No truer words have ever been typed on the SaltyCajun ! Ultra A personality!

Man screw all them batteries and crap. We always think we're gonna bring em but end up forgetting them cause I'm a little hazy in the am.....

U need to come see what real intensity is and train with me. Promise not to cry.

Lol, you can be a little type A yourself. I don't know if I could handle a day with you Sarg...:rotfl:

Man I really try to be calm. A buddy of mine told me to drink at least one beer at 5:00 every morning when I wake up and the another at noon and I should "normal like most people" all day.

All joking aside, what I have learned is there is more to duck hunting than I would have ever thought. There is no quick fix or magic decoy, I just need years of experience and you cannot buy that.

I create threads like this one just to try and learn from all of the guys on this site, that is a good starting point for me, we have some very knowledgeable folks on this site.

The best advice I would give you is forget about all the gadgets. Duck hunting is not about going big. Learn how to hide. Learn how birds wanna see your decoys. Learn when to call. In my opinion, to do this you need to leave all the motorized crap at the house

I pretty much echo what everybody else says. Mojoes are great for teal, early mornings, and timber hunting. I really like motion in the water better than flapping or spinning. If you can create ripples on the water and a little bit of motion in the decoys then that's game over for any ducks flying over. I like jerk rigs too, but be careful because one of my buddies bought one last season I think it was a Mojo brand and didn't work worth a damn. Those quiver magnets work good for creating ripples with only last about two hours on a set of batteries usually.

rigem right makes a great jerk cord

Good advice

Thanks, I appreciate it and I know you are right. November can't get here soon enough.

very good advice, but how many of you have been out in the middle of the spread retreiving a cripple and 5 grey ducks come right in the hole. I've had this happen on more than one occasion.

I know what you are saying. My oldest son and I were hunting in the refuge last year and we were struggling to get the birds to decoy (all of it was our fault, couldn't call right, etc..) then finally at 10:00 before we left a flock of several pintails made a pass and we were able to call them back, we took several birds down from that flock. To us, that was as good as a two man limit. There is no better feeling than struggling and then finally figuring out what you are doing wrong and having some success.

You mean September right?;)

Mcnabb has hit the nail on the head. 3 things you need to learn fully, and you will be able to hang with most.

Hiding
Calling
decoy placement

Sure you can get away with half azz all the above, trust me.. I did it most of this past season. But being the way you are ;) I know your not wanting to settle for this. So with that being said, when you think you have enough cover, add more.
Go with the people who have been doing this for a long time, watch their calling habits.
Decoy placement aswell, watch how they set them up with wind,etc.

With as much info on the web these days, you probably can figure it out for the most part.

I agree 100%. You may have to come show me a few things this year...

McNabb hit it on the head

I am really really not going to voice my opinion on spinning wing decoys b/c I would get banned! BUT, if every single thing that ran off batteries or electricity for use to attract game, or scout for game was made illegal I would be very happy:)

You will kill more ducks by putting in the time to watch where they go and try and figure out why they are going there whether it be for food, or as in most cases to get away from all those ducks that have a metal pole stuck up their butt and never want to light on the water!

You will get a thousand different answers about this if you get one . I have a pile of useless "fad" junk around here I have collected over the years. No matter what you use there will be good days and bad days in the blind . The most important thing is to always pay attention to what the birds are doing ,and how they react to what you are doing . There will be days when you cant get a bird to even react at all ,and there will be days when you cant do anything wrong . It all boils down to if the birds want to be there or not. Personally I rarely use the spinners unless I get customers who want me to put it out . Save your money for quality decoys instead.
Remember, sometimes it just aint their day to die !

Get a well trained dog and be ready those moments.

Agreed

I tend not to use them anymore since, as previously stated, birds have seen them throughout the entire flyway to here. However, when I would use them it would be during the first split. Setting them close to the water with small strings through the edges of the wings would pull in more birds than no strings at all. This creates a bunch of ripples especially if you have 2 or 3 birds set out.