Fullbody Duck Decoy Poll

[Luke Graham]

I thought it would be better if we made our thoughts shown in a poll. So, which fullbody duck decoy would you like to see first?

[quivira kid]

Pintail feeder should be next on the slate, followed closely by wigeon.

[MistsITR]

i want woody's and pins but i voted pins

[Mallardbreath]

Why on earth would anyone need fullbody shovelers? I could maybe see resters and sleepers, but I've never seen one in a field. I'd go for the pintails or wigeon.

[Hansen]

Shoveler fullbody. . . . . . .

[hrdcorehunter_04]

wood ducks would be great for the fallen trees and logs in the water. they would add so much more realism to a spread. i vote for the woodies.

[Ben Cade]

I've seen several spots already this year where full body wood ducks would come in handy!

[Nick Bury]

Wood ducks would be very cool!!

[Stephen Pitt]

I would think that the Full Body Wigeon would look incredible.

[SwampHunter]

Why on earth would anyone need fullbody shovelers? I could maybe see resters and sleepers, but I've never seen one in a field. I'd go for the pintails or wigeon.

I have never hunted MN but here in Arkansas the Shoveler Active and Feeder FB would be great. If the field has a soupy top they will wear it out along with any other puddle duck and sometimes even divers. The thing about Shovelers is that you can see them from great distances. I think it's pretty cool to see what people observe from the birds in different parts of the country.

[jatemple]

Full body Woodies would be on my next order list!

-small water swatter

[kontekontos]

Fullbody Woodrows would be great for us down here in south alabama. We could set those jokers up on logs in the swamps. Would look down right mean for sure.

I could see the shoveler going over pretty good out in arkieland. I know the fields we have hunted the last few years the shovelers loved them and it would have been an awesom deke to have at the time.

konte

[James27]

Woodys would be great

[Zach Byron]

Woodies or pintails...gotta love killing woodies in bean fields. But honestly, i have found that field duck decoys make that much of a difference, unless your specifically hunting ducks..otherwise honker dekes seem to work just fine

[CluckmeMN]

I dont really think that a wood duck would be a good choice, because they are mostly water ducks, same with shovelers. Any duck that feeds consistantly in fields should be the ones to consider first.

[jamesmc]

We have seen woodies land under our deer stands and feeding on acorns. I see tons of them on the river banks and creek banks feeding and resting. Lots of them on logs in ponds and lakes. Woodies all the way for me.

[Weatherby]

i voted for pintails...i just don't see a huge amount of people buying fb woodies...

[QuackerWacker]

I voted wigeon that is the main duck I see in fields here in western WA, but hen pintails or rester/feeder pins would be good too.

[Ben Cade]

I dont really think that a wood duck would be a good choice, because they are mostly water ducks, same with shovelers. Any duck that feeds consistantly in fields should be the ones to consider first.

Don't you get any wood ducks in cornfields Mike? I've got 100 using a combined field as of last night.

[mike.]

ya ive seen woodies in fields and you could put the full bodies on banks, or logs at a pond. Thats where the woodies i see are usually. Also at miners, i sat and watched about 100 geese feed off the corn they put in the field and as i sat there, 5 woodie drakes came flying in and joined them.

[Mallardbreath]

I can see it now. The next duck hunting revolution, hunting wood ducks in the woods with full bodies. Find a little opening in the trees and set up. Its only a matter of time before they fall in. LOL!

I have shot woodies chock full of soybeans though, come to think of it.

[Mallardbreath]

On a serious note, woodies would look good set up on a stump or fallen tree along shore. Resters, preeners, sleepers????

[Joe Fladeland]

Good idea Luke.

I'm all for the Woodies.

[Jeff Gudenkauf]

As I wouldn't buy any of the above, I'd say the best bet would be widgeon for guys out west hunting tidal flats and fields.

Woodies aren't going to decoy any better to a wood duck fullbody than they would a mallard fullbody - on land or over water.
You essentially already have a "gadwall" fb in the black duck and hen mallards. The color variation wouldn't be significant enough to warrant a whole nother line of decoys, and again gadwall decoy just as readily to mallard decoys as they would gadwall.

