That is because you didn't go hunting with me, Garret and Dave. We made some famous decoy destroying shots at the bay this year.

If you are wanting the extremely cheap route, then get on craigslist. Now is the time to do it. Be careful some of the people on there think their decoys are gold. You can find good deals though. If you are a bay huter then get any old decoy you can scratch off of craigslist.

Im rough on decoys, ask gdogg

You two new guys give me a shout.

I will help you both out with some decoys.

You will need to come up to Pottsboro to pick them up.

I will give you some mallards, pintails, and a few others.

Headin' out of town tomorrow, but will be back Monday.

J.J.

Damn that's a deal right there, way to go JJ

I just bought a dozen Tangle Free decoys (malard) from the Army Navy store on longview. I paid 20$ they are new and sealed up in the box. Dont know how good they are but for 20 bucks I could not pass them up.

Hey whiskey I'm interested but you are over your pm limit. Shoot me a pm to work out details

Will do, when I get back...

No wonder I wasn't getting any more pm's! LOL

J.J.

Hey whiskey I would really appreciate that. If you can send me a pm and will get with you. Thanks

I bought some Avian x decoys. They have a very realistic paint pattern. They seem to be holding up very well.

Hey, if ya'll are still interested shoot me a PM.

Sorry got busy.

I plan on going through my stuff here soon. Would probably be in your best interest if you came up while I was putting everything up for the off season!

J.J.

I use live ducks for decoys and a CD player to do my calling...and I hunt in the city park with the game warden we slay em

This is my first post here. I live and hunt on the coastal prairie in the rice fields and river bottoms between the Brazos, San Bernard, and Colorado rivers. This was my 43rd season my first was 1969-70. I have seen the evolution of decoys and what we used when I was a kid would work now. Dont stress on it life like paint schemes are great but not that important. We went through a faze where we painted them all black. They worked too. There are some garbage brands but the new hunter will figure that out like I did dont buy more than a 1/2 to a dozen of anything at a time. To start some used flambeaus would be fine mallards, teal, and pintails you can add other species and brands as go along. I have flambeau mallard and pintail decoys that I bought in the 80s that used on every hunt this year and will use again next year. I also have G&H and GHG decoys in mallard, teal, and black duck. I do not own a widgeon or gadwall decoy. I do have a couple of spoonie decoys I found and 2 or 3 coots. Decoy placement and numbers are more important than brand or paint. None of the gadwalls, widgeon, redheads, and bluebills complained as the died over my rig. I went about 60 hunts this year and failed to limit 5 or 6 times. I too have a lot of decoys I would let go for nothing to a new hunter in the Houston area. Pm if you are interested

I'm a huge fan of good looking decoys. I got rid of all my 'b' grade deeks a few years back (stupid decision that regret now, sold 100 decoys and a mallard machine for $150).

I'd hate to admit it but, it seems to me that either ducks really do decoy to crappy decoys better or it's when I do hunt over other people's decoys, we're usually with a guide and on the X.

My best guess most cheap decoys are water keel and they move better.