Duck decoy. What is decoy: catch a duck in a peculiar way

Hunting is an occupation that exists as long as the human mind. From primitive tools, people switched to perfect weapons. And although now there is no urgent need for such a method of obtaining food, hunting always calls for the bosom of the nature of romantics. A real hunter feels unity with nature, he himself must feel the animal. Walk through the grass, leaning in the dew, smell the early morning or smoky evening - what could be more beautiful? But hunting is not only romance. It is also a technique. The hunter needs to know a lot of little things in order to bring the game home. Moreover, these little things are not universal: you can not use the same method for hunting for deer and drake. We will talk about birds, or rather, about those devices that are necessary for hunting them. Such a necessary thing is decoy on ducks. With his own hands made or purchased, electronic or wind - it is often difficult for a hunter to make the right choice. We will consider the assortment of decoys.

Features of duck hunting

You need to choose a method based on the time of year. In the offseason, use a stuffed bird. Such a device can be bought at any specialized store, and they come in different price categories: from the simplest, which will cost you less than two hundred rubles, to radio-controlled ducks with movement elements ten times more expensive. At this time, male mating is prohibited, so the hunter needs to be extremely careful and attentive. They go to ducks and with a dog - the best assistant to the hunter. The original way is the use of decoy.

Hunter best friend

Using decoy suggests that you already know how to play it, so practice at home, otherwise the hunt will fail. Hold the decoy with only one hand, imagine that it is a bottle from which you drink. Keep your tool in a dry place, avoid prolonged contact with water. On the hunt, "grunt" a little bit in decoy, wait for the first duck to appear, then the whole pack - and shoot.

Useful acquisition

Wind decoys for a duck are inexpensive, and their range is very wide. So you can go to the hunting store and pick up the tool to your liking. American decoys are very popular. By the way, their quality is also very good. Ducks are the same everywhere - so feel free to take and know that domestic ducks will understand your signal.

The design is also striking in variety, although this does not matter for the quality of the semolina. Although so you can distinguish your decoys, if it is configured differently. Yes, and in the grass to look for an instrument, say, red, is better - but this is disadvantageous for masking. Contact your sales consultant for advice.

DIY duck decoy: a couple of practical ways

To make a simple device, you can search on numerous forums for drawing a decoy on a duck. In principle, an experienced hunter can do without him. Pick up the material - it should be a dry birch. We will need a small bar no larger than your palm, so it will be more convenient. Initially, the workpiece has the shape of a cylinder. And we drill this cylinder along to make it look like a tube with not very thick edges. Then we cut it very carefully in the same direction. We now have two identical grooves. You can process them individually, but it is easier to connect the halves again with electrical tape, then give the tube a conical shape. The wide part is also sometimes processed, so that the device becomes like a duck's beak. Parts of the workpiece are lubricated with an alcohol-based stain and nitro-varnish. This is to ensure that the decoy is protected from moisture. And then we have to make the musical part of semolina, so to speak, all its secret. For him we take a piece of tin, for example, from a can of drinks. We make the tongue a little shorter than the tubule, insert it between the parts of the “beak”. The next step is that we need to find polyvinyl chloride cambric, well, or a ring of this material. You put it on the narrow part of the hunting tool. If you have it, then independently check the sound of decoy. Move the tongue and PVC ring to achieve the perfect result.

But this is not the only way to make duck decoys. If you want exotic, you can try other natural materials - for example, bone. This decoy looks like a tube with grooves at the ends (one looks up, the other looks down) and holes in them. But making it perfect is very difficult.

And making duck decoy in the third way is not so difficult. We will need two shells (hunters have no shortage of such materials) made of brass. We connect them side by side. Simple manipulation - and it's just two tubes. Then we take light wood or cork so that they fit perfectly into the tubes. After fitting, take out the wooden filling. We need to cut a strip of wood, about a sixth of the whole tube. Cut the material along! Then insert the wood or cork back into the sleeves. Decoy on ducks, which is easy to do with your own hands, is ready!

Electronic decoy: pros and cons

This miracle of technology can also be purchased at the store. Although electronic decoy on ducks with their own hands can also be done, it is unlikely to give such an effect. If we talk about its device, then this is just a player with a speaker, although the design of this semolina is more complicated. You can choose which set of sounds will be recorded. Settings can also be changed, but not on all decoys. Experienced hunters say that such an instrument is not as effective as a wind instrument, although there are some that do a very good job. And the electronic decoy is not cheap. In addition, the use of this tool is prohibited, although it is commercially available. But this is a personal matter for every hunter.

Arsenal of hunting decoys

So, we figured out the types of decoys - or rather, almost figured it out. After all, there are many types of these. And let every hunter find that decoy that will attract the largest prey!

