Don't have mojo's myself; but from what I've seen on the TV they are put around the edge of the normal deke flock to look like birds coming into the spread.

Hope that helps

 

You won't need 6-8 dozen decoys at any point. You will want to make two groups of decoys of 1 1/2 to 2 dozen per group, sometime less. Put the two groups about 20 yards apart and put the mojo's to the out side of the spreads. If you have a strong wind out them on the same side, calm days put them on opposite sides of the spread. Once December rolls around leave them at home. If you have a mojo flyway feeder use is but leave the spinners at home. They have seen them to much and will only flare birds by time December gets here.

 

Thanks guys. I appreciate the feedback.

 

Try placing them on a shelf in your garage........they will do the most good there

They flare more birds than they bring in cept for them dumbass teal

 

... Once December rolls around leave them at home ...

YES. Yes indeed. Very good idea. Keep in mind that once these birds get here, they've seen every trick in the book on the way down in 7 states and 3 Canadian Provinces.

Also, in regard to your dekes:

Seperate them into species to store them. Earlier in the season, the more hens you use (in general). Keep a few nice looking drakes aside all season to use as reserve later in the year once they get their plumage. By seperating your species, when you go hunt - depending on the time of year and location, you'll know, "ok, I need to grab these 3 species, or these 5 species, or this singular species and a heron decoy" ... kind of a match the hatch philosopy if you will.

Watch your pond before you hunt it ... try to mimic exactly what you see on the water. Shape of the flocks, location, proximity of the birds to each other. If you see coot, don't be scared. Herons, lots of movement, loafing or sleeping birds ... etc etc ... don't be afraid (also) to be constantly moving birds in your spread until you get em feet down toes up and DEAD ... !

Good luck ... thanks for your service.

 

Thanks, Pouledeau. Great insight. Good luck this year to you, too.

 

You can literally put them wherever you want. I've used one mojo dove with 6 decoys and the dumb ducks were actually trying to land on the mojo. Ridiculous behavior. The biggest problem is trying not to shoot the mojo when the ducks get too close.

 

You can literally put them wherever you want. I've used one mojo dove with 6 decoys and the dumb ducks were actually trying to land on the mojo. Ridiculous behavior. The biggest problem is trying not to shoot the mojo when the ducks get too close.

Maybe ringnecks or teal, but not the big ducks. It's been 10 years since mojo's have worked in North Texas. If you watched the Duks R Us( i own duks r us) episode with mojo you seen they didn't help at all. Maybe for the first two weekends but that's about it.

 

I hate mojos. Everyone thinks you have to have them to kill ducks. It makes the weak hunter feel better about himself. I kill just as many birds as people who use mojos and i dont own one. Calling right and WATER movement is the key.

 

I hate mojos. Everyone thinks you have to have them to kill ducks. It makes the weak hunter feel better about himself. I kill just as many birds as people who use mojos and i dont own one. Calling right and WATER movement is the key.

You couldn't be more correct with that water movement and calling comment ... You don't even need decoys in Louisiana ... all you have to do is paint some 2 litter coke bottles black ... bit different round these parts. The difference in hunting Texas and Louisiana is as big a difference as hunting Louisiana and Alaska in 90% of the state. I've had 400 bird seasons in Louisiana for more years that I can remember, and once I moved from Houma to Houston ... it was like someone turned off the light switch (until recently), I basically had to relearn everything from scratch.

 

I look it at it like this - there's no definate rules when using the mojo. I've killed plenty of birds in January with them. Be smart about it, use it on foggy days when birds can't see well. Don't bring them on sunny days late in the season. If you have one out and birds are flaring, pull it out or turn it off. The problem is when folks try to use it as a cure-all.

One thing is for certain though... they kill the crap out of teal.

 

Place decoy on the left side of the spread, stomp into mud. Replace with jerk cord and watch the ducks drop in all day! :thumbsup: