Thread: Late season field hunting

Anyone got any ideas about pdk hunting. Spent a few days hunting my dairy pdks in all different places that I've seen ducks in. I setup with 2 doz full bodies, grassed the blind and only shot a pair out of 3 hunts i did. Nothing wanted to commit. Was I over decoying with 2 doz, or did I need a spinner possibly to stand out? Should I reduce my decoys down and just simulate a couple pairs in the pdks? Or just cut my losses as ducks can just be funny things at times.

Try it all,also having blind further away so are on the circle flight path maybe...possibly have just a pair of deeks by you and rest further away.take a mate n set him up like normal n put yourself away with the pair.it works on water.

Will give it a go, cheers

Assume you scouted where they were, how many and when the day before?

Sometimes it's a change in the wind.

I've scouted paddocks around Canterbury the day before going out shooting and seen triple digit bird numbers then shot a handful the next day, sometimes it just happens.

Go buy yourself a big sheet of clear plastic like whats used in glasshouses......15x 10m should do.
Pick the lowest point in the paddock and lay it out then peg it down. Put a couple of pairs of decoys in the centre and a pair or two on the grass next to the plastic. It will simulate a 'pond'. I used to use this method when paddock shooting a few years ago......the plastic looks like a temporary pond , esp if there is a slight breeze blowing causing the plastic to ripple. Ducks love a bit of water on the grass.

Funniest thing was watching mallards land on the plastic and skidding along it on their arse....or watching them face plant themselves if their feet hit a ridge in the plastic.

I didnt use a blind, just took a spade and dug a hole about the width of my waist with a knee high step in it so I could sit in it. A couple of clumps of rushes to hide me from the waist up and I had ducks landing within 10m of me.

If they don't want to commit then they are seeing something wrong. I've had the same issue. Fixed it by using natural cover ie. A hedge and docoys within15ish yards and a tight choke, way more committing.

Had been seeing ducks all day in various pdks, not huge groups but still alot of ducks trafficking and sitting around. Had covered the blind in old straw left in the pdk and parked up beside a bit of a puddle so thought that would of been the go. Obviously the ducks just being ducks, or just comfortable being in there pairs and not bigger groups.