basshound72
Senior Member
I'm a life long upland bird hunter, just never had a place to duck hunt until now. I do not like crowds or skybusters so I never wanted the frustration of public lands. So First off not looking for places. I have my own place already. Been watching it for 3-4 weeks now and have 75-125 birds coming in every morning at LST. My questions are.
#1 I only have ½ dozen decoys at the moment. Will that be a sufficient number?
#2 I can only setup safely in a South facing setup, but the birds usually approach from that direction no matter wind direction. I have been told by some others that they will only approach decoys from certain wind directions. I have put in my time scouting the place and watching the birds about 4-5 days a week now and the birds on their own come the same direction every morning. My question is Should I wait for a particular wind to hunt the setup like I've been told by some not so avid waterfowlers have said? Or just setup like I would from my observations the last month or so.
First post on the waterfowl forum, so don't be to rough on the new guy. Just don't want to ruin a decent spot by doing something wrong.
Thanks in advance for any tips and advice
#1 I only have ½ dozen decoys at the moment. Will that be a sufficient number?
#2 I can only setup safely in a South facing setup, but the birds usually approach from that direction no matter wind direction. I have been told by some others that they will only approach decoys from certain wind directions. I have put in my time scouting the place and watching the birds about 4-5 days a week now and the birds on their own come the same direction every morning. My question is Should I wait for a particular wind to hunt the setup like I've been told by some not so avid waterfowlers have said? Or just setup like I would from my observations the last month or so.
First post on the waterfowl forum, so don't be to rough on the new guy. Just don't want to ruin a decent spot by doing something wrong.
Thanks in advance for any tips and advice