IMO, if you're looking geographically, pintails or widgeon would be the best bet for a functional decoy. Now, if you guys are looking for something to decorate your spread or house with --- knock yourself out with the woodies.

[Ben Cade]

As I wouldn't buy any of the above, I'd say the best bet would be widgeon for guys out west hunting tidal flats and fields.

Woodies aren't going to decoy any better to a wood duck fullbody than they would a mallard fullbody - on land or over water.
You essentially already have a "gadwall" fb in the black duck and hen mallards. The color variation wouldn't be significant enough to warrant a whole nother line of decoys, and again gadwall decoy just as readily to mallard decoys as they would gadwall.

IMO, if you're looking geographically, pintails or widgeon would be the best bet for a functional decoy. Now, if you guys are looking for something to decorate your spread or house with --- knock yourself out with the woodies.

Realistically, you are probably correct. Most of the time, a wood duck will probably decoy to anything that looks like a duck. They usually just look for those 'spots' in the field or on water.

[KevinSkalicky]

I just don't think it would be a great financial decision for GHG to create a wood duck fb, mallards do the trick. The widgeon is probably a better route. I would like to see a Pintail rester though....

[bighonkers89]

and woodies take the lead....look wut i started :D

[Wingman]

For where I hunt FEEDER Full Body Wigeon and I will tell you exactly why. Wigeon are head down feeding. If they are head up they getting ready to fly. Active Wigeon would not look natural in any numbers unless you had 10 to 1 meaning 10 head down for every 1 head up..... I'm not sure how many times we are going to see polls like this but the same 3 are always at the top.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/1560/wigeonfeedingxn1.jpg
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9660/feedingwigeon1lf1.jpg
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9884/feedingwigeon2ib7.jpg

Any FB duck would look "Cool" but how functional is it and would people buy them in any real numbers? Meaning by the dozen? The average guy is not going to buy 1 to 2 dozen FB Wood Duck decoys but the average guy looking to hunt wigeon would easily buy 1-2 two dozen feeder wigeon to add to the FB mallards/ pintail they already have. Pintail are great and Add color. The difference is I can shoot 7 wigeon a day and only one pintail.


Cheers,

Adam

[Clayton]

I voted gadwall because there are so many here feeding on the mudflats and shallow water of the lake. I have already painted a few mallards as gadwall though. Next would be fullbody pintail feeders to compliment the resters. The fullbody feeder wigeon would be a close second. Wood ducks are one of the top three ducks I kill but I would not bother to purchase fullbody wood ducks. Heck I don't even have any wood duck floaters and still kill the crap out of them.

[Ryan Kleinschmidt]

Gadwall would be my choice. We don't do a lot of field hunting for ducks but river and lakeshore sets with fullbodies look great.

[Duckslayercam]

I would have to say Widgeon.

[Michael Reed]

Wigeons Wigeons Wigeon!!!!!!!!

[CGGooseSlayer]

Why on earth would anyone need fullbody shovelers? I could maybe see resters and sleepers, but I've never seen one in a field. I'd go for the pintails or wigeon.
ive seen plenty of shovelers in fields, but i still wouldnt want fullbody ones.
my vote is for woodies.
i see lots of them in the corn fields i hunt. plus, u could put them up on logs and what not whenu hunt small ponds and flooded timber.

[J Kryspin]

Plenty of Pintails feed in the shallows and fields from coast to coast. I would venture to guess that pintail decoys account for a higher sales volume than Wigeon and probably Wood Ducks too.

[Goose-Down989]

Show me the woody's :cool:

[compass]

Just look at what Eberhart has been able to do with a relatively crude execution of a pintail rester pose at $99. per dozen. Avery, please...so i can throw away the 5-dozen I have and replace them with something which looks better up close!

[duckin82]

wood ducks would be great for early season but i think it would it would be cool if they wigeon resters and sleepers for putting on the banks of ponds and such,i voted for woodies :cool:

[Josh Carda]

Woodies cause they stick out well...and are very wary ducks it seem would be a good confidence decoy and work very well on any other ducks.

