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Anybody using a rag spread anymore? Have a bunch of them and haven’t used them down here in years. Mainly been hunting ducks and nothing but ducks. Thinking about trying them in Canada this year. Hoping maybe some “fresher” birds will eat them up. Worth the hassle or nah?
 

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Hunted over rags one time in High School. One time was enough for me to realize literally any other sock style decoy would be a monumental upgrade. Sold them as quickly as I could. Will they work in Canada? For sure on fresh birds and the right weather days. Another option would be to try and sell those and get some tyvek socks. With how cheap high-quality printed socks are like Skyfly's you could jump into a spread for $1300 (harvester pack) and have a decoy that sets up way easier, looks halfway decent with low/no wind, and will last a long time.
 
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Hunted over rags one time in High School. One time was enough for me to realize literally any other sock style decoy would be a monumental upgrade. Sold them as quickly as I could. Will they work in Canada? For sure on fresh birds and the right weather days. Another option would be to try and sell those and get some tyvek socks. With how cheap high-quality printed socks are like Skyfly's you could jump into a spread for $1300 (harvester pack) and have a decoy that sets up way easier, looks halfway decent with low/no wind, and will last a long time.
might do it. Problem is nobody wants them anymore. Hunted with them in Arkansas last about 10 years ago and they did okay on juvies.
 

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If you already have them, take them up there.
 

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Can't hurt. Just put them upwind to make your spread look larger. We did that many years ago. Especially since the forecast is for plenty of young ones.
 

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Still put out my 1200 , we get all the stupid snows in California. Toss them out like lawn darts dont use a stakes
 

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Haven't used or seen them used in a decade. I've thought about them a few times as they make the best white-spot on the ground of any of the decoys out there due to their size. Have to put a lot more socks per unit area to get equivalent long range visibility. As with anything, I'm sure you'll kill some over them and fall in Canada is probably the best place for such. Their downsides are many to prevent re-investment in them, but you've already got them so give it a try. Main downside is super windy popping noises, so you don't have to set them if those are the conditions.
 

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Hunted over a few hundreds rags rigged on dowels for years. Still do at times. Always had problems with the tyvek socks because of lack of wind. It takes 1/3 of the wind speed to inflate the rags.
 

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I got rid of my rags many years ago, but they could be good filler decoys, especially because of the movement.

the main issues with a rag spread is that if there is a 15 MPH of greater wind, you can hear ( 1000 of) them flapping in the breeze.
 
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