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Favorite decoys?

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h2ofowlr:
If we are talking goose, Dave Smith Decoys hands down.  I have run side by side spreads in high traffic areas and if the geese get the opportunity to see several spreads, the DSD will out pull the birds 9/10 times.
If duck decoys, I have used just about everything on the market and I have just about every type sold today as I have several thousand of them.  End of the day, location is 1st, and you can run any decoy if you’re on the spot. 2nd is concealment.  If you have some sort of movement in the decoy spread, they will always pick a poor hide out first.  If you want a good decoy that the paint sticks to well and very durable, Avian X is a good option.  They use a good composite material that is flexible and allows great paint adhesion.  Tanglefree the paint comes off.  Flambeau the paint comes off quick.  GHG will start to turn green if left out in the sun.  Paint slowly rubs off, but they seem to hold up well.  Only drawback is they are on the smaller size.  G&H make a great decoy with good paint adhesion, but not as classy looking as some of the new decoys.  My favorite floater is Columbia River Decoys.  Awesome paint adhesion and realism.  They look like a nice carved decoy, and they are of light weight foam resin.  I have 10 dozen foam filled decoys and they are good on windy days, but very heavy.  You will want a boat or cart to pack them around.  If you can "float" a jet sled they are good as well.  If you must drag it across grass, dirt or dry ground, it's an Iron Man challenge.  At the end of the day, duck decoys are sold to the hunter.  Good calling, location and hide and you can kill ducks over black blocks.  I have 12+ dozen fully flocked decoys and I haven't notice that they work better than any of my other decoys.  Flocking just takes more care and rubs off easier.  Higdon fully flocked ones seemed to bleed the flocking colors into the whites on my mallards.  Just my perspective as I typically waterfowl hunt 80+ days a season.

Jarredhs:
The absolute best I have used so far between all the brands I’ve used or my friends have used is lifetime decoys. They are all foam so any shot just makes a small hole but doesn’t sink them.the flocking and paint is pretty tough. 100 percent I would recommend

hdshot:
My former hunting partner’s favorite goose decoys were mine until he leveraged our spot for his new friends that could do more only for him and was my fault basically explained. Waterfowl hunting is awesome, I know!

Delta Duckman:
My favorite is the G & H Coot decoy.  All ducks like coots so I always have them in the spread.  More the merrier on them.

Oldguy:
G&H decoys. Have held up for years of heavy use. Was surprised that a dozen Blue Bills off to the side of my Mallards drew in a lot of ducks. Kind of like using Coots I guessl

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