Ready-made and home-made hunting decoys for duck and goose

Hunting ducks and geese is an entertaining, interesting and difficult process at the same time. Shy by nature birds are careful and hunters need a lot of dexterity and patience to lure them out of thickets of reeds or reeds. Decoys for goose and duck play a crucial role in this process and the success of hunting depends on their proper use and tonality of sound.

Hunting a duck with semolina is always effective

Varieties of decoys

Today, on store shelves you can find a large selection of decoys. Devices are:

wooden;
electronic;
spiritual
acrylic;
electronic.

Ready-made wooden decoys for duck

This type creates the sounds most similar to natural ones, but it is several times more expensive than its mechanical counterparts. A small minus - the electronic decoy is prohibited by the rules of the hunt in some regions of the country. However, this does not decrease its popularity, especially when hunting geese. After all, these birds are quite susceptible to sound purity and are quickly frightened by the falsity and echo of mechanical devices. An electronic decoy can be used even by inexperienced hunters without any fear of poor quality sound. It is worth noting another plus of the electronic device - an extensive music library and the ability to use one device for hunting a wide variety of birds.

Electronic decoy - a universal device for birds and animals

An electronic sound device for luring birds is produced by many domestic and foreign companies, and the price depends on the functionality and material of which it is made. Electronic decoy is like wooden, there is plastic and even metal.

Wind decoy

Wind decoys are convenient because they allow you to quack as many times as you need right now. Their price is much lower than electronic counterparts. Imported windshields are similar to a pipe, while domestic ones are produced in the form of “clothespins”. Quite loud and clear sound is produced precisely by “pipes”, they are also easier to use.

Homemade decoy on a goose of tubular bone

"Pipes" are monolingual and petal. The latter have a high sound, but monolingual decoys produce a more realistic quack.

Timbler decoys - used in calm weather near a bird.
Medium-volume devices - used on small lakes, heard at a distance of up to one kilometer.
Loud - Open Water - perfect for large ponds or adverse weather conditions.

It is also important to choose the right device for the quack timbre. There are universal ones - they are suitable for both mallard and river duck, there are special decoys for diving, there is also a separate decoy for a white-fronted goose. It is worth remembering that the voice of a young bird is more gentle and high.

Making semolina

If you do it yourself and make decoys with your own hands, then you can better understand the principle of its work. Home-made decoy has a more original and unique sound, with its own special tonality. The luring device can be made of sleeves, or it can be made of wood.

Design reed wind decoy on a duck - scheme for manufacturing

Wooden decoy

This duck decoy is made from dry cuttings, better than birch. Using a drill, we make a small longitudinal hole in the central part of the handle. The next step is to cut a wooden block along with a jigsaw. This is most conveniently done in a vice. After sawing, process the halves so that a single-sided wedge is formed. Then these two blanks are folded together - a two-sided wedge is obtained. The entire surface is treated with an alcohol stain, and after drying it is coated with nitro-varnish. The membrane is easy to make with your own hands. A piece of thin tin from an ordinary tin can is used for it. By its dimensions, the membrane is necessarily equal to the resonator. The membrane is neatly inserted between the workpieces and fastened with a cambric.

The sound is tuned by moving the membrane and cambric. If the inside diameter is large, the sound is low, and if small, high.

Cassava decoy

The second option is suitable for those who are wondering - how to make decoy on a goose. After all, the decoy from the sleeve is ideal for hunting this large and interesting bird. For the manufacture of semolina some skills are required with a lathe.

Homemade goose decoy from a sleeve

Homemade decoy is made of two shells with a length of 70 mm, 32 and 28 caliber.

A prerequisite - the sleeves must have a capsule, in order to avoid air leakage. A small cut is made with a three-sided file at a distance of a centimeter from the edge of the sleeves. This cut should be 10 mm long and 5 mm high. Two corks of equal diameter sleeves and a length of 10 mm are made separately.

Goose decoy design - scheme for manufacturing

It is better to use a natural cork. It is much more elastic and holds well inside the device. In the cork there should be a clearance of 3 mm strictly opposite the saw cut. To do this, you need to grind the cork with a file and insert it into our sleeve.

A do-it-yourself decoy will look like a children's whistle. However, this does not reduce its effectiveness.

Both sleeves are aligned according to the level of cut and soldered together. You can also use transparent adhesive tape as an alternative to adhesion. From below, you can solder the ring and attach the strap - so the decoy will be easier to carry. The tone is adjusted by shifting the plug inside the sleeve.

Luring geese, it is necessary to blow immediately in both cartridges, making a strong and deep sound.

DIY decoy allows you to adjust the tonality and depth of the quack. Many hunters prefer the bought ones - self-made precisely because it is easier to work with them, and also, if necessary, make their own adjustments and change the device. Another important point - with your own hands you can make quite a lot of decoys for each type of duck or geese, experimenting with the sound volume.

