Snobs!

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?

Sky bust them or shoot early !!

Reduce decoys and hide

THIS, and add a jerk rig.

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.

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.

Jerk rig is the ticket.
Also add some vegetation to your blind. Whatever is growing around you will help you blend in.

Try a jerk cord

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!

I've never noticed a difference with a jerk rig either.

This seems to be the same for me too

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.

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

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-