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 Nothing better to do....
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02/02/11 08:47 PM
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So I decided to get all my dekes in a row... -Matt   
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/02/11 08:52 PM
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Great way to meet some of your duck hunting neighbors. I have people stop by all the time to chat when they see my duck boat out. I always tell them I shoot all my ducks way up north. 
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/02/11 08:55 PM
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Great way to meet some of your duck hunting neighbors. I have people stop by all the time to chat when they see my duck boat out. I always tell them I shoot all my ducks way up north. no kidding...they stop by when my boat is out of the garage too. -Matt
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/02/11 09:22 PM
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so now that you started this . .
I see you have many different flavors (red heads, pintails, gadwalls etc.)
When you set that spread out (assuming your on a big enough water to put them all out) do you group them by species ? mix them all up totally random ? put them out in little "bonded pairs" of 2s and 3s ?
Edgamacate us on just what the best way is to put out that impressive spread !
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/02/11 09:23 PM
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Dayum.....I guess I'm way decoy'd out
I'd ask him if he's pregnant. He missed a s__tload of periods. I'll take "things that look like a uterus" for $200 Alex.
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/02/11 09:34 PM
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I havnt hunted a place yet big enough to put out that many decoys!
No doubt about the AR crap, just damn shame hunters don't have self control and knowledge
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/02/11 09:40 PM
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so now that you started this . .
I see you have many different flavors (red heads, pintails, gadwalls etc.)
When you set that spread out (assuming your on a big enough water to put them all out) do you group them by species ? mix them all up totally random ? put them out in little "bonded pairs" of 2s and 3s ?
Edgamacate us on just what the best way is to put out that impressive spread ! Honestly I've only ever set up half of them. And I've used ALL OF THE ABOVE. It's all about location/wind I hunt a lot of different places so the different flavors come in handy. I do find myself going to some of the ol standbys... Redhead/pintails in a group at random off to one side Mallards paired up Gaddy and widgeons paired at random Teal all in a big bunch or circle sometimes I don't even use dekes, I've shot limits over just a mud hole. -Matt
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/02/11 11:34 PM
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Very nice assortment. Just curious how you ended up with 4 drake and 4 hen Pintails?
Cappy ... At my side for thirteen years, in my heart forever. 
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/03/11 12:43 AM
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Very nice assortment. Just curious how you ended up with 4 drake and 4 hen Pintails? I had the whole doz. For some reason I'm very superstitious about my pintail dekes...my person experience has been that they either flare the birds away or bring them in from far off... either way I sold off about 2 doz dekes yesterday before I took this pic( 2 pair of pintails), plus I have another 6-12 dekes floating around somewhere...either in the truck or shop...haven't located them yet. -Matt
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/04/11 06:12 AM
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Hope this doesn't make me sound like a idiot..but whats up with the Herron?
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/04/11 08:54 AM
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Great way to meet some of your duck hunting neighbors. I have people stop by all the time to chat when they see my duck boat out. I always tell them I shoot all my ducks way up north. Hahaha Heck yeah. I have the same thing happen to me when I bring my air boat home sometimes to work on it or whatever, Its camoed out with Du stickers and clearly set up for duck hunting. Whats the first ? I get.... "So is this your duck hunting boat?" lol I cant help but answer with a chuckle now. I'm gonna use the up north line instead of saying a random lake since I hunt my private land. Like all ur diff species!! and the Heron is like a confidence decoy I have that and a few egrets makes the ducks feel a lil safer to land
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/04/11 01:46 PM
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Looks like the troops are preparing for war....man I am bored..... snowed in...We were only supposed to get 1 to 2 inches of snow up here in Barneyland and when I woke up we already had about 6 inches and it supposed to snow all day here. Needless to say, I called in this morning....I need to assemble my BWT's I got for Christmas today. They are still in the box.....need some Texas rigs to go with them.
Isaiah 40:31 "but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/04/11 03:07 PM
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whoa! did you know you have a flock of ducks in your front yard?? 
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/04/11 03:44 PM
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Hope this doesn't make me sound like a idiot..but whats up with the Herron? A pretty common 'confidence' decoy. I didn't have room in the budget for the cow. -Matt
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/04/11 03:53 PM
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Ill give you $50 for the lot!!!
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/05/11 03:27 PM
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Looks like the troops are preparing for war....man I am bored. x2, hope someone dismisses the troops soon or calls out, "Charge!" 
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/05/11 06:54 PM
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If you sold off 2 dozen blocks, you've got room for more!
I don't see any coots in there...
Thought for the day: Ducks were almost hunted to extinction long before camo was invented.
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/05/11 07:16 PM
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If you sold off 2 dozen blocks, you've got room for more!
I don't see any coots in there... Hey! I like the way you think. I've been kicking around do I actually 'BUY' coots, or just get some old crap dekes and paint my own. -Matt
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02/05/11 07:47 PM
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 OK, here is my question. I would guess that is a Higdon pulsator Mallard? Good or bad review? Worth the money?
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Re: Nothing better to do....
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02/05/11 07:51 PM
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OK, here is my question. I would guess that is a Higdon pulsator Mallard? Good or bad review? Worth the money? No it's a home brew cost me around $65 to build. Works great on the days with no wind, I stil prefer a jerk cord some days over the pulsator. -Matt
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