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How many decoys for the early season?
« on: October 13, 2016, 09:47:59 PM »
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?

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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2016, 10:00:33 PM »
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.
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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2016, 10:01:53 PM »
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.
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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2016, 07:48:58 AM »
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.

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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2016, 07:51:36 AM »
Exactly 13 decoys

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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2016, 07:54:07 AM »
I think we will have a dozen regular decoys and 2 wind ducks.

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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2016, 07:55:35 AM »
I will be running about a dozen with three of those on a jerk cord
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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2016, 08:01:13 AM »
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.

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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2016, 09:28:39 AM »
I'm starting out with 12 full body ducks 6 floaters and a spinner.


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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2016, 09:55:51 AM »
We will have 4 floaters
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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2016, 11:46:07 AM »
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.

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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2016, 11:54:59 AM »
I like to use Lucky 13
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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2016, 02:59:53 PM »
You guys are giving me a complex, I feel like the guy at the 2:19 minute mark:


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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2016, 03:25:40 PM »
Safety in numbers! More the better. At least 2000........ :chuckle:
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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2016, 05:37:37 PM »
 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.

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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2016, 08:03:14 PM »
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.
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Re: How many decoys for the early season?
« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2016, 09:49:58 PM »
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.

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