About 60 years ago, Lloyd said, the decoy industry began to change as hunters used birds made of plastic or other materials. Old wooden decoys were sold cheaply, thrown out or even burned.

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Duck decoys "can be beautiful totems to American ingenuity, showing the history of our rich and unique sporting traditions," says decoy specialist Colin McNair.

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As these species arrive in the migration, I like adding them to floating mallard and teal decoys. Even a few bufflehead, ring-neck or scaup decoys set to the side of a spread are a great way to add ...

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It's typically done on big waters and for species such as scaup, bufflehead, canvasback, ring-necked and redhead ducks. And with lots of decoys. Wait had eight large bags of decoys, about 105 in ...

Prior to G&H's formation, duck decoys were commonly made from materials such as wood, cork or paper. Egyptians also were known for using clay decoys as far back as 2500 B.C.

Diving ducks include canvasback, redhead, scaup, ring-necked, goldeneye and bufflehead. They dominate deeper wetlands and shallow lakes in our aspen parkland, mixed woods and boreal forest region. ...

Marino says if the decoys do not go upright when they tip over, they're pretty much useless to duck hunters. "If you have one out 40 yards that's tipped over, a duck is not going to come to that ...

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