Decoys

Who makes the best?

Best value?

Thanks

They sell them at walmart for $20.

Plastic? Wood? Or Foam?

Lots of variables there..

g&h for plastic hands down..

talk to elder on wood blocks

and Longhair Dave can carve a mean foam

You forgot inflatables!

I only hunt with hand-molded steel decoys.

How do they ride in the water?

Value and best don't usually go together with decoy. For puddlers, I personally use cheapo storm fronts for a good percentage of my spread, with some Final Approach's and GHG's mixed in. For divers, I use Fowl Foolers burlap wrapped foam. Basically the same as the old Herter's decoys. The diver decoys end up strafed a lot more than the puddlers, hence why I use the burlapped foam. If you're looking for value, just paint up some milk jugs or clorox bottles. You might laugh, but they'll fill out a spread nicely!

like an aircraft carrier

I need some. My clients are wearing out my man o wars!

for realism purposes ONLY, I use GreenHead Gear, but I go into it knowing I have to replace/repaint decoys every 3 years or so due to paint chipping. G&H are good quality as far as paint but They just look like decoys to me. its a personal preference. I've heard of people killing limits over 2liter bottles and milk jugs painted black. Just depends on you.

we used newspapers in goose field once..

what you mean by looks like a decoy??

Best value In my opinion would be storm fronts, aside from paint chipping, those things will never leak, and the pintail and wigeons look pretty good. Best value for not leaking and not having to repaint would be GHG hands down. I've had some for 7 or 8 years now that still have good paint and no leaks.

From 30 yards they just look like plastic decoys to me where as some of the new GHGs at 30 yards will make you do a double take, but as I stated I think its more about the hunter than the decoys. just like I think some of the crazy colors of fishing lures are meant to catch the fishermans eye more than the fish.

DING DING DING!! We have a winner

I noticed a few posts back it looked like you were using those new AvainX decoys, how do you like those if that was in fact the AvainX brand

Avian X decoys are awesome and paint is good so far. On my 2nd year using them and paint is good as new.

Cabelas has 8 mallards for $19 online

I love my GHG deeks, pro grade all the way

I love them. I was skeptical at first because they felt really flimsy, but they have held up extremely well and I am super rough on decoys. The paint hasn't hardly chipped off at all and I think they are some of the most realistic decoys I've seen. The price isn't too bad either, I think 59.99 for 6

come on Cody, cough up the money for some G&H and they will pay for themselves because they last so long

GHG Pro grade spray some Krylon Matte Finish on them right out of the box and your paint will last a lot longer!

lipstick on a pig my friend, lipstick on a pig

I have found that this http://www.krylon.com/products/colormaster-acrylic-crystal-clear/ in FLAT works better than Krylon 1311 matte or flat. It actually brings out the color instead of making it dull and hazy. If you apply 2 very light (almost a dusting) coats, you'll be happier with the results than with 1311.

Hey inflatables are badazz. They have great motion & are light, just dont shoot em.

Stop letting them water swat spoonies just cuz she's hot!

I almost did this but someone told me a while back that it makes them shine pretty bad, so I decided not to. Apparently that's not the case for you?

If your going for a real good deal, just go catch some park ducks an tie some fishing line to them and toss them out in your spread.

live decoys are illegal

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I never read in the TPWD booklet about no live decoys....

Its a mojo, jerk string, and decoy all in one package.



I sprayed mine down. Birds still come in. I haven't noticed any increase in shine, but the colors seem to stand out better

I use live decoys all the time. Coots swim in... BaM!! Live decoys.

Does anyone run the Cherokee Sport decoys? I know the Echo Boys use them but I've never seen them in person.