Best Duck Decoy

[Josh Brugmans]

I know that I am going to see a lot of different answers, but I would just like to know. Prefer to different answers, one for price and quality, and another for looks.

1- GHG Life-Size

2- Autumn Wings

[Ryan Vande Griend]

GHG in Every area

GHG looks like the real thing...they dont look like decoys ;)
Also those wood carvings would KILL you when walking into and area

[Xtremegoosehunter]

If you want just cheap decoys that look average you have carrylite and flambeau decoys.
For great looking decoy at a great price you have the LS and oversize Avery decoys cant wait to buy the new ones.

[duckboy1]

ghg body wise looks good but to me the old flambeau decoys are great! they are low to the water like real ducks and give good movement i had to douple take on one last year that i thought was a green head that was near some GHG. but the new ones suck! but for the decoys on the market now i would think GHG, G&H are the best out there for factory decoys. and also for the best looking i would say the cableas real image decoys look the best.

but for customs i would have to say CRDs are the best looking out there! and if you want to paint them yourself E allens

[Travis Mueller]

What are Autumn Wings?

[Xtremegoosehunter]

I think they are handcarved decoys nice looking decoys but cost way to much.

[Travis Mueller]

Thanks. I wasn't sure what he was referring to. I looked them up and they are pretty.

[Aaron Hitchins]

I like their drinker head idea...

Aaron

[Fowlquest]

that would be sweet

[Josh Brugmans]

How much do the E Allens cost, I just got some stuff on how to carve decoys, but I have no patience. So buying customs and painting them would be easier. Also Autumn Wings are awsome, but for $580 a dozen, just doesnt work.

[duckboy1]

they run around 20 dollars each. go to http://www.lockstockbarrell.com/ and click under unpainted decoys to see all the decoys they offer. i was thinking about getting some this year but im going get some dsds specks for some feild hunting. atleast thats my goal.

[A Grant]

The E Allens are closer to $25-30 each with shipping and keels. I started converting my spread to E Allens a few years ago then GHG came out...then I quit. Now I have 15+ dozen GHG for the same amount as 3 dozen E Allens would have cost. Plus I don't have to cring every time a decoy gets banged a little.

The E Allen's have more head styles, mostly in mallard, and some cool species like Hooded Mergansers and eiders though. GHG could add more head postions for the most popular species.

[Wayne Radcliffe]

I'm with you, 15 dozen verses 3 is a no-brainer.

[Jeremy Abbas]

Mueller, "PRETTY". My southpaw seed chewing buddy has been on the road way too much.

[chad belding]

The Autumn Wings line looks good but I will take Greenhead Gear any day of the week. These straight out look like ducks and geese. They are economical, durable, and easy to transport. I believe that this is the strongest line going in the duck and goose decoy industry.

Good Hunting!

Chad Belding
Avery Outdoors

[SwampHunter]

I can carve a mean hunting decoy. I have used all of the custom decoys on the market and alot of hand carved decoys from other carvers. I have about every commercial decoy made. Out of all of these the GHG are pretty much straight across the board for me for what I need and want in a hunting decoy.
Every decoy has pros and cons. I want the look of customs with the durability of plastics. That for me is GHG.

[duckboy1]

I believe that this is the strongest line going in the duck and goose decoy industry.

myself i wouldnt say that yet. GHG is on the way but not there yet! i would hope the GHG will start coming out with more head styles for the ducks. myself im learning that more head styles are better than just the same old high heads and rester heads. i want a differant look and not have all the same head styles. really the only way to find this no is through customs. but you can buy custom heads for herters decoys that give them a better look and lets you change up the head positions. and alos G&H has differant head styles. and sport plast decoys you can get surface feeders but yet no GHG. so GHG wouldnt get my vote just yet for the strongest decoy line.

[A Grant]

The E Allens are closer to $25-30 each with shipping and keels. I started converting my spread to E Allens a few years ago then GHG came out...then I quit. Now I have 15+ dozen GHG for the same amount as 3 dozen E Allens would have cost. Plus I don't have to cring every time a decoy gets banged a little.

The E Allen's have more head styles, mostly in mallard, and some cool species like Hooded Mergansers and eiders though. GHG could add more head postions for the most popular species.

