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For the guys that use a jerk string, what size anchor weight do you use? Would one of those 3lb grappling style anchors be enough?

I'd like to try one this year, but don't want to be lugging around more weight than I have to.

Don't use a weight. Tie it off to a tree or bush on the other side. If you are not sure if there will be a tree there, take a piece of conduit.

Get a circle decoy weight then just use a stick or limb and stick in the mud and put the stick through the weight.

Go to the welding shop and get them to make you a T handle. 6" wide X 24" to 36" long depending on how deep the water is where you hunt.I hunt fields and sloughs so I use a 24". All this can be made out of 3/8 " stock. On the long part (vertical) weld 2 short L's of small diameter material so that you can wind up your string and keep it all together. My jerk is make out of a bungy door strap that I robbed off of a layout blind. If you push the T into mud (gumbo where I hunt) you have a very good anchor to pull against. I put 3 dekes about 18" apart and I turn one sideways to give some hip action. Works great. I can send you a pic of mine but I won't be at the house until Wednesday.

Use a tree or stump or like said earlier, a piece of conduit. Tie your end string to a rubber strap or bungee cord then pull away. You don't need a weight at all! If you had a weight, you would just be constantly pulling the ducks toward you, you would never have them return back to their original position. Also, you can jerk real fast and hard, um, that doesn't sound right , BUT, if you do, this also causes a good bit of ripple that you can keep in the water so when ducks fly over you don't see, THEY see the ripply water and come check you out!

GOOD LUCK!

novacaine wrote:Go to the welding shop and get them to make you a T handle. 6" wide X 24" to 36" long depending on how deep the water is where you hunt.I hunt fields and sloughs so I use a 24". All this can be made out of 3/8 " stock. On the long part (vertical) weld 2 short L's of small diameter material so that you can wind up your string and keep it all together. My jerk is make out of a bungy door strap that I robbed off of a layout blind. If you push the T into mud (gumbo where I hunt) you have a very good anchor to pull against. I put 3 dekes about 18" apart and I turn one sideways to give some hip action. Works great. I can send you a pic of mine but I won't be at the house until Wednesday.

thats wut i have always had easy to make wif sum tro line strang and a bungy cord! matter of fact after reading this iam fixen to go and make me another one since ole quakers left mine in a duk hole and hasnt made me another one sum damn friend he is

Here's what I have been using.



As others have mentioned, this one has the ability to wrap up the line for easy storage.

SPAM:

I can make them for other MS Duckers for $20. Up to four feet long. Spray painted, you supply the line.

Finally got my pic's of jerk string T bar that I tried to describe earlier.

that what i was going to say get you a circle weight and a stick or a bar then stick it through the circle weight then jerk it when the ducks come in

mmkenty wrote:that what i was going to say get you a circle weight and a stick or a bar then stick it through the circle weight then jerk it when the ducks come in

SO, would you call that a CIRCLE JERK?