upright to feeder ratio for specks?

[BJ Susich, Brant Hunter]

upright to feeder ratio for specks?

[SwampHunter]

Kind of a loaded question... becaue it's all about what you want more. Around here we hunt almost 50/50 resting areas/fields. For the resting areas I like to have more actives and for the fields I like to have more feeders. My spread is pretty much equal since we hun both places equally. For the resting areas I like for my decoys to appear to be resting, and or the fields I like for my spread to be mostly feeding. Does it really matter either way? I highly doubt it, but just as I want my decoys to look realistic I want my spread to portray realism as well.

As for as the bags..... Avery makes a 6 Slot bag for the Specks.

[duckboy1]

were in cali are you hunitng? are you going to be feild hunting? or just along side your duck blind? myself i would go with 1 box of actives and 2 box of feeders and for visablity i would add 6 snows to the spread. that would be a great feild spread!

[SwampHunter]

Normally around here the resting areas are right on the water... normally flooded fields and back water.

[Christian Curtis]

I don't know if it is right or not but I have always went about 50/50 feeders to actives for Specks. The success seems to be pretty good...good enough that I haven't made any changes. We are mainly hunting grain fields more than resting areas.

[TxHonker]

Prob 50/50. But if you like more feeders it wont matter because all of these decoys are going to be moving. It just depends on what you like.

[Jason Campbell]

One or two actives per family group is my rule. I like to break up my spread into small family groups 20-30 feet apart. It also depends on the setup. For example on a bare dirt levee, I may place several actives and resters on the levee with the feeders and a couple actives below. In this situation a 1:1 ratio is better. I bought a dozen feeders and 6 actives for this past season. I usually grabbed 5 to 11 decoys depending on the spot and time of year. Like Christian said if it works stay with it.

Good Luck,

Jason

[Curt Wilson]

BJ,
We used about 50/50 this year but did change to a ratio of 2 feeders per active in some areas after watching the birds. Wait until you see the FFD Speck this fall. Unbelievable.