Thread: open lake decoy setups

Originally Posted by Tim Allen

If there is a wind try setting a tail of decoys from down wind of your position heading upwind past you at say 15 to 20 yards in front of the mai mai with a concentration of decoys level or slightly past you on the up wind side.

On open water ducks are often heading somewhere sheltered when it blows. You are dragging them in for a close look. It might be considered a type of calculated pass shooting.

Yep - that is exactly what we do. Believe me - the tail really works, and the ducks tend to fly over the tail, heading towards the bunch of decoys upwind. The tail must be within comfortable shooting range, and not too wide ie. just have a line of decoys in the tail. You don't need the ducks to try to land, although many will.