The result of a goose hunt with semolina

How to hunt with decoy

Decoy on a duck, both purchased and made by hand, should be checked on a specific type of bird. Ducks and geese are very social and sociable and the hunter needs to spend some time to study the peculiarities of quacking in certain conditions. An important role in this hunt will be played by decoy ducks. During the hunting season, it is preferable to use five to six stuffed ordinary mallards. Two stuffed animals can be placed where the ducks feed, the rest placed in the open.

It is worth remembering that ducks land on the water against the wind, which means that it is better to shoot from the side. Another important point is camouflage and shelter. It is necessary to lure the bird with quacking carefully - falseness or obsession will only scare the bird away.

It is most optimal to publish three or four rhythmic crack and take a break, after which repeat the command and wait with a gun.

Plucking ducks

Feathered carcasses of ducks and geese are the result of any successful hunt, however, the plucking process is not the most pleasant and simple.

Before plucking a duck, it is better to wait two to three hours, and not take a fresh carcass. During this time, subcutaneous fat freezes and allows you to save the skin.

Wet duck plucking

There are two easy ways to pluck a duck. In the dry method, plucking begins with the large feathers of the wings and tail, gradually moving to a finer plumage on the body. The light fluff remaining at the end is plucked with a blunt knife. The fluff will not fly apart if it is previously sprinkled with plain water. It is important to remember that you need to pluck the pen only in the direction of growth.

Dry way of plucking ducks and geese

The second method consists in preliminary scalding the carcass. Water for scalding should not boil, the optimum temperature is about 80 degrees. The bird dives into the water for no more than a minute, otherwise the skin may burst and pluck the duck will be extremely problematic. In this case, the feathers are plucked against their growth.

Andrei Shalygin: The reasons I have listed above for which there is nothing more to do without a wind decoy on a modern hunt for waterfowl are actually much more. I wrote just enough to fill in the insert for the announcement.

Wind decoys for duck and goose - why there are no better decoys

First, in Russia there are practically no wind decoys for waterfowl.Wind decoys in Russia of acceptable quality are practically not made, and if it is declared that one or another decoy of Russian production is a “bomb”, then you need to understand that in 90% of cases they are precisely copied from foreign counterparts, moreover, for decency or poverty with a modified design and materials. Even if the resonator decoy or deck is made with significant changes from the sample, it is not a fact that something the seller assures you of is true. In Russia, there are no spiritual mana specialists at all. What it is is a few piles of opposing groups of 10-15 people each, who by chance turned out to be salesmen of semolina and are now trying to somehow capture the market, while arranging competitions among themselves, declaring them All-Russian. Yes, even Ecumenical, anyway there is no status. Even if the so-called Russian decoy is at least somewhat working - in almost more than 90% of cases, the components in it are again simply borrowed from foreign models (no one makes their petals). There are many more reasons ... And the rest of the Russian - EMPTY ZERO. In the best case, a bad drara.

Secondly, those wind decoys for duck and goose that are brought to Russia are mainly kompitishin, that is, competitive sports decoys, or decoys created by people who do nothing more than spiritual mana competitions at all. Moreover, all spiritual mana courses that are attached to decoys also have an indestructible sports and stage bias, in which there is practically no duck and goose as such. Yes, on many of them there is no marking - sports, competitive. But it was the athletes who made them with their own warehouse of understanding the wind mank. In order to understand this, it is enough to simply record a duck, drake, fodder chatter calling for decoy, a goose on the field ... and listen to the disc. And you will realize that in general no similarity exists. Any jigger will tell you that callers trained on - they don’t imitate the duck at all in the American way, as for the goose, but specialists in this species are even more difficult to find. And many have hearing problems.

A new word in Russian mankostroitelstvo is a pair of Decoys + Knife, decoys by James Myers, a knife by masters under the brand of Rukavishnikov, wood inlay (cocoball of one piece on both semolina and on the handle) from Tina Rukavishnikova, semolina is represented by I. Babaev. Photo by Andrey Shalygin.

Thirdly, one can, of course, be ironic, but, excuse me, American ducks and geese speak a different dialect than Russian. Here you can neighing, but I hope that at least someone has some understanding that there is no American decoy on the gray goose at all - and that is only for the white-breasted one. Of course, they also do not imitate the gumenniki and the squeaky, I’m not talking about the fact that all Americans either give it to the Canadian goose, or to the rodent, or give it away. This is in St. Petersburg and Tver to Murmansk the whole goose is white-faced, and a little to the east, it is also necessary to look for it, not to mention Kazakhstan. The crackers, too, are not particularly the same for us. Our size is bigger, the resonator, respectively, is wider and deeper, so the voice is not at all like that. Therefore, the American decoy may be imitating something, but not at all what we would like. Yes, you can fine-tune, but can you?

