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Offline mjtbackcountry

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Early season set ups
« on: October 12, 2011, 11:35:36 AM »
Whats your guys opinion on this? Not to many decoys? Alot of decoys? Duck goose mix? lets hear what you like too do. And does it really effect the commitment of the birds?
« Last Edit: October 13, 2011, 07:42:33 AM by bobcat »

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Re: Early season set ups
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2011, 12:23:58 PM »
Mj I do a lot of packin hunts so weight is important. If I got a short hike in I might make 2 trips  but most of the time for a pond/lake hunt it's no more then a dozen ducks and 4 goose floaters I normally start out with them kind of split up but if that don't seem to be working I get out and move them together( there is a pic n my post about my new pup that kind of shows this) If it's a field and still a hike in most of the time it's just a dozen goose shells and maybe a 4 or 5 duck deks.
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Re: Early season set ups
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2011, 01:38:41 PM »
I think early season I will only run about 6 to 12 decs.

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Re: Early season set ups
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2011, 03:12:29 PM »
I usually check out how many ducks are in the area and with scouting the numbers of the grouped ducks on the water...small groups=less decoys.... as for the geese, I always put a couple floaters off to the side of my set up.. and like said earlier, if its not workin, change it up! good luck!

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Re: Early season set ups
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2011, 04:06:54 PM »

 

Ducks......6 to 36  with 4 to 12 Canadas off to the side.  Depends on the spot I am hunting.

Snows......300+ Silosocks (wish I had 300 more).

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Re: Early season set ups
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2011, 07:30:50 AM »
We tend to not use the calls alot with local ducks.  White Tornado, yes to a lot of Snow Goose decoys early, it works well with all the young birds around. More is better right away for geese, the ducks we don't use too many.

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Re: Early season set ups
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2011, 08:27:34 AM »
I generally use the same setup 13 ducks year-round and do well. This year I have a dozen fully-flocked body-language teal I'm going to experiment with  :tup:

Birds as a general rule feel safety in numbers, but it depends on the size of the water you are hunting. If there's not much water, you don't want to crowd up the landing zone with too many decoys. If you're hunting big water, I think it's better to have more decoys and be more visible from further away  :twocents:

 


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