The flapper was a flappin' this morning!

Derek and Xena

Derek and Xena

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Wind gusts of 30 mph from the SW all morning! Came home with 2 Greenheads, 1 Gadwall, 1 Greenwing Teal, and an empty box of shells! So I missed a few times, but they were good misses, no cripples. Xena is passed out on the floor. A simple 40 yd. retrieve turned into 100 plus yds in a hurry!

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nasty is nasty - even if you have a trained guinea pig running in there to make the wings go.

T
 
What's nasty about it man? It's perfectly legal. I don't have the time nor the money to sit here and handcraft my own decoys so I'll continue to shoot over my GHG Hot Buys and my spinning wing decoy while I try and provide for my family! I thought this was a 'Duck Boat' site anyways, seems more like a homemade decoy site to me.
 
What's nasty about it man? It's perfectly legal. I don't have the time nor the money to sit here and handcraft my own decoys so I'll continue to shoot over my GHG Hot Buys and my spinning wing decoy while I try and provide for my family! I thought this was a 'Duck Boat' site anyways, seems more like a homemade decoy site to me.
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This page was founded by a group of traditionalists, spinning wing decoys are not traditional - as far as I'm concerned they are an abomination. You say if it is legal it is okay with you, that says a lot to me. To my ear I hear that it is all about the bag in a minimum amount of time and effort, that does not jive with many of us. Kill your ducks over an abomination and feel fine about it, just don't expect me to ra ra ra your effort.

Tod
 
no to but in- but i have a pic- i nned to dig out and post of a standing wooden decoy- it was made in the 1920s? Hart a carver from mass- i have 2 of his carvings- he made a standing black duck and when you pulled the string it had a mechinism in it that would make the wings flap- now this is my opinion only- but as a old timer - i have seen the hunting change- but if this decoy carver some 80 yrs ago could have put something in his decoy to make the wings move without a string- think he would have????? and the idea that only wood and cork decoys are the true tradition- well thats one man's idea- and as i do have wood, cork- plastic decoys- it can be costly to invest in them- and well- its all bout having fun and shooting a few birds- there were mechanical devices used to some degree of success back 50 plus years ago to make heads move and wings flap-its not a new thing- just my thoughts- and i will get the pics out--

have fun-- John
 
"...as I'm concerned they are an abomination." And, furthermore, your shotgun was not forged at home and you clearly did not chew rawhide or tan a hide to fabricate your duckstrap or dog's collar. ;^)
 
or spin the gortex we all like so much, or enjoy the 4 stroke engine, or the neoprene waders, or the GPS... The list goes on and I thank god I am not a "traditionalist" but I do enjoy hunting over my cork out of my wooden boat. ;-)
 
or spin the gortex we all like so much, or enjoy the 4 stroke engine, or the neoprene waders, or the GPS... The list goes on and I thank god I am not a "traditionalist" but I do enjoy hunting over my cork out of my wooden boat. ;-)
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and if we get into trouble help is only a cell phone call away.
 
or spin the gortex we all like so much, or enjoy the 4 stroke engine, or the neoprene waders, or the GPS... The list goes on and I thank god I am not a "traditionalist" but I do enjoy hunting over my cork out of my wooden boat. ;-)
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Okay there is still one excuse left, and my favorite, of the classic go-to excuses used to justify the use of a nasty spinner. Who can come up with it? I'll give a hint next time I log in.

T
 
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This page was founded by a group of traditionalists, spinning wing decoys are not traditional - as far as I'm concerned they are an abomination. You say if it is legal it is okay with you, that says a lot to me. To my ear I hear that it is all about the bag in a minimum amount of time and effort, that does not jive with many of us. Kill your ducks over an abomination and feel fine about it, just don't expect me to ra ra ra your effort.
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Jeesh, chill out.
I think it is more accurate to say that Eric founded this site to document the buildng of his first boat.
Sure many of us "original" members are "traditionalists", but not all of us. I dont use spinners but that is my choice. I also hunt over plastic out of an aluminum boat, guess that makes me a non-traditionalist founder.

