Mojo discussion

[RUGER]

Granted our results are skewed due to the fact that we have very very few "new ducks".

Last weekend a friend of man's that is hunting Gooch (where we hunt) called and told him they had duck after duck come in, circle a couple times then flare off.

He said finally after looking everything over they went out into the spread and took every motion decoy they had up.
He said minutes after that they started whackin the ducks.

Is it possible that since literally EVERY blind on the wma has multiple spinning wing decoys, vortex machines and all sorts of spinning, water squirting decoys that the ducks have figured out if they see all that they are gonna get peppered if they go down there?

I can see this happening, especially when the vast majority of the duck population in the area are indeed local ducks.

We have tried it with and without and basically saw no difference.
Of course when your day consists of one group of woodies early and then NOTHING, it really isn't a test imho.

What say ye?

 

[Birdiekiller]

I've never liked hunting over mojos. Never saw with my own eyes any clear cut evidence that they work. A little remote control duck is my favorite. That way you have something to do when there aren't any ducks !


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[Grizzly Johnson]

The spinning wing decoys can very well flare ducks.... I know geese don't like them based on my experience. Just think of how many they have seen between you and their summer grounds during the migration. I wouldn't think the splashers and swimmers would though.... they are more natural looking without all the "flashing"....

 

[CBU93]

There is a time and place for everything. Doing what others are not on high pressured animals is always worth a shot. Your problem is that you are stuck in one single spot, without the benefit of true migrating birds right now. If you could be mobile and go where you have seen birds want to go, things would be a little different.

Right now, if you would just tie a white, gallon milk jug to a weight and float it right in the middle of your spread....you might be surprised!

 

[RUGER]

Got one ready to go CBU :)

 

[DaveB]

I dunno RUGER, personally, I never ever seen a bird do what a mojo does. Always did think they were there to catch the shooter, not the ducks.

Even though ducks is birds, and "bird-brained" insult is merely an application of fact to a person, I do thinks ducks get smart. I have positively seen them flare because they spotted a dog.

 

[Pic IN the Casa]

I'm only in my eighth year of duck hunting- expert NOT. All my experience tells me that decoy spreads are completely hit or miss. There is no rhyme or reason to what a duck prefers one day to the next.
That said I think wind direction and feed play a lot into where and why birds sit down where they want.

We have some more experienced guys in our group that swear by mojo's to the point that when I suggest pulling all dekes except for jerk lines you'd think I just insulted their mothers.

Even on those few 'magical' days of ducks dropping in on us we've tried to figure out what it was they liked and we're still stumped.

 

[tn_duckman]

Geese hate them and won't come near us if they are out. If we hunt a field we use them but other then that we don't mess with them.

 

[ClubHead]

They work great during early teal,and late duck till around Christmas.Then it's time to go without.Stale birds like we've had here lately your better off not calling much and just watch them work.Things are changing as we speak.

 

[tickweed]

Young birds are the ones who usually are sold on them. Ducks break down on the robos, or vortexs, swing a few times, then start climbing. We have better luck with the robos we can turn off as the ducks start falling, or with timer switchs. Ducks stretch all the time in fields