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Snobs!
#5499518
12/25/14 11:01 PM
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Joined: Feb 2013
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Wood Duck
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Outdoorsman
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The mallards on our place have gotten down right upity! We have had a lot of working birds that just ease off with not Interest in our spread. Any ideas?
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Re: Snobs!
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#5499526
12/25/14 11:10 PM
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Posts: 396
JRR
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Bird Dog
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Sky bust them or shoot early !!
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Re: Snobs!
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#5499532
12/25/14 11:19 PM
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REQ
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Bird Dog
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Re: Snobs!
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#5499548
12/25/14 11:32 PM
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Joined: Nov 2007
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LarryCopper
THF Trophy Hunter
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THIS, and add a jerk rig.
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Re: Snobs!
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#5499591
12/26/14 12:08 AM
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Wood Duck
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the trick is we are hunting a new stock tank that has flooded into some grass. Sheet water is great, but hiding is a trick. We are adjusting our layout blind placement and working on our aim for now. I'm considering using only a jerk rig with a spreader and 4-6 decoys. It is fun to have birds and working to try and outsmart them. I am an experienced hunter, but they are professional ducks.
We will keep you posted.
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Re: Snobs!
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#5499637
12/26/14 12:34 AM
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REQ
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Bird Dog
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If there are trees or you can set up in the shade that usually helps IME. Also I have found that big ducks like goose floaters. I will set them up in the open water then a few duck decoys closer to the bank usually.
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Re: Snobs!
[Re: LarryCopper]
#5499692
12/26/14 01:15 AM
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dogcatcher
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THIS, and add a jerk rig.
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Snobs!
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#5500447
12/26/14 04:59 PM
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kindall
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Extreme Tracker
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Jerk rig is the ticket. Also add some vegetation to your blind. Whatever is growing around you will help you blend in.
Shopping with your husband is like hunting with the game warden. Experience is what you get, when you didn't get what you wanted.
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Re: Snobs!
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#5500459
12/26/14 05:05 PM
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Aggieduck
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Re: Snobs!
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#5500514
12/26/14 05:35 PM
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Posts: 532
Esh and Hattie
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I must jerk it wrong, made a jerk string this year and have noticed 0 difference helping ducks into the decoys. Either they want to be there or they don't it seems. I hunt public that gets pressured a ton, and no one else uses one, figured it would help!
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Re: Snobs!
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#5501532
12/27/14 05:00 AM
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Fooshman
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I've never noticed a difference with a jerk rig either.
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Re: Snobs!
[Re: Esh and Hattie]
#5501638
12/27/14 06:58 AM
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lodell23
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Light Foot
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I must jerk it wrong, made a jerk string this year and have noticed 0 difference helping ducks into the decoys. Either they want to be there or they don't it seems. I hunt public that gets pressured a ton, and no one else uses one, figured it would help! This seems to be the same for me too
Texas A&M ‘22
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Re: Snobs!
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#5501669
12/27/14 10:24 AM
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Joined: Dec 2011
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8pointdrop
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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I'd try no deeks and no calling before I tried a jerk rig. Never noticed a huge improvement in numbers from a jerk rig either.
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Re: Snobs!
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#5501898
12/27/14 02:32 PM
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Posts: 915
sunsetroosters
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Tracker
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we were hunting last year and seen about 500 birds and couldnt get any to commit to the deeks... my buddys dad walked over a mile back to to the truck and when he got back with jerk rig, next bunch of birds dropped right in
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Re: Snobs!
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#5501915
12/27/14 02:42 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 2,038
Greekangler
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Didn't see Many yesterday, but added goose socks - Canada's as confidence dekes around blind- just a handful- every duck that actually committed sucked right in-
Take a kid Huntin
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