Summary: Learning how to properly setup a duck decoy spread according the situation your hunting and type of birds your hunting can make the difference between shooting ducks in your decoys, or watching ducks that just keep circling and drift away. In this section we’ll share with you how we adapt our decoy spreads to some of the different hunting situations we have faced through out the years.
Why & How To Set A Landing Zone
Creating a landing zone in any duck decoy spread is critical for taking ducks that are actually committed to the spread. If a landing zone is not set properly the ducks will most often keep skirting your spread and drift off.
Decoy Setup For Hunting Ducks In Fields
Here’s a duck decoy only spread you can setup for hunting in fields. Also includes a diagram and all the tips you will need to make it work for you.
Duck/Goose Decoy Spread For Hunting Ducks In Fields
This killer decoy spread uses a combination of goose and duck decoys along with spinner decoys. Include is a diagram that shows placement of decoys, spinning wing decoys, and blind placement.
River Bend Sandbar Decoy Setup
One of the most highly productive areas to hunt and decoy ducks on river systems across North America are river bends with larger or small sand bars.
Early Season Multi Species Duck Decoy Spread
Here's a decoy spread along with tips to help you cash in on your early duck season.
Strong Winds Duck Decoy Setup
When winds are at or above 25 mph sustained wind speed we've used this decoy spread with a great deal of success.
High Visibility Spread Utilizing Goose Decoys
Creating a highly visible decoy spread is an absolute must in heavily hunted areas throughout the country.
Duck And Goose Decoy Combo Spread
Here's a decoy setup that will give you an equal opportunity to kill ducks as well as geese.
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Through the decades, North American waterfowlers have devised many decoys and many decoy strategies for luring ducks and geese into close shotgun range. Inventive minds and trial-and-error testing have conjured up decoy systems for almost every setting imaginable. Here, for the first time, is a book that offers a variety of effective decoy spreads from some of the country's most successful waterfowling guides and freelancers. Included are strategies and spreads for hunting ducks and geese in small ponds and marshes, large open lakes, coastal bays, rivers, flooded timber, agricultural fields, and many other waterfowling settings. More than 30 detailed descriptions and diagrams of tried-and-true decoy layouts, plus information on everything form the history of decoy making to modern decoys, styles, sizes, rigging, and decoy movement make this the best how-to-decoy book ever. (6 x 9, 232 pages, b&w photos, illustrations)