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Ckwilli said:
Not duck but I did get in on a quail shoot in Tennessee. That's my grandfather's Remington 11-48 28 gauge. It's 62 years old and looks and shoots like new.
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Ooooohh that 11-48 that's a nice piece right there! I love old Remingtons!!
 
So here's a queation...

I have been hammering wood ducks and feel like I have a good overall strategy for them. First order of importance is being in a good spot. Second is being hid REALLY good. I generally park the boat well away from where I'm hunting or walk in, and hug a tree in the shadows. Hiding that boat is just tough. Then, once you're hidden in a good spot, throw out a few decoys with some motion and call a little. @huck72412 can testify to the effectiveness.

What I'm struggling with is the gadwall further south. The area they populate gets hammered with pressure every day of the week and there aren't that many ducks. I have spent the time scouting and have identified about 3 areas that always seem to hold a few birds. So there's step one. Step two is the problem.

Those birds will not get within 50 yards of the shoreline. Won't do it. I think they realize evil lurks in the grass. They stick to the open water. They also avoid the heck out of the blinds that people build. You can ride by that area and the ducks avoid even the empty blinds. So...

Who hunts out of layouts? My idea is to get the lowest profile layout boat i can find, brush it in really good, and then put about a half dozen seagull decoys on the boat to really sell the illusion of an old boat hull or piece of log sunk in the middle of the bay.

Anybody have luck with such deceptions?
 
Have you ever looked into a Hecs suit? Might not have to get the boat. I'm not certain if it is a gimmick or not but I'm testing it out this spring for turkeys. Check out the YouTube videos. Guy crawled up to some Toms moving a hen decoys with him. Also a good video with a guy doing similar thing to geese.

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Homebrew454 said:
Have you ever looked into a Hecs suit? Might not have to get the boat. I'm not certain if it is a gimmick or not but I'm testing it out this spring for turkeys. Check out the YouTube videos. Guy crawled up to some Toms moving a hen decoys with him. Also a good video with a guy doing similar thing to geese.

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HECS Suit

These guys seem to be making a big push on social media lately. I've seen several of their videos and ads pop up on my Facebook over the past week. As a public service announcement, the idea that terrestrial mammals can detect any EMR traveling at bowhunting distances through atmospheric air...
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Nutterbuster said:
So here's a queation...

I have been hammering wood ducks and feel like I have a good overall strategy for them. First order of importance is being in a good spot. Second is being hid REALLY good. I generally park the boat well away from where I'm hunting or walk in, and hug a tree in the shadows. Hiding that boat is just tough. Then, once you're hidden in a good spot, throw out a few decoys with some motion and call a little. @huck72412 can testify to the effectiveness.

What I'm struggling with is the gadwall further south. The area they populate gets hammered with pressure every day of the week and there aren't that many ducks. I have spent the time scouting and have identified about 3 areas that always seem to hold a few birds. So there's step one. Step two is the problem.

Those birds will not get within 50 yards of the shoreline. Won't do it. I think they realize evil lurks in the grass. They stick to the open water. They also avoid the heck out of the blinds that people build. You can ride by that area and the ducks avoid even the empty blinds. So...

Who hunts out of layouts? My idea is to get the lowest profile layout boat i can find, brush it in really good, and then put about a half dozen seagull decoys on the boat to really sell the illusion of an old boat hull or piece of log sunk in the middle of the bay.

Anybody have luck with such deceptions?
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I've had luck just grassing in my kayak and laying the seat way back. Took some green snow fence and ziptied marsh grass sheets to it, cut a slit for me to get in and lay back.
 
Nutterbuster said:
So here's a queation...

I have been hammering wood ducks and feel like I have a good overall strategy for them. First order of importance is being in a good spot. Second is being hid REALLY good. I generally park the boat well away from where I'm hunting or walk in, and hug a tree in the shadows. Hiding that boat is just tough. Then, once you're hidden in a good spot, throw out a few decoys with some motion and call a little. @huck72412 can testify to the effectiveness.

What I'm struggling with is the gadwall further south. The area they populate gets hammered with pressure every day of the week and there aren't that many ducks. I have spent the time scouting and have identified about 3 areas that always seem to hold a few birds. So there's step one. Step two is the problem.

Those birds will not get within 50 yards of the shoreline. Won't do it. I think they realize evil lurks in the grass. They stick to the open water. They also avoid the heck out of the blinds that people build. You can ride by that area and the ducks avoid even the empty blinds. So...

Who hunts out of layouts? My idea is to get the lowest profile layout boat i can find, brush it in really good, and then put about a half dozen seagull decoys on the boat to really sell the illusion of an old boat hull or piece of log sunk in the middle of the bay.

Anybody have luck with such deceptions?
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Grass in your kayak or canoe. I used my canoe as a layout boat for several seasons. That said, gadwall will be gadwall. They love to dump in outside of shotgun range for some reason. On the other side of the coin I’ve had them land beside me when I was setting up decoys. You’re totally correct that they avoid certain areas. We can’t get them, or any ducks, to fly over the shoreline during late season. I usually don’t use mojos late season and switch to a jerk rig.


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Nutterbuster said:
So here's a queation...

I have been hammering wood ducks and feel like I have a good overall strategy for them. First order of importance is being in a good spot. Second is being hid REALLY good. I generally park the boat well away from where I'm hunting or walk in, and hug a tree in the shadows. Hiding that boat is just tough. Then, once you're hidden in a good spot, throw out a few decoys with some motion and call a little. @huck72412 can testify to the effectiveness.

What I'm struggling with is the gadwall further south. The area they populate gets hammered with pressure every day of the week and there aren't that many ducks. I have spent the time scouting and have identified about 3 areas that always seem to hold a few birds. So there's step one. Step two is the problem.

Those birds will not get within 50 yards of the shoreline. Won't do it. I think they realize evil lurks in the grass. They stick to the open water. They also avoid the heck out of the blinds that people build. You can ride by that area and the ducks avoid even the empty blinds. So...

Who hunts out of layouts? My idea is to get the lowest profile layout boat i can find, brush it in really good, and then put about a half dozen seagull decoys on the boat to really sell the illusion of an old boat hull or piece of log sunk in the middle of the bay.

Anybody have luck with such deceptions?
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Lay down in a canoe with a ghost blind on u & a seagull deke on ur head


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Tapeworm said:
Lay down in a canoe with a ghost blind on u & a seagull deke on ur head


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I need to see if I can pop out the pungo's seat and put something like a turkey lounger in there. That might do the trick if you grassed her up good.

And the seagull decoys have earned me a lot of sniggering from my local hunting partner, but I think I'll have the last laugh. I may even paint white seagull crap stains on the kayak. Everything that sticks above the surface of the water either has seagulls, cormorants, or pelicans sitting on it. If it doesn't, that's probably because it's a duck blind!
 
This was my first setup. Later I changed the blind to one that opens more like a layout blind. Both types worked pretty well.
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Nutterbuster said:
I like that a lot. How'd you build the canoe ghillie?
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After using that frame with the ghillie grass for a while I switched it up. I cut that frame in half and put two pieces of 1/4” pvc on the back of the canoe. When I got set up I would bend the pvc in an arch over me and lay a piece of fast grass over it. I got tired of laying down and this let me sit up. You can see the pvc in this pic. Eventually I totally did away with the flip up frame and just used the pvc. By the time the birds could see me it was too late for them.


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