Jul 27, 2026 · 42 min · 14 segments
If you want to hunt ducks, you probably are going to want some decoys. And in this episode, I am going to give you some tips to help you get started. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
So one of the first things that you want to figure out is, okay, how do you want to hunt them? What kind of situation and scenario and then what kind of decoys or decoy numbers or types of decoys should you be looking at or where you might want to start looking at anyway? Now, first and foremost, what is a duck decoy? A duck decoy is a synthetic duck.
or something that looks kind of like a duck, that when ducks are flying around, they see those in the water, they think that those are other ducks, and then they want to come in and hang out with the other ducks.
Maybe they think those ducks are eating, so they want to come and eat what they're eating.
But the bottom line is we want to have our fake ducks out there so when the real ducks see them, they want to or at least feel safer or just more inclined to come and be with those ducks.
And, you know, duck decoys have been made differently ever since the beginning of making of duck decoys.
And you'd have different levels of functionality versus how ornate or realistic they are.
And imagine if you're trying to make dozens of wooden decoys carved by hand, you may not go to the highest level of detail, And if you do, they could be worth, you know, quite a bit of money.
I see maybe some kind of foam bird decoys that are used on land more so because there's like a shell.
For the purpose of this episode, I'm talking primarily about floating decoys used in the water for waterfowl hunting.
Not to say anything against dry land decoys, but I think that's maybe a different subject for another time.
The bottom line is, the main point I'm trying to address today is floating decoys on the water.
So one of the first things that you want to figure out is, okay, how do you want to hunt them? What kind of situation and scenario and then what kind of decoys or decoy numbers or types of decoys should you be looking at or where you might want to start looking at anyway? Now, first and foremost, what is a duck decoy? A duck decoy is a synthetic duck.
or something that looks kind of like a duck, that when ducks are flying around, they see those in the water, they think that those are other ducks, and then they want to come in and hang out with the other ducks.
Maybe they think those ducks are eating, so they want to come and eat what they're eating.
But the bottom line is we want to have our fake ducks out there so when the real ducks see them, they want to or at least feel safer or just more inclined to come and be with those ducks.
And, you know, duck decoys have been made differently ever since the beginning of making of duck decoys.
And you'd have different levels of functionality versus how ornate or realistic they are.
And imagine if you're trying to make dozens of wooden decoys carved by hand, you may not go to the highest level of detail, And if you do, they could be worth, you know, quite a bit of money.
I see maybe some kind of foam bird decoys that are used on land more so because there's like a shell.
For the purpose of this episode, I'm talking primarily about floating decoys used in the water for waterfowl hunting.
Not to say anything against dry land decoys, but I think that's maybe a different subject for another time.
The bottom line is, the main point I'm trying to address today is floating decoys on the water.
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