P.S.
I didn't just choose GHG for price. They give me the same look as the customs. GHG and customs both look like real ducks, paint scheme and shape. But the GHG are a less expensive too. I saw the GHG widgeons the first time and I was sold.

[Curt Wilson]

I am with Chad on this. You are not going to beat GHG for price, look and durability. Our decoys perform in the field and that is what everyone should be looking at.

[Kevin Carter]

I would have to agree and say GHG are by far the best. The full bodies are basically like hand carved decoys because they are molded after one. The texture on the floaters looks just like real feathers too. And as far as head positions go, i don't think it really matters. If a duck wants to land in a timber hole, or in an open field, or anywhere for that matter, i don't think their going to change their minds due to lack of multiple head positions. Its all about proper decoy set up and placement. Thats just my two cents.

[Aaron Hitchins]

Is there any chance that you could come out with a mallard deke with interchangable heads like for the Geese floaters? A good swivel head, maybe a drinker head, your classic rester, sleeper etc. would completely finsh off the mallard decoy market. Is it possible to add more head positions to the Real-Image Mallards? I don't know if it would be convenient or not but the tin soldier effect would be gone forever

Aaron

[JJ McGuire]

I know there are limitations in what can be produced and when it can be produced, and I hope it they are in the queue, but I would also like to see additional poses added to the existing species being offed.

[Bearman]

myself i wouldnt say that yet. GHG is on the way but not there yet! i would hope the GHG will start coming out with more head styles for the ducks. myself im learning that more head styles are better than just the same old high heads and rester heads. i want a differant look and not have all the same head styles. really the only way to find this no is through customs. but you can buy custom heads for herters decoys that give them a better look and lets you change up the head positions. and alos G&H has differant head styles. and sport plast decoys you can get surface feeders but yet no GHG. so GHG wouldnt get my vote just yet for the strongest decoy line.


I myself find scouting and being where the birds want to be far more important than the world's greatest decoy spread. I doubt you find anyone that will disagree. When I learned I was better off scouting than trying to optimize the perfect decoy spread, I bagged infinitely more birds. This world's greatest decoy arguement doesn't hold much water for me.

That said, when I buy full bodies or plastics, they are GHG.

[duckboy1]

bearman i hunt from a fixed blind all season and i leave the decoys out there. so the birds get to see them all the time most of the time im out there but i change it up alot! and body posture i think is more important than some will think!

[SwampHunter]

Actually in a way body posture does make a huge difference.

Here's something to think about...... Next door the neighbors have a bunch of cats. Our other neighbors have a bunch of cats too. When one neighbor feeds their cats the other cats come running too just because they see the other cats in a feeding posture. Keep in mind that none of these neighbors call out to the cats or have a certain time they feed the cats. The other cats know they are eating because they see the cats down the road eating and they come a running. This is all about posture.
Think about how you know someone is eating just by sight. Pretty much everyone has the same basic posture when eating. You can tell what someone is doing pretty much by watching their motion and posture. Birds and animals know their own postures too. In fact it's a huge part of their life. Take a turkey drumming or strutting this is about posture as much as it is about sound. What about displays from waterfowl? Waterfowl make some very distinct displays when searching for mates.

Posture does make a difference and more than alot of folks realize.
Back when we used black jugs the birds would dump in with no thought. The black drew them in from a distance and the lack of a head(like a no head feeder pose) would portray ducks feeding just below the surface.

More postures is not needed, but it does help greatly.

[Cory Johnson]

Greenhead Gear Decoys......They are the only thing worth buying.

Others may use other decoys and that is great. Im just saying that if I had to choose any duck or goose decoy, It would be GHG.

[Josh Brugmans]

Im sorry but GHG are not the only decoys, I am a big GHG fan, but there are better decoys out there, they are just more expensive.

[J Kryspin]

Im sorry but GHG are not the only decoys, I am a big GHG fan, but there are better decoys out there, they are just more expensive.

Which decoys do you feel are better and why? How much are they?

I'd be curious to hear your response.

Thanks.

[Josh Brugmans]

My favourite decoy for appearence are Autumn Wings, but only because they have so many different head positions. They are $589 a dozen, and that is why I like GHG. They are cheaper great looking decoys, the only thing they are missing are different head poses.