Flippy hold outs

[thekillerofmallard]

You can call me gay,lazy,dove hunter, not a real duck hunter I don't give a crap. My spinners will be spinners. One thing just don't call me gay to my face cause I'll kiss ya.

 

[goose gobbler]

I’m not a huge fan. I haven’t put one out in a few years. One of my hunting buddies loves them and uses them every hunt (we don’t always hunt together). In my opinion they work best in the fog. Was hunting Mendota, got to the pond we wanted and dropped in. Didn’t take long to realize we couldn’t see anything and were lost in the fog. We thought we were close to the spot we wanted and setup. Not hot and heavy but plucked away at the teAl. By the time the fog lifted the 3 of us had 19 teal and 1 wig (1 shy of 3 man limit). We could hear guys talking, alarms chirping and doors closing. Turns out we walked in a big circle and ended up 50 yards out of the parking lot. Only way we shoot 20 birds in that spot is with fog and flippy.

 

[Ravenanme]

Well back in the early 80's I built the goal post type , they were prototypes just to find out what revolutions were needed and finding a source
for motors ! All the other pieces could be found in parts supply catalogs . Being in a trade where all the tools needed to fab just the right one ,
was a fun project and once that perfect one was finished , heavy straps and shorter hunts became normal . Over the years other designs became
just as inviting and the game of experience of what and when , became more apparent !

 

[Plumgold1]

There's a certain someone on here that runs 11 of them. Real cool guy.

 

[Tendo]

If it works, it works. I run 2 Lucky Duck Agitators and 2 spinning wings. The Agitators definitely work or at least don't hurt. The spinning wings, I'm 50/50 on...

 

[Tendo]

Although, I do believe that you need to use your spinning wing decoys on timers that turn on and off on a cadenced schedule. If they're on constantly, I don't think they work as well--especially if Pintails are circling.

 

[candafish]

If there are ducks around when we are honker hunting in a dry field situation, we run them and they are deadly but a remote is a must.

 

[hunt'ngreen]

A spinner has saved 1000's of geese lives... mine is off more than its on, it's another tool in the box, it's all smoke and mirrors... a remote is mandatory.

 

[Warren Wingshooter]

Oh good, this one again.

Let's do the plane on the treadmill tomorrow, and we can debate the 20-pound goose on Sunday.

 

[Calikev]

Yep the when and where is the secret , plus we have not found a time when they were not effective !
I do agree Geese don't care for them but in a location of your duck decoys , away from your goose decoys , you get the best of both hunts !
With as many as I have , there's never a stale time period they don't attract birds with good calling ! First you have to be where birds are !

Geese hate them from what I have seen. If I am in a place where I think I have geese working I don't run one or we will run one with a remote. I prefer to not have one at all because even with a remote sometimes they stop white side up and the gig is up then.

I have found many times while hunting spots that you know birds are absolutely coming to no matter what are better off without a spinner. Places where they are coming to feed or are heavily imprinted. There you just want to be invisible so even running just regular decoys in some spots is a dead giveaway.