Fourth, the entire sale of wind decoys in Russia is the fruit of the established personal ties of just a dozen people, and does not reflect the real content of the world market in this segment, nor the quality of the products. You will be advertised with anything you want, just to buy it, but really it’s not worth your money at all - just go to the manufacturer’s website and see how much it costs there where it was brought from. So it’s much easier and cheaper to buy something for a group of comrades themselves, dropping off and ordering the package yourself, at least on E-Bay, at least anywhere. Elite decoys sold by piece are not a miracle of the acoustic mastery of the manufacturer. They cost 10 times more than usual just because they are made individually and mostly piece by piece, and they often sound much worse than ordinary ones.

Fifthly, fortunately the duck and the goose respond in nature not only to the call of their direct relatives, but also to varietal sounds, too. Moreover, within the group, although they know each other's voices, for the sake of curiosity they can respond not only to a completely dissimilar sound or a series of delusional content, but also to a mana voice in general without any decoy. Therefore, criteria such as “here’s the video - responded, flashed ...”, “here the video sits silent, decoys, beckons, wild ones come up” - is hardly proof of anything, because for the sake of curiosity, namely “what is it with you it happened that you quack so stupidly "most duck will do if she sees no signs of concern. Elk and deer will go for a drive in some places if you just put a couple of sticks in your horns and swing, wringing branches. That is why it is quite possible the existence of any kind of unproven nonsense, allegedly claiming to confirm the effectiveness of some sort of decoy, and even eyewitness accounts that he beckoned with an ordinary Soviet whistle for 3 copecks - he collected the whole lake. This, of course, is nonsense. Video shots in a city where they quack at least a boatswain's pipe, and ducks swim towards the person - this is just a demonstration that the ducks know that the person feeds them a bun, and when they hear and see a man who comes up to the water with something in their hands, all the ducks a police whistle will float to a person. Behind the loaf.

1st Moscow tests of decoys. Photo by Olga Frunze.

Another thing is if you yourself have seen with your own eyes several times thatthis decoy works, but this one doesn’t. That the caller with this decoy turned the bird after the shot again and again at the hunter (maybe it attracts well, maybe the decoy is suitable with such an ability to attract). But this mainly depends on the caller, I would say, and not on decoy, with their average quality. Although on the other hand there are certain decoys that greatly help the caller.

Decoys on a duck and a goose - the best callers-manillers and competitions on spiritual lure of a duck and a goose

Some years they tried to organize one or the other, or the third event for training, for competitions, for the School of Mann Hunt (each, of course, has their own), but that this whole thing rests solely on personalities, and not on the system. Therefore, all the movements of certain people, to the emergence of private and public schools ... A person has left - that's all, there is nothing, because there is no system. And where he came - something new was formed there, completely different.

Very many now organize paid courses, schools, classes, but basically it is either paid classes and, like tutors, even in English, or in mathematics, it does not necessarily lead to passing exams by a ward, or a way to sell strictly defined products, even if classes are free. Some went to the so-called club system, where the crowd gathers mainly from the company of hunters who go to meetings from a certain forum, mainly from social networks. Which also was not formed at all from a love of art, frankly. The degree of participation is up to you. They are friends with each other or against someone, and all this is mainly on a branded basis. But there is no system and is not expected.

Unfortunately, in this case, the role of junkery, which could bea kind of arbiter for the sporting mana dominating the American school, it’s practically unrealized - there are simply no junkers in the ranks of the organizers of any spiritual mana. We tried to combine this issue and, when testing the decoys and the judges collegium of the competitions, included the pods, but the pods are also friends against each other and it is practically impossible to bring them together. At the same time, the abilities of pickers as callers are either absent or very weak. You can teach a jigging sport refereeing, and why then is it needed at all? Otherwise, it will not be possible to create the Russian School of Mann Hunt, again a bad copy of the American will turn out.

Our distributors, of course, go to the Americans for their brands that sell in Russia, attend their competitions, take pride in shots from American hunts, but this gives absolutely nothing to an ordinary hunter. They take the experience of American sports mana in the conditions of quite prosperous American lands. This has very little to do with Russian hunting. Americans come to us(who were immediately grabbed by the artisans who had run past out of business to tear the soles on the go and imagined that they were the main activists of manna hunting - while they themselves don’t understand anything in this matter, but they publish glossy lies in magazines), it’s ridiculous to hiccup , sure. Americans are cultured people, they praise everyone. Then the false impression is created that the Russian mana exists. But not him.

