canada or speck decoys?

[quackalot]

If you were hunting a place where you could see specks or canada's at any given time, would you buy speck or canada decoys? Will canada's come to speck decoys or vice versus? I kind of figured that they are so close in color that it does not really matter, BUT. I plan on getting 6 full bodies, just to have a little goose presence there.LOL Any help is appreciated.

[Greenhead22]

I would get the specks. Specks would be more versatile, especially when mixed in with duck dekes.

[champcaller]

i would also get specks. your also gonna see more specks in numbers down here. they will respond to a call better than a cananda as well

[jtdumallard]

and specks eat a WHOLE lot better than canadas

[champcaller]

and specks eat a WHOLE lot better than canadas

AGREED

[duramax]

and specks eat a WHOLE lot better than canadas

I'd take a speck over just about any other type of waterfowl to eat. We got a half dozen floater specks and a half dozen full body field decoys. We will put them out if we have enough room on the 4wheeler and time to set them up. It doesn't take long to get decent at blowing a speck call either.

[Chuckle12]

Go with the specks... unless you are hunting big open lakes, then I would go with canadas.

[H20fowlkiller]

would you mix in snows and blues and if so how many?

[Tedl10]

I wouldn't mix them but set them on the outskirts of the blues and snows.

[champcaller]

if you mix make sure they are on the outside of the snows and blues. i say 1 speck to every doz snows

[Wingman]

I rarely see a flock of specks without 2 or 3 snows/blues feeding with them.

Of course, the specks usually feed off to the side of the snows in the same field, or feed in a seperate field altogether, but there always seems to be 2 or 3 snows who think they are specks. Maybe they think they are "light skinned"?

Sometimes, those lone snows are the first thing I see and then realize there are 100 specks standing in the field.

[Anatidae]

Yeah......I was pulling up to pick Dad up the other day and there was a retired Ross's goose in the front yard of Plantaion Point Retirement Community...........then I noticed the 30-40 retired honkers all around him. No tellin' how many times they've been out in the field and I just didn't see'um.

Specks and Honkers are pretty easy to spot against a wheat-colored background, but almost invisible on dirt. I've threatened to add some snow goose floaters to our duck spread, just to get the ducks' attention from a distance..........but ducks haven't 'finished' wuffa hoot in open water in 6 years.

If I were hunting in the Delta........I'd have some speck decoys. Like someone else said, they are fun to work with a call.

I've often thought about getting speck decoys and buying extra replacement honker heads for early honker season. But the heads aren't real cheap.

I guess after all the cold Winters in Canada, that Ross's goose decided to retire in a warmer climate.

[quackalot]

Which speck call do ya'll use?

[Tedl10]

Plain ole Primos shaved reed. Easy to blow and very cheap. Works for me anyway..

[Jeff]

Best call hands down, no question asked is a Chein Caille made by Mervis Saltzman in Gueydaun, LA. I have blown a bunch of primos, haydels and the like NONE of them come close to a Mr. Mervis call. The only thing I like better is the ones I make for myself.