I was wondering if anyone has had any experience or luck with making duck decoys. I have access to many, many crab pot markers that wash up on shore where I work and I've heard of guys cutting them in half and painting them. I was thinking about going as far as to make some heads and maybe a few other wing/tail details out of scrap material too.
To those of you who have actually tried/hunted over something like this first hand: Do they work alone or are they only effective as fillers for larger spreads? Do they work on divers and dabblers or just one? Will ducks finish on them?
I am not going to have a lot of time to hunt ducks in CA this year but I want to try it if I can convince myself and a friend or two that we might have a chance at success. All of my waterfowl stuff is in MN and I don't really want to invest much in it out here is why I'm asking. That and I have a lot of spare time but not a lot of spare cash. (Don't ask how I have a lot of spare time but can't go duck hunting. It hurts me too much to talk about, haha.)
Thanks for the advice!
To those of you who have actually tried/hunted over something like this first hand: Do they work alone or are they only effective as fillers for larger spreads? Do they work on divers and dabblers or just one? Will ducks finish on them?
I am not going to have a lot of time to hunt ducks in CA this year but I want to try it if I can convince myself and a friend or two that we might have a chance at success. All of my waterfowl stuff is in MN and I don't really want to invest much in it out here is why I'm asking. That and I have a lot of spare time but not a lot of spare cash. (Don't ask how I have a lot of spare time but can't go duck hunting. It hurts me too much to talk about, haha.)
Thanks for the advice!