Fully understanding everything that I said above, the most active participants in this whole process (mostly just dealers) create some closed narrow circles of communication, inside which they try to find something at the same time different from the American school, and similar to the real one duck and goose, and sufficiently effective and yet Russian, if possible, at least according to the style of mana. But these are simple hunters. Among them, there are generally no scientists, no biologists, or even graduates with specialized higher education.

Why closed? Yes, because the system of some competitions created by them and the level of the panel of judges are such that almost ten-year-old children can easily win them, and the judges clearly even know the sound of decoy, since they heard who beckons a hundred times - everyone has decoy DIFFERENT manufacturers who sound DIFFERENT, therefore they will recognize their “own” decoy to win, no matter how you blow it. Of course, for the sake of the purity of the experiment, they either participate in competitions, they are judged, they are invited to colleagues, or they simply award first places to children ... But this is not a competition, in fact - it’s some arbitrary choice of 15-20, but a goose of 5-6 come to the competition ... the so-called supposedly All-Russian or international level. Therefore, the rest of the time they themselves are trying to conceive and justify something with themselves behind the scenes - they say, competitions are competitions, but in reality ... and then there goes a certain arbitrary set of thoughts that are not supported by anything. And since there is no justification, then the circle is closed. And no one can ridicule. Also good.

Well, at some such level of understanding - what is the art of owning a wind decoy in Russia today, what is the general objectivity and quality of work of any specialist in choosing wind decoys and the level of competence for their choice, I would stop.

Just in connection with all the facts listed above, today there is an unconnected, I would even say incoherent, set of diverse opinionsaccording to the choice of wind decoys, and he is not only because everyone is tied to certain brands, but also to parties, to video courses, to the lack of competence, standardization, qualifications, but in general, turn to any panel of judges or the organizers of the competition - you will see that from there, as a rule, some completely alien ears stick out in general have nothing to do with the objectivity of not having people, which in general to judge who is right, there is no possibility at all. No.

There is simply no one to just take a spectrometer and apply acoustic curves to each other in Russia - there is no elementary level of knowledge of the question for all interested persons existing on the market in this segment. That is, even just at the level of owning a regular computer with a regular microphone and some kind of primitive DJ software or simple Adobe Audishin - I recorded a duck, stuck it in MPEG, put it in a microphone, shook the same thing as a duck, compared the spectrum. Who is maximally closer is better. There is no such thing. Because, firstly, the subject’s abilities are not the same, and secondly, it’s clear that without this, it’s completely wrong.

Manchechniki say - the duck reacts, it suits her. She probably told them about it herself.

How to choose a wind decoy for a duck and a goose - which decoys are better

Therefore, in the place of the hunters, I would absolutely miss some theoretical considerations about ratings, quality, the best, worst, modern, correct, or some other decoys, except for completely trivial practical concepts. I would generally be very skeptical of most of the recommendations of dealers except for those people that you know personally. Common sense is sufficient to determine the truth.

Well, let's say, for example, the considerations that:

sonorous decoy is needed for large spaces when the duck and goose are far away,
sonorous decoy is always better from acrylic than from wood,
a quiet decoy is needed for the early hours, compact cozy places, close distances, luring from already thickened duck ducks,
quiet acrylic decoy always gives way to a good tree,
single-petal decoy is the most difficult for the caller and the most distant decoy with the lowest sound quality, so it’s better to study single-petal, but to hunt with multi-petal,
a multi-petal decoy simulates polyphony and overtones and allows an inexperienced user to work at close distances,
a deaf cracked decoy under an old duck can work in an orderly mode,
sonorous decoy under a young duck lures young drakes more easily,
the transition of the tone of the goose decoy to another octave should not be accompanied by bulging eyes of the color and reddening of his neck,
it’s always better to have several different decoys, and not only because one is distant, the second is near, but also use whistles to blacken and wig, and if possible work simultaneously with 3 and 4 different decoys, under the old and young duck, feeding duck
feed chatter performed by many decoys is not at all like feed chatter, so use it carefully,
without effigies, the work of mank is much less effective, although at long distances it is sometimes quite sufficient ...

I could list such principles long enoughbut I’m bringing these just because you yourself must quite sensibly assess why you need decoy, where and how you use it for what, and it is from this that the simple fact emerges - which decoy will be the best for you in this situation. Most likely, this conclusion does not coincide with what is written in magazines, ratings and recommended by sellers and recorded in the competition results.

It is possible that for the average duck hunter it will be sufficient to have or one three-petalled decoy from ArSiSi and Myers triple-cocoball and a plastic whistle from anyone (if you have your backstage hunting place); or some Green Machine from Zink, (if you have some kind of wetland-lake through strip); or a simple Duck Commander, (if you have a left and right football field); but it may turn out that two or three different-sized piece duduks from paduk and cocoballs with an ebony tree of 20,000 each will not help at all simply because you had big problems with camouflage and noisy behavior. Which, again, is no reason to say that decoy is bad. Maybe you don’t know how to work at all.

