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Duck hunting with a spinning wing motion decoy
How to set up & use spinning wing decoys
Duck hunting spinning wing decoys can be one of the most effective decoying tools a duck hunter can use. The migrating, the younger and the early season ducks are drawn to the flash of a spinning wing decoy, as if they are on a string and you are pulling them in. There has been much controversy over the use of this decoy by DFG, hunters, activists, governmental agencies, etc. as to the use life an unfair benefit and that more birds will be taken during the hunting season. As a duck hunter that has been using and making spinning wing decoys to attract ducks since their inception, I have noticed that if anything more ducks are taken home by duck hunters than ducks killed with the use of a spinning wing decoy. What I mean by this is, since the spinning wing decoy is so effective especially with hunters who don’t know how to set decoys or call, that the birds come in closer for clean shots. Whereas before these types of hunters, which are the majority of hunters, take longer shots and cripple more birds than they kill clean. The cripples, which eventually die would usually be more than a limit. If anything the evolution of the spinning wing decoy has become a conservation tool and has brought back enthusiasm and excitement into duck hunting for hunters.
At http://www.herbanhunter.com we have developed duck hunting decoys with and without motors to fit any hunting circumstances. We have videos that show exactly how the spinner works out in the field.
The flash of the spinning wing simulates landing ducks and can pull in ducks from fantastic distances. Point the wings of your spinning wing decoy upwind as this will be the direction ducks will come into your apply. The more flash that is made, by using multiple spinning wing decoys the farther away ducks can see your apply.
Spinning wing decoys are most effective during the huge migration when the northern plains have frozen over and the ducks push south for warmer weather. They are also effective during the early season. During these times you want to place your spinning wing decoy in the exact spot you want the birds to land. The birds will come in feet down and try to land on your spinner. On non-migration days or late season heavily hunted birds, you want to place the spinning decoy up or down wind 20 to 30 yards outside your decoys or off to the side. Veteran birds tend not to land where the spinner is located. The spinners will attract them, give them a hole in your decoys to land.
On overcast days the effectiveness of the spinning wings goes down when there is small sunlight hitting the wings. A tip for cloudy overcast days is to place your spinner in weed cover or under trees as the motion out in the open without sun will scare incoming ducks more than it will attract them.
Ducks have seen these spinning wing decoys from Canada all the way down to your hunting spot and the farther south you are, the harder time you will have trying to attract them. On migration days when the sky is full of ducks, the spinning wing decoy is unbelievable, the ducks will drop out of the sky.
If you also do goose hunting while duck hunting you will find that the spinning wing will flare the geese off your apply. Things that can be done so the geese will not flare are diffident control spinners, but every time I see geese coming I can never get to my diffident in time. At http://www.herbanhunter.com we have developed a pull string spinning wing decoy that allows you to control the motion when ducks are overhead and no motion when geese are approaching. This also works well on late season birds as the flash is not constant like they have seen in every other apply. There are no motors, 100% manual operation which make them officially authorized in some states that have banned motorized decoys.
If you want more feet down in your face duck hunting, where you drop your ducks dead in the decoys, then you have to experience the use of a spinning wing decoy.
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I have been hunting ducks for the past 40 years. As the owner of http://www.HerbanHunter.com a web site where we develop motion duck hunting decoys to make your waterfowl experiences more rewarding.
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Duck Banding – Delta Waterfowl
Few things get more high fives, pictures and tales amongst waterfowl hunters than taking a banded bird. Duck hunters everywhere fondly remember their first band or a unique tale of a band they collected, but few hunters get the opportunity to see how banding is done. Join members of Deltas Minot Chapter and youngsters from the area on site at the J. Clark Salyer Inhabitant Wildlife Safe haven as they learn firsthand about how birds are banded. The pros from the USFWS clarify the banding program and the importance of banding data for managing North American waterfowl. Delight in this inside look at the USFWS banding efforts!
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Delta Waterfowl Duck Habitat Report – July 6, 2009
Standing in a prairie pothole in Manitoba, Delta’s Rob Olson and Jim Fisher discuss the outlook for this coming season based on pair counts and the potential for duck production crosswise the breeding grounds. Brilliant water levels and ample nesting cover (thanks in large part to CRP) in the Dakotas resulted in more breeding pairs of ducks life counted in the American pothole country than on the Canadian breeding grounds during the breeding populace assessment. “This is brilliant news for duck hunters in the Central and Mississippi flyways”, says Delta President Rob Olson. “But with two thirds of the prairie potholes found in Canada, presume the potential for duck production if ALUS was implemented in Canada”. To learn more about Alternate Land Use Services and how Delta is working to increase duck production crosswise the breeding grounds please stay deltawaterfowl.org/alus/
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Where Duck Hunting Boats With Flat Bottoms Come in Handy
Duck hunting can be accomplished on dry land and you can use duck hunting boats as well. These boats are fantastic for hunting for ducks in a variety of environments that other boats will have difficulties in. You can choose the type of boat that will best suit the terrain you are plotting on doing your hunting in. For duck hunters this means have a information of the habitat their prey lives and feeds in.
While the majority of duck hunters prefer to hunt ducks from behind a duck blind, there are some who prefer to look for their game birds in other places. For these public sometimes the terrain they need to travel crosswise is that of swamps and marshes. Since these places are full of water and lots of leafy hiding places, they are ideal for ducks.
Before you can flush your game birds out into the open you need to get to them. This is where duck hunting boats with flat bottoms come in handy. The companies who manufacture these types of flat bottom duck hunting boats have investigated the various wants of duck hunters. The boats are calculated to float through the waterways with minimal difficulties to the duck hunter.
To make sure that the duck hunter has ample room to store their gear and hunting rifles these duck hunting boats are provided with storage space. You will find duck hunting boats which are calculated to hold not just the duck hunter, but also their dogs, decoy ducks, and all of the equipment which is required for duck hunting.
The best type of duck hunting boats have been made to mimic the smooth underbody of alligators. Just as these graceful creatures manage to slide smoothly in wet waters leaving no trails there are duck hunting boats that have this capability too. These boats have rounded slick chines. For this reason they will not catch on any logs, stumps or ditch banks. These boats have the ability of sliding off and down muddy banks.
The many different varieties of duck hunting boats give the avid duck hunter the ability of following the ducks to their natural habitat. From these places the hunter will have the opportunity of deciding if they will set up a duck blind somewhere in the vicinity. They will also have a choice of using their duck callers to lure the ducks out into the open.
By using these duck hunting boats the duck hunter increases their chances of getting a fantastic shoot. The many different water and swamps are now open for you to explore. With duck hunting boats the world of game hunting has just expanded.
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