[xtrema2]

i was thinking about putting my decoys on lines with 4 to 7 or 8 on each line and leaving a few singles to fill some gaps...do you guys think this will work..also doing this because we get a lot of bluebills in the same place we shoot teal and blackducks

 

[rmh]

How many decoys are you putting out? If it's dozens or hundreds, maybe. I long lined for sea ducks but do individual for puddlers, 3 doz. dekes max.

 

[xtrema2]

i have around 3 and a half dozen of my own but after the first weekend ill have 6 or 7 dozen since my father and grandfather only go the first week

 

[Hendy64]

i shoot alot of public land so there is a ton of people they try the saftey by numbers idea but the birds figure it out really fast i have like 20 dozen or somthing but when i hunt i bring 4 decoys 1 bull sprig 2 drake mallards and a hen mallards i get birds sucking into my area like no tomorrow plus its saves alot of time when picking up your stuff

 

[jolejnik4bmx]

im in the process of making puddler long lines for next season as i type.

 

[captainduckhead]

Not me, My puddle duck spread varies so much from day to day even hour to hour. I am constantly resetting my spread. If the wind switches, or the day becomes more or less cloudy, or I get bored. I am constantly switching my puddle duck set up. Puddle ducks, especially blacks and mallards are very smart (at least in my area) and they look for any reason not to decoy. I have never seen a straight line of mallards so I would never employ that technique to hunting them. I try to set up a few different "family groups" and make my spread look natural. It may save you a bit of time when deploying or retrieving your spread but I think you'll get better results in the way of finished flocks by actually placing your decoys carefully. Try to remember that the dumbest black duck is still much more cautious than the smartest broadbill. and I don't use even close to the number of decoys for puddle ducks that I do for divers, so I never have a problem with the time it takes to pick up 30 decoys.