[Kile Jones]

widgeons for me, i am sure the west coast boys will agree!

[Travis Lyle]

Wigeon baby!

[GooseFlocker]

My initial thought was that Wood Ducks would be a good idea, (as I stated in a previous thread in 06)... it appears that the poll at this time is leaning this way. The comment that Woodies will decoy to Mallard decoys is probably true...though has anyone ever tried full body Woodies in the field? I think a lot of these decoys (because of variance in species) do entice the waterfowl hunter...and I love it. Color, variation in size, movement and many other factors may draw different species to our set-ups. I purchased 4 full body Pintail decoys last year and shot a drake Pintail :D...first time this has happened in over twenty years. :cool:

[bp97211]

For where I hunt FEEDER Full Body Wigeon and I will tell you exactly why. Wigeon are head down feeding. If they are head up they getting ready to fly. Active Wigeon would not look natural in any numbers unless you had 10 to 1 meaning 10 head down for every 1 head up..... I'm not sure how many times we are going to see polls like this but the same 3 are always at the top.

Any FB duck would look "Cool" but how functional is it and would people buy them in any real numbers? Meaning by the dozen? The average guy is not going to buy 1 to 2 dozen FB Wood Duck decoys but the average guy looking to hunt wigeon would easily buy 1-2 two dozen feeder wigeon to add to the FB mallards/ pintail they already have. Pintail are great and Add color. The difference is I can shoot 7 wigeon a day and only one pintail.



From another Oregon waterfowler...please follow logic. Like Adam said--is anyone really going to buy even 1/2 dozen FB woodies? The 1 sprig limit = same thing, plus you already offer an upright FB bull sprig. Please offer the FB widgeon feeders, and make a dozen of them price comparable or cheaper than a dozen FB mallards. I guarantee you will not be able to make them fast enough for guys in the Pacific Northwest who will buy them up in dozens (which also means sale of 6 slot and 12 slot FB bags--whereas a sale of 1-4 FB woodies doesn't bring you in the associated bag sales).

-Brian

[Joel Draxler]

I know this is an old topic but I too would love to see a fullbody wigeon. I voted for feeder pinnys first only because I think the pinners are a bit skiddish in our parts as it is, so to have all our pinny deeks head up may give an un-easy feel to the spread. I also would prefer to see the wigeon in a feeder.

[Jonathan Rice]

I dont really think that a wood duck would be a good choice, because they are mostly water ducks, same with shovelers. Any duck that feeds consistantly in fields should be the ones to consider first.

Man we've killed over 80 wood ducks this year and I'd say a good 70 were out of corn fields. Full body wood ducks would be wicked.

[duckin82]

yeh, plus you can put 'em on banks as resters and sleepers, i think that would be deadly, plus i know plenty of people that murder woodies in fields

[TEAM GTG]

None of them!! How 'bout specializing the fb mallards a bit more to fool the wariest of late season mallards, say some preeners or walking position greeters, challengers, or walking surface skimmers / drinkers?? Darker flocked heads, maybe some ffd action?? IMO these are a few positions that almost any serious duck hunter would be willing to buy, and they all serve their purpose in some hunting situation or another. I guess I could see the pintail rester being the most useful on the list because around here they are the hardest to fool. Gadwall, Wigeon, Spoonies, and especially woodies fall victim to any average decoy spread, and in my experience often pull to floating goose decoys the very best of everything. Of course as previously mentioned it is geography that will change the answer. Oh yes, and as long as I'm on a rant...how 'bout foam filling in some of the floaters??

GTG

[Lybeck]

wigeons!!!!!!! make the wigeons!!!

[Dirt_Bag]

As I wouldn't buy any of the above, I'd say the best bet would be widgeon for guys out west hunting tidal flats and fields.

Woodies aren't going to decoy any better to a wood duck fullbody than they would a mallard fullbody - on land or over water.
You essentially already have a "gadwall" fb in the black duck and hen mallards. The color variation wouldn't be significant enough to warrant a whole nother line of decoys, and again gadwall decoy just as readily to mallard decoys as they would gadwall.