Therefore, of course, I will introduce you to decoys, but I would not make any categorical statements either regarding their location in the transfer, or regarding their cost. To each his own and for his money. And I don’t think that something else will be more informative and necessary for you, or anything can do, but certainly not cheap, because if expensive decoys do not imitate a real duck, it is technically unrealistic to make it cheap. However, a duck, like a hunter, can be frightening, stupid or young, so options are always possible.

Modern wind decoys for duck and goose - where to buy decoy

I don’t say at all that I am listing the best decoys in the world, or the decoys you need the most., however, in this collection there is almost everything that is needed to solve generally any problems in spiritual mana. In general, there are many dozens of semolina firms in America alone, and thousands around the world.Therefore, I will only mention a few. Go to the sites yourself and see something.

Haydel's Game Calls at www.haydels.com. Halel baits are well known and as all baits are standardly marked with the number of petals. Quaker for the crack duck SK-2 or SK-1 is now, like all fashionable things, produced from carbon fiber. Why carbon decoy is hard to say. Well, if you have a cast iron butt, and you tend to sit down on decoys, then this will be a useful acquisition. Yes, it is light, but against the backdrop of the world revolution, this achievement is illusory. Acoustic carbon is clearly not acrylic and certainly not a tree. But fashionable and forever. However, he is theoretically non-sticky. The manufacturer’s website, of course, is full of new products.

For more than 20 years in the market of decoys guys from a company with a strange name Goey hunting calls goeycalls.com., which in Russian sounds rather strange, call their decoys no less strange - Marsh Madam and Timber Teaser. Both for duck and goose, for example, Trainwreck, Accomplice, all these decoys are distinguished by threaded connections of both parts of the decoy barrel and inserts.

Echo calls likes to call his decoys out loud - Destroyer, Switch, and all sorts of other differences. www.echocalls.com. Duck, goose, a variety of decoys. The World Champion (one of) also works for Echo, but it obviously does not mean anything, you understand it yourself, but it says something. Decoys can be purchased in different colors.

Rich-N-Tone: RNT Calls, www.rntcalls.com, is a fairly well-known company in the Russian market, since quite a few Russian participants in the sale of decoys sell these decoys. To a large extent, this is due to the development of RNT's marketing method of an in-depth explanation to the client - why each next decoy is not the same as the previous ones. This is noticeable both in the design of the decoys and in the story that the hole in this model is unique, which gives increased back pressure, which allows us to make the sound loud with a small size of decoy, which makes it possible to make the call clear but not aggressive, while simulating soft the overtones of the female duck ... and so on. The main thing to be convincing is marketing.

When hunting a duck, the question arises: how to increase the amount of prey, while using simple, inexpensive, but effective devices? In this case, arm yourself with a decoy that mimics the sounds of a bird, which as a result will attract them. You just need to figure out how to attract the duck, how to use these devices to get the desired result.

How to choose a suitable decoy?

Decoys on a duck can be of various form and configuration. They are also made of polycarbonate, wood, acrylic.

The choice of a specific model depends on the skill of the person who will use it. It is also necessary to take into account the hunting conditions, since in different cases it will be more appropriate to apply one or another decoy. Follow these guidelines:

Duck decoy single-lingual

In addition to wind decoys, there are electronic ones, but they are prohibited for hunting. In some cases, such devices are not effective due to the strong distortion of sound.

We select the optimal volume

In order to attract the attention of a bird, it is important to choose the right decoy. It should make the best sound. It is important not to frighten away the duck, but at the same time to attract it.

Depending on the hunting conditions, use a decoy of a certain volume:

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in open water, especially in windy weather, use a decoy that makes a loud sound;
use the device with soft and soft sound for hunting from shelter in small ponds. If the bird is not far away, such a decoy is the best option in your field of vision;
devices with an average sound power are considered universal and suitable for hunting in almost any environment.

How to use the device for luring ducks?

If you bought or made your own decoys on a duck, and you could not reproduce a realistic sound the first time, do not despair. Follow these tips, and after several workouts you will lure the bird without much difficulty.

Hold the device with one hand. Grip it between your thumb and forefinger at the narrowest point. In this case, the palm should be on weight, which will make it possible to use it to adjust the sound intensity.
Hold the device to the lips on the mouthpiece side. In doing so, make everything as if you are drinking water from a bottle.
Exhale into the device exclusively with the diaphragm without the participation of the abdomen and cheeks, while doing this abruptly, interrupt the sound with the larynx. No rattling should be heard at the end. To make it easier to do this, try to imitate the movements that occur during coughing. This process should not resemble balloon inflation. You should try to extract something from the lungs.
At the same time, use your other fingers to close the opposite hole in the mouthpiece.
The sound you play should be intermittent with slight pauses.

