small spread mallards

[Don Mintz]

When it comes to decoys, I'm a minimalist. While lots of folks approach decoys with the accuracy by volume idea, I just don't like hauling lots of decoys and the older I get the less decoys I apparently need. Usually I'll only have a pair of mallards and six to ten divers. I had a lot of fun with these poses, I'm calling the hen "the nag" and the drake "hen pecked".

 

[Capt Rich Geminski]

Don, I also hunt with less decoys. I hunt small salt marsh and use 6-8 mallards and blacks. Some times 1-2 geese when they are handy. When I hunt big water with friends will take 10-12 brant also.