IMO, if you're looking geographically, pintails or widgeon would be the best bet for a functional decoy. Now, if you guys are looking for something to decorate your spread or house with --- knock yourself out with the woodies.

Agree!! for us in the west we have way way to many pintails, as far as woodies go, it seems it will be a chore to get round base to balance on a log:D Widgeon got my vote! its just not the same using floaters w/o keel on.
pintails have a fb already

[Mark Brendemuehl]

Another vote for Wigeon. Woodies would be ok, but, for us, we don't get much shooting at Woodies, and when we do, they toll well to the mallard blocks, so, I would prefer a Wigeon personally.
Mark

[Curt Wilson]

I like the wigeon as well and a close second would be a rester pintail. Everywhere you look out here, you see pintails sitting on little mounds on the waters edge.

[FullTimeBeast]

Here's what most of my Early Goose Fields look like when the Geese aren't flying.;)
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c141/heybeast/EclpseWoodys.jpg

I would rather be able to find the items I want available, and not impossible to acquire before Hunting season. Get that stuff out on time. I'm tired of hearing "it's coming one of these days." Otherwise I'd like to see some revision to the current lineup. Then again what do I know? Seriously.

[Weatherby]

that pic is AWESOME!! i really have not seen woodies in a field like that one.

[compass]

I like the wigeon as well and a close second would be a rester pintail. Everywhere you look out here, you see pintails sitting on little mounds on the waters edge.

Thanks Curt, from a fellow ricer. I would reverse the priority, but either or both would be put to good use in large numbers here in the rice country. Rester pintails are a great draw, and I'd love to try five dozen or so feeder widgeon.

[Michael R Braun]

I'm sorry but if you need full bodies for hunting wood ducks then you are not hunting them right! its not going to make the birds decoy any better. Wood duck go were they like. Decoys or not if you got to where they are feeding or roosting you will get your two.

Knowing GHG they will most likely make one drake. and if that is the case it should be a Wigeon. They tend to feed in the field with Geese and can be used on the mud flats and river banks. Pintails line could be completed also. I think it is silly to have all these mallards and black in different positions and just a standard drake pintail. I know it adds color in the spread but GHG decoys are all about realism. and not have hens and drakes to match the rest of the Full body duck line up is funny to me.

Mike

[Paul "from NZ" Stenning]

None of them!! How 'bout specializing the fb mallards a bit more to fool the wariest of late season mallards, say some preeners or walking position greeters, challengers, or walking surface skimmers / drinkers?? Darker flocked heads, maybe some ffd action?? IMO these are a few positions that almost any serious duck hunter would be willing to buy, and they all serve their purpose in some hunting situation or another. I guess I could see the pintail rester being the most useful on the list because around here they are the hardest to fool. Gadwall, Wigeon, Spoonies, and especially woodies fall victim to any average decoy spread, and in my experience often pull to floating goose decoys the very best of everything. Of course as previously mentioned it is geography that will change the answer. Oh yes, and as long as I'm on a rant...how 'bout foam filling in some of the floaters??

GTG

I am with you GTG....More Mallards in different poses would be more benifit to many hunters from all over the world, and I think would be a better buiness decision for Avery as the market would be huge! Just imagine a Mallard Full Body Looker, would be supper visible and and give spreads another dimension....you would still get your bonus species ito decoy into them as well, I shot a lot of Paradise Shelducks over my GHG FB Mallards!

[Lybeck]

think of it this way wood duck decoys might sell alright but people are really only going to need a few but wigeons flock in the hundreds to the thousands and a ton of decoys would be needed especially when hunting pastures they would look awesome!!!!!!

[duckin82]

think of it this way wood duck decoys might sell alright but people are really only going to need a few but wigeons flock in the hundreds to the thousands and a ton of decoys would be needed especially when hunting pastures they would look awesome!!!!!!
i honestly hope they make both cus i get woodies in the early season but where i hunt were seeing more and more wigeon every year so as long as they make one ill be a happy camper