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[duck enticer]

We hunted our welsh blind on Monday and killed 4 Snows and Blues. We were fortunate to kill that. The specks did not respond at all to the set or the call. As a matter of fact we picked up the set, because it seemed to be flaring the birds. Unreal how unresponsive they were. We had 18 GHG Full body specks and shells out too. Not bad dekes.

Cody, what kind of a set do ya'll use for Specks? How many dekes, what type of pattern?

[cmcnabb]

Originally Posted by duck enticer

We hunted our welsh blind on Monday and killed 4 Snows and Blues. We were fortunate to kill that. The specks did not respond at all to the set or the call. As a matter of fact we picked up the set, because it seemed to be flaring the birds. Unreal how unresponsive they were. We had 18 GHG Full body specks and shells out too. Not bad dekes.

Cody, what kind of a set do ya'll use for Specks? How many dekes, what type of pattern?

We only use ghg full bodies and only the fully flocked ones. For the first split and beginning of second, we were using 18 in welsh and 12 in Klondike. We picked up 2 more dozen and put a dozen in Klondike and a dozen in welsh. We don't put them in any certain pattern, just observe how the specks are sitting on the ground. We put them out to mimick what we are seeing. As far as snow decoys, we put about 8 full bodies out if it's foggy and that's it. We never put out snow decoys if we are hunting specks. The only time I put them out this year, I put out all 5 dozen full bodies we had plus the 2 dozen specks in Klondike. The birds that broke can right in to the spread. Once I broke em, I could put my call down and just let the dekes work. Next time they flare off your decoys, pull them all up but 2 or 3 and see how that works for you

[duck enticer]

Originally Posted by cmcnabb

We only use ghg full bodies and only the fully flocked ones. For the first split and beginning of second, we were using 18 in welsh and 12 in Klondike. We picked up 2 more dozen and put a dozen in Klondike and a dozen in welsh. We don't put them in any certain pattern, just observe how the specks are sitting on the ground. We put them out to mimick what we are seeing. As far as snow decoys, we put about 8 full bodies out if it's foggy and that's it. We never put out snow decoys if we are hunting specks. The only time I put them out this year, I put out all 5 dozen full bodies we had plus the 2 dozen specks in Klondike. The birds that broke can right in to the spread. Once I broke em, I could put my call down and just let the dekes work. Next time they flare off your decoys, pull them all up but 2 or 3 and see how that works for you

Yeah, I was gonna leave just one or two out. We ended up doing like the Indians though and staked out our dead geese on the ground. It didn't hurt, but it didn't help either. I think the larger problem for us is that the field where the dekes were has been eaten by the geese. They seemed to be avoiding it like the plague, since they have torn it up.