How to lure a duck?

Most often attracted by decoy drakes and mallards. At the same time, note that females respond best to the sounds that the device makes. Do not use it in spring when you can hunt exclusively on drakes. In this case, the decoy will be useless, and hunting will be ineffective.

In most cases, birds fly very close to the person who makes sounds with this device. At the same time, they first decline, and then they sit on the right place. During the hunt, do not start shooting when you manage to attract one duck. They usually fly in packs, so wait a few minutes.

It is best to hunt early in the morning or late in the evening. At this time, ducks are more likely to fly to the sound that makes decoys. It was also noticed by experienced hunters that in rainy weather they manage to get much more game.

During the duck search process, make some loud noises. A bird that hears this will answer you with a short and resonant quack.

Rules for a successful hunt

How to attract a duck while hunting? It is important to follow a few rules if you decide to use the decoy.

When choosing the place from which you plan to shoot birds, consider the strength and direction of the wind. Position yourself so that you are comfortable shooting. The duck mainly lands against the wind.
Take care of the disguise during the hunt. Wear clothes that will not stand out from the general landscape. It is also advisable to take a mask on the face and gloves for hunting, since white patches of skin against the background of vegetation will scare away the bird.
Do not abuse this device, take short breaks between several visits. Too intense a sound can scare away ducks.
If you see a bird in the distance that flies far and in the opposite direction, be sure to try to attract it with a few loud and sharp sounds.
For effective hunting with mank, use additional stuffed ducks. This will help attract birds, they will be more willing to fly to the right place.
It is not recommended to use decoy at the end of August, as ducks molt. They will not respond to these sounds, because at this time the birds become very careful, and their landing is quite rapid.
If there is a tree near the place where you hunt ducks, place a stuffed crow on its top. This technique will reduce the vigilance of birds, they will not be afraid to fly to the sound of decoy.

How to make decoy with your own hands?

Duck decoys can be made independently, using available materials. Such devices will sound no worse than purchased devices.

To do this, use the following materials:

dry birch wood;
insulating tape;
metal sheet 0.2-0.3 mm thick;
stain;
colorless varnish.

Drill a hole in the middle of the birch stalk. After that, saw along the wooden billet to get two flat parts that need to be connected using electrical tape. The shape of the product should resemble a cone. Treat the decoys with sandpaper to get a perfectly flat surface. After that, apply stain and varnish to the appliance.

From a metal sheet, make a membrane whose width is equal to the diameter of the semolina, and the length is slightly less. Insert it inside the tube and adjust to get a high-quality sound that will not be any different from the voice of ducks.

In any case, a home-made or purchased decoy will be effective during the hunt, if you follow all the recommendations. It is also important to constantly train to achieve the perfect technique.

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Decoy is a device that creates sound effects, thereby attracting wild ducks. Wind decoys on a duck are more relevant than electronic ones.

Each hunter chooses a suitable device for hunting. But, there is no reason to acquire electronic ones, since according to the rules of hunting their use is prohibited. In addition, their sound quality is relatively worse than that of wind devices. Therefore, most experienced or just beginning hunters are inclined to acquire wind structures.

Characteristics of wind decoys

A large assortment of wind devices is presented on the market, the manufacturer of which are foreign companies. Recently, domestic decoys began to appear on the market, we note that their quality is in no way inferior to imported whistles.

Classic whistles are much more difficult to use, as they have to blow harder. If such a device is made of wood, then it is quite natural that it will swell.

Wind decoys are:

Monolingual.
Bilingual.
Half-lingual.

For a novice hunter it is better to choose a bilingual whistle. With it, all errors will become invisible, and there will be no changes in sound.

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Although, such a whistle also has disadvantages, this is its sticking. This factor may depend on several reasons:

From the manufacturer.
From the weather.
From improper storage of semolina.

As for monolingual whistles, their sound is more realistic. Such devices are suitable for experienced hunters, since a device of this type does not tolerate errors. The sound of such a decoy has a more juicy voice.

Varieties of wind devices

Wind whistles can be divided according to two criteria:

By the type of work of the mouthpiece.
According to the material used to make the device.

Today, manufacturers present whistles made of such materials:

acrylic,
wood,
polycarbonate

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Acrylic Products

Acrylic devices are the most expensive, followed by whistles made of wood and polycarbonate.

In addition to its high cost, acrylic devices are characterized by stable properties regardless of the conditions of use. They have the best characteristics, unlike decoys from other materials.

Acrylic products have the following qualities:

Great timbre and sound quality.
Resistance to weathering.
Long service life, unlike wood or polycarbonate.
Great view with minimal maintenance.