Not "flaming" people is one of the founding traditions of this site too.
 
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Hey Tod, I didn't ask for a "Ra Ra" from anyone. And thanks for judging me without even knowing anything about me! I was just sharing some pics of my morning to show my love for ducks and duck hunting, just like anyone else on here. If I could I would love to hunt over my own decoys and out of my own boat but I seriously can't afford to do that right now so please don't judge me for it!!!!!!
 


This page was founded by a group of traditionalists, spinning wing decoys are not traditional - as far as I'm concerned they are an abomination. You say if it is legal it is okay with you, that says a lot to me. To my ear I hear that it is all about the bag in a minimum amount of time and effort, that does not jive with many of us. Kill your ducks over an abomination and feel fine about it, just don't expect me to ra ra ra your effort. [/QUOTE]


Jeesh, chill out.
I think it is more accurate to say that Eric founded this site to document the buildng of his first boat.
Sure many of us "original" members are "traditionalists", but not all of us. I dont use spinners but that is my choice. I also hunt over plastic out of an aluminum boat, guess that makes me a non-traditionalist founder.

Not "flaming" people is one of the founding traditions of this site too.
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Carl,

I appreciate it that you seem to feel it necessary to post in posts like these - gives the thread a warm fuzzy feeling. As far as flaming, I don't see it, but I sure hope that Dave can PM me again to clarify exactly how saying that someone's decoy is nasty will make them feel bad. I didn't think that anyone identified with their gear enough to feel less of a person because someone said that the plastic decoy they shoved on the end of a piece of EMT is nasty.

As far as the decoy actually being nasty - maybe I didn't explain it well enough. It looks like a duck with a rod shoved up its behind trying vigoriously to expel it, with its arms spinning in circles to aid in the expulsion. I could expain it using clearer words, but you know this site has to be child friendly now, just like it has always been - right?!?!

T
 
Hey Tod, I didn't ask for a "Ra Ra" from anyone. And thanks for judging me without even knowing anything about me! I was just sharing some pics of my morning to show my love for ducks and duck hunting, just like anyone else on here. If I could I would love to hunt over my own decoys and out of my own boat but I seriously can't afford to do that right now so please don't judge me for it!!!!!!
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Derek, I know enough about you to not be surprised that your feelings are hurt. You had a good day and wanted to share - I can understand that.

Don't pretend that this has anything to do you not having your "own" boat or "own" decoys - it has to do with how we choose to kill our birds. You choose a method that many, including I, consider unethical and distasteful. Sure it is legal, but so is shooting your ducks on the water, which you obviously don't do given the number of shells you shot to kill those ducks. So yes, judging you by how you choose to kill your birds.

Consider me any category of ass you like. I am sorry to have diminished your day, but stand by what I said.

T
 
"Consider me any category of ass you like. I am sorry to have diminished your day, but stand by what I said.

T"



How about a JACK! That's your category, but that's just my opinion.
 
Assuming that Derek hunted in Washington, you should understand that his spinner is windpowered since battery powered decoyed are not legal in Washington. I believe Derek was documenting that the 30+ mph winds were really giving it a good spin.
 
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Tod, that is a cool traditional black powder pump shotgun you have in your photo. ;) Also, I guess you don't have an issue with the Vortex thing (in states where it is legal) because it does not have the pole positioning problem.

This whole "traditional" ego thing drives me crazy and decoy carvers have become some of the worst. If you want to really be "traditional" then you would use the latest and greatest (best) hunting equipment you can. That is what they were doing in the 1800s and early 1900s. The market hunters, decoy makers, and classic sports of old had one goal - to kill as many ducks and geese as they could and anything that would help was used. If aluminum, plastic, foam, fiberglass,.... had been around and affordable they would have been all over it. Not because they thought it was "cool" but because it made it easier to kill ducks.

Now if you want to say that you want to be historical in the way you hunt then fine. But that modern pump shotgun, gortex, outboard, fiberglass on the boat, GPS, Tanglefree line,....... don't need to be on the hunt.
 
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