Flocked Mallard Decoys

[Whitetail77]

What are your thoughts on flocked mallard decoys. A lot of the mallard decoys I looked at last year were not flocked at all and had a bit of a shine to them.

Knowing that shine isn't a good thing in your spread I typically use flocked goose decoys for my hunts. However, is this the same for hunting ducks? From time to time we have ducks coming into the goose spread and I'd like to add a few duck decoys off to the side for realism.

Should I go flocked duck full body decoys or not?

[SBE2]

Not at all necessary. If you live in Alberta or Sask, regular duck decoys or better yet any goose decoys, to cover both, will get the job done. Save your money that you would spend buying flocked ducks or flocking them and buy a Robo Duck, it will be your best investment for killing ducks hands down. Best of luck.

[Pixel Shooter]

yep what he said, we have it pretty good here in Alberta and it takes little effort to limit on dux. lots of other gear to invest in

[Whitetail77]

Thanks.
I do have a mojo, but haven't used it a bunch because the geese tend to shy away a bit. This year I'll incorporate it more off to the side and just make sure its off when the honkers are coming in.

Good luck to everyone this season.

[SBE2]

Originally Posted by Whitetail77

Thanks.
I do have a mojo, but haven't used it a bunch because the geese tend to shy away a bit. This year I'll incorporate it more off to the side and just make sure its off when the honkers are coming in.

Good luck to everyone this season.

Buy another mojo, put them about 10 yrds in front of your blind and buy a remote and sync them both to the remote. Usually done on ducks or very close before the geese even start to show up. (for field shoots)
If you don't go the remote route, put the robo duck behind the back corner or shoulder if you are using a layout blind. Just reach up and shut it off if you have geese within a few hundred yards. This works as well.
Good luck.

[Jadham]

For a field shoot ducks decoy well enough to geese decoys. Add a mojo to the mix and I've seen them land (and shot them) even while I'm standing up and fiddling around!

[Whitetail77]

Well.....after much debate I decided to go with the Avian X full body field mallards. Not the cheapest 12 decoys I've ever purchased, but they do look great.

[Diamondhitch]

Originally Posted by Whitetail77

Well.....after much debate I decided to go with the Avian X full body field mallards. Not the cheapest 12 decoys I've ever purchased, but they do look great.

Hard to go wrong with Avian-X, all my floaters are Avian-X.