There are a lot of models of such products; among manufacturers there are companies that have won many awards and prizes. The main motto of such companies is "We are the best!" But the proposed scheme: "the duck flies to you by itself, you don’t even have to" blow ", just show the champion decoy" is unlikely to work without a manila.

Wooden crafts

Wooden devices in this sense are less practical.

Such products are characterized by a slight hoarseness in sound, but the material from which they are made is strongly exposed to atmospheric influence. Therefore, care for them requires special attention. After the hunt, the whistle must be well dried, and the storage area should not be exposed to moisture.

The most famous models of wooden whistles are:

Typical whistle from the manufacturer Faulk’s (Falx) WA-33A. For its manufacture, wood from walnut is selected.
Whistle Duck Commander Original.
Buck Gardner, a half-lingual baby back whistle, has the hoarse voice of an old duck.

Valuable species of wood, such as rosewood, ebony, walnut or cocobolo, are usually used as the material for such products.

In addition, you can find products from stabilized wood, by their characteristics such decoys are closer to acrylic products, this affects the price.

Polycarbonate Products

Polycarbonate decoys are rather a budget option. Although in some cases, polycarbonate devices work better than acrylic.

Caring for such products is simpler, but this does not mean that they can be exposed to high temperatures. Among the main advantages include:

Great sound.
Inexpensive price.

This option can be used both for hunting ducks and for mastering the art of luring.

There are a lot of examples of these devices, the most famous are:

The decoy Double Nasty 2 (Double Nasty II).
Green Mile

In addition to these varieties, there are combined models in which several types of material are combined.

Varieties of decoys depending on the principle of operation of mouthpieces

According to the principle of operation, whistles are:

single lingual (single reed),
half-lingual, Single Sorta from the manufacturer Buck Gardner.
bilingual (double reed).
There is a trilingual decoy, but this model is less popular.

Domestic single-lingual models are hard to blow, the outgoing sound is uneven and critical to sound pressure. During use, it may rattle, or break into a squeal. Its design more often than others fails, because, when wet, it loses its tonality. Therefore, this option is often used by experienced hunters.

As for imported “monolingual” wind decoys, their sound is more stable. They can make various sounds, but such success can be achieved only after long trainings and frequent practical exercises.

Other types of decoys are more suitable for beginners in the hunting business. Bilingual and half-lingual will help to gain experience in manic art and master all the subtleties of this process.

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Decoy on a duck. Training video.

According to the volume level, the products are divided into three categories:

Loud decoys (model Open Water). Such products are used in several cases: when hunting falls on windy weather, and when the size of the reservoir is large enough.
Slower products (Timber model). These models are used for small ponds and when hunting in quiet weather.
Products of medium volume. These models are the most popular, according to their characteristics, they show something in between the previous two types.

To determine the choice of the decoy volume, it is necessary to take into account several factors at once:

Place and time of the hunt.
The size of the pond.

Color

As for the color, it does not affect the workflow, but it is quite useful in the case when you need to select the desired decoy relative to the timbre.

Parts manka

Imported products consist of a standard set of parts, which include:

Horn with a sound hole.
A tone board with an existing channel for sound.
Wedge made of rubber or plastic.
Reeds made of Mylar. Depending on the model, the decoy contains 1, 2, 3 or 1.5 reeds.
Mouthpiece.

All decoys are made in two main directions - "Arkansas" and "Louisiana".

In the first version, the horn and tone board are a single unit, and the wedge acts as an addition. The second option is characterized by the fact that the tone board, horn and wedge are different parts. The difference in the sounds produced is not important, but the Arkansas product is simpler to maintain.

Wind decoys - choosing the right option

Most hunters are skeptical of the concept of better or worse decoys for duck hunting. Experience is a great thing, therefore, a hunter with a great experience will determine the best option for himself, guided by practical data.

When purchasing products for this purpose, it is necessary to take into account that in your arsenal you need to have several copies of decoys.

First, decoys should be designed for different distances, near or far.
Secondly, during the hunt you will have the opportunity to simultaneously work on three or four devices at the same time, which allows you to attract not only old ducks, but also young ones.

It is not necessary to claim that the models listed below are the best of the best, but such a selection will help to cope with the arisen tasks on the hunt.

Destroyer.
Switch.

Models of such products are presented in various colors.

How to use decoy

To lure birds, you need to know how to use the decoy. To do this, you must follow some rules.

They hold the decoy in one hand, clutching it in the middle with the thumb and forefinger. Free fingers allow you to change the sound intensity.
A device with two mouthpieces is brought to the lips so that the upper lip closes 1/3 of it. Air is blown into the bottom of the device.
To properly blow out the air, you need to use not the cheeks or stomach, but the chest.