Floating Duck Decoy Test Part 3: Waterfowl Wednesday
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
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For our final floating duck decoy test, we put decoys from DOA, Avian X, Hard Core, Tanglefree, Higdon, Greenhead Gear, Dakota, and G&H behind a truck and drug them down a dirt/gravel road. Decoys get abused season after season by hitting each other, being dropped, and thrown in/out of a boat. Paint gets scratched, scuffed, and chipped. To test the durability of the paint job on our decoys, we put them through two miles of road abuse. Some did surprisingly well, while others were beat up badly!
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i truly believe you guys make the best duck hunting videos. period. test mojo vs lucky duck next.
Thanks!
mojo would win
Probably the best test of decoys IV ever seen great idea and to be honest a little surprised
Thanks Luke!
These videos were great! They give good insight for when you are buying new decoys.
As for the next series I feel that testing full body geese would a very good way to go!
I would like to see similar tests done with full body goose decoys. Obviously not a 90 day water test but I like the drag test. Just like throwing them in the trailer after every hunt
Yeah water won't work, but set outside on ground for a length of time will. Is 90 days too long for geese?
In a torture test I really don't think there is a "too long" depending how extreme you want to get. I know guides that keep their decoys out all season long
To me it looks like these are new decoys, not the same decoys that went through the first two tests (most importantly that first test). In my opinion a new decoy is going to fair a lot better in this test than a decoy that has been out in the elements. For instance, I have some GHG Pro Grade mallards. I don't bag them as they are all texas rigged. I just pick them up by a carabiner, throw a couple dozen in a sled and haul them out. I've only used them for 4-5 hunts this year and I'm already seeing paint chips and flaws especially on the drakes. The chips are very small, but they're still there. Not really something I'd expect from a higher end decoy. I'm thinking about Avian X the next time around.
These decoys were new. We started every test with a fresh decoy. We could have used the same decoy through the entire series of tests, but elected to start fresh each time.
Drake Valley Outdoors Ive hunted over GHG, G&H, Dakota, and Avians, and i am now in the process of switching my whole spread over to avians. I highly recommend them for paint durability, natural postures, and overall durability of the decoy.
The Idaho Outdoorsman Yeah, I think they have such a better look than other decoys. The softer body seems like it would be a real benefit as well. I have not used any yet, but I need to be buying some new teal for next season, so those will probably be the first getting converted over to Avians.
Drake Valley Outdoors the thing about this is that with the GHG you get better realism and kill more ducks so what if the paint chips a little
Fun! No doubt. LOL
Some some minutes I really thought they would fly... ;-)
Would definitely watch full body goose decoy tests
These videos are very helpful on what decoys to buy it would be really cool if we could see some vids of full body geese too thanks for the info.
Great idea for the tests but Idk how consistent every test was for each type of decoy
I'd like to see goose decoys Full body or floaters. Thanks for doing videos like this, they help out a bunch!!!
Would you say G &H stood up to the test better then the rest? And yes do more testing!
In the tests it was included in, it did well.
I would like to see how the different brands stand up to being shot or peppered when cold.
Foam filled or regular ones?
Both honestly I shot up a hardcore this week (first decoy I've ever shot) and I didnt do much to it. watching this make me wonder how they respond to being shot after being frozen or exposed to the cold.
Nice review series! Full Body Goose decoys would be a good one for the next series.
I think full body geese test would be interesting to see
Fullbody geese would be great! Thanks again for the video!
full body goose comparison would be sweet thanks
Can you test movement in little wind. Include flambeau gunning decoys
I use GHG myself, and have noticed that head and bill are the most exposed areas of wear, naturally. So - my wish for the producers of this decoys is that they offer theire original paint in paint-up sets for maintenance. All equipment used for hunting/sports needs maintenance :-)
Yes it does. Buy an airbrush and try to match the color yourself.
Thats all good nothing to worry about with that thy still could get the job done!!! Just decoys are really good expensive lol
goose field decoys! test which ones stay on the ground better in extreme winds, which ones shines the worst on a sunny day and a durability test. would be very interesting!
I like the idea of which ones stay on the ground!
Definitely!
Do floater geese next
Just an idea for your third test instead of dragging them on a dirt road put them in an industrial drier so we can see how bad the paint chips
We thought about that, but don't have access to an industrial drier.
I would like to see a "Throw & Go" test on full body geese. Stack em high in the trailer, then set em up and tear back down throw and go style. Only thing is I know how that video will play out cause I live it haha. Good stuff and those avians are tough.
Like the idea, just don't know about the number of times to do it and the amount of time it would take. You'd almost need one of each and just hunt with them the entire year. Then see what they look like at the end of the season.
Yea, your right to many variables for that test. Maybe then what the other gent mentioned, a goose full body shootem up. See how they hold up to being peppered with 3.5 BB?
I would like to see field duck and/or goose decoys.
Go full body's next of both duck and geese and geese floaters as well
Add heyday decoys to the test
what kind of hardcore is that?
Standard
I think a paint scheme test would be cool to see. Compare to real birds. Duck hunters are typically obsessed with realism.
The real questions is, how does it look to a duck or a goose?
Do geese full bodies
full body duck and Canada geese
Goose decoys
Lol send me those decoys i really could use some!
They're a little beat up!
I'd hunt those