot of competition on public land, I'd put out a big spread of mixed species. Unmolested private ground the birds are comfortable with, I'd do a small simple spread.

[h2ofowlr]

Probably 4-6 dozen as we are hunting big water.  Small pond 6-12.  Just depends.  With the wind, you will have good movement, but will need weighted keels.  If all the decoys are moving, you could probably place as many as you want.

[Stein]

I'm going with everything we can carry out in one trip, probably about 36-40.  I have no real reason why, if we don't get birds into it we might pull some and move them around.

[270Shooter]

Exactly 13 decoys

[Bill W]

I think we will have a dozen regular decoys and 2 wind ducks.

[vandeman17]

I will be running about a dozen with three of those on a jerk cord

[D-Rock425]

It's tough to say I've never hunted an opener with this amount of bad weather in the forecast.  I think we will have 4 people hunting Saturday morning and only planning to have about a dozen decs and 2 or 3 wind decoys.

[Tealer]

I'm starting out with 12 full body ducks 6 floaters and a spinner.


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[92xj]

We will have 4 floaters

[Westsidewaterfowler]

Probably gonna throw out a dozen & I've got a new "decoy dancer" fully flocked decoy to try out this year. Running 3 people in layouts.

[Skyvalhunter]

I like to use Lucky 13

[Stein]

You guys are giving me a complex, I feel like the guy at the 2:19 minute mark:

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Safety in numbers! More the better. At least 2000........

[Blacktail135]

 It is debatable. Depends on where your hunting. I'm taking 3 floaters, a spinner and 15 cartridges. I'm hunting unmolested birds on private ground, pitblind, new water in the field and walk in.