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My wife gave me some of these decoys for Christmas. I know there were problems in the past with the chipping of the paint, but I have heard that is now corrected.

My question is for those of you who have them. Are they worth keeping? or should I take them back and get some others? Thanks in advance.

Bonehead

wut ever you do you better buy the ace anchors.....trust me nutten else works! i have a dozen for long strangen in deep water they have been fine for me....and if you only knew how hard ole chuckle12 is on decoys god i hate long strangs they are a beach to throw out of the boat! good luk to ya

I bought some from Mean Mallard this year and the paint is already chipping off big time. Gonna have to trash them at the end of the season.

I've got the non-hotbuy models and no complaints whatsoever with the paint.

eagle700 wrote:I bought some from Mean Mallard this year and the paint is already chipping off big time. Gonna have to trash them at the end of the season.

Just paint em' black and add em' to your spread.......

I purchased 6 shoveler decoys back before Christmas and used 1 time and the white paint on one of the breasts of the drake is now peeling.

Hey eagle700,

I'll take them off your hands before you trash them.

I got some "hot buys" and they scratched up a little after a two mile walk, but the only chip came from a #4 pellet to a hens head. It's a shame they chip, they have great detail. What do you expect for $20?

Dukbum,

Where do you get the ace ancors??????// I got just the flats and they are for the birds with the closed keels and the tucked necks.

Thanks,
motherducker

i got mine from the mean mallard.....had plenty the other day! they work like a charm

I use no tangle line with a no tangle weight on one end and a cordlock on the other to adjustfor water depth. Simple as picking the decoys up, sliding cordlock to the keel, and dropping in the boat. But remember to tie a knot on the one end else cord lock comes right off - right dukbum? dukbum likes the headless feeders and 1963 model decoys in my spread too

dat sum-beach is older than duck hunten itself! it was cave man invited.....i swear to ya

dukbum wrote:dat sum-beach is older than duck hunten itself! it was cave man invited.....i swear to ya

...and they've worked liked they're supposed to since then! Now we just got to get Chuckles gun barrel properly aligned

I have the hot buys as well. The paint is chipping a little bit, but the bigger problem is trying to keep the things from tangling up. The necks are so short you can't keep the anchors on them unless you go with the Ace anchors, but they are more expensive than the ducks. The only way I have found to tie the anchors is to use the mushroom anchors and use the tail feather loop on the drakes to hold the wait. I retired the hens, because they don't have the tail feather loop.

i wanted to start a thread on that but iam waiting on the pics from him so i can set the mood for the embarassement of missing!

Awright, now I've given this advice before on cheap rubber straps for your decoys that work as well as Ace and are dirt cheap. Here it is again, and I promise you will like the results.

Cut 1/2 inch loops off a car innertube. Tie on either a tanglefree (I use small chunks of lead I pour, but any piece of weight will do) and loop the rubber strip on just above the weight. Tie it directly onto the decoy string (doesn't matter what string you use). Wrap the string around the keel or head; when you get to the rubber strap, stretch it over bothe ends of the keel or head. It always works; you can do it in gloves or with cold hands. Easy as pie and you can do a dozen decoys in 10 minutes.

And another thing, I keep seeing these folks with water keel decoys with 12-16 oz. weights on them. Please tell me why? You need very little weight if you are in a field or woods. I understand in running water or with weighted keel in wind. I just don't like toting that much lead. I bet my decoys have maybe 4 oz. on them and I have never lost one.

Try the inner tube loops; I promise you will like the results.

The only greenhead gear decoys I have had any problems with are the hot buys. The life size decoys still look pretty good after a year and a half of hunting.