Ducaholic wrote:GHG will never get another penny from me. Avian X is a superior decoy and it looks like GHG has taken notice.
aunt betty wrote:My grandfather's decoys were the best ever made.
He kept them in a pen in his garage. At age 5 I tried naming one and was quickly banned from the garage.
Live decoys. Oh man I wish...
johnc wrote:...decoys are down on my list of importance but what do I know
johnc wrote:
old Cajun hunter story---several "coot" decoys with just 3 pintails----he killed the hell out of ducks
Did they burn your waders too? Showed up one day after running for groceries...gee that smells weird whatcha cookin'.Rick wrote:johnc wrote:
old Cajun hunter story---several "coot" decoys with just 3 pintails----he killed the hell out of ducks
The first over-60 Cajun I hunted with probably had a 100 or so poule d'eau decoys rafted in his pond and would throw 6 or 8 duck decoys out between them and his bateau blind. And we did well enough over them that when Doug bought out Goose Lake Lodge's decoys when they lost their marsh another guide and I took all the poule d'eaus for a similar rig in what we called the "little marsh". Limited every morning of that first split except one when folks bailed early to get to the airport and nearly as well the second (this wasn't yesterday). At season's end we kept those poule d'eau dekes separated from the camp's ducks - which Doug interpreted as not being used, and he hauled them to the dump.
Anyway, there's a reason I run so many poule d'eau. Even the specks will sometimes finish to them, instead of their own decoys.
johnc wrote:Rick wrote:johnc wrote:...decoys are down on my list of importance but what do I know
Thought you were running a big spread.
I am,but I still view a flight,concealment,and calling above decoy quality----we been running a big spread for years,nothing new there
been under a better high goose flight for many years now---for the majority of that time watching them go by---the variable that has changed---being able to call them from a non-interested distance--and seeing the same scenario with enough reps to establish the read---the calling is a game changer---our records show it
from my great grandfather's time to 2006---30 to 50 geese a year --- and 50 was viewed as excellent,,,30 we thought we were having a good year
2006 too present---steady increase in goose harvest to now well over 200---mainly for two people,max three
same farm,same blinds,same concealment---I have been covering the blind with the same grass since I was in my teens and I am now 42 ,basically only adding more full body blues and snows(which isn't supposed to work)---what changed---the calling improved and me and Dad got older and we are now surrounded by crawfish ponds---it's in the calling
aunt betty wrote:That tree house blind must have been built by the same exact people that built the one in that slough. It's identical .
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