Leaving decoys in the water

[DeltaCotton12]

i had about 3 dozen in one of my favorite spots. I was jump shooting and cam across damn near 3 dozen dumb mallards.. thank God i had taken my plug out of my gun because when i came around that corner and saw all that green, my heart got to racing. i started firing as fast as the ole 870 would shoot as the boat was moving ful speed. LIke a drive by in one of them ganster movies. poppin caps in that ass. i felt like Biggy smalls killa. I hit 2 with the first shot and nail 2-3 more with each of the following shots. Instead of floating, the ones i hit started to sink!!! i couldn't figure it out. Then i realized they was decoys. oh well, out of 3 dozen, i sank 14 in 5 shots!! jump shooting is fun!!! 14 ducks in 5 shots. Thats damn near umm, ahh wel lets see, round the number, carry the one, square the root cubed................ 2.8 ducks per shot!!! but you know whats funny, i dont remember seeing .8 worth of ducks.. they was all whole!!! who knows????

[deltaduckman1]

i personally dont like to leave the dekes out just because i dont want to have to depend on "new" birds to come. i'd rather have the ducks that have been in the area for a couple of days taking consideration to landing in them instead of thinking "hey im not gonna land there cause those things have been there for the past two weeks in the same spot" . so i just put the dekes out eveytime just so none of the ducks flying over will have seen them sittin there in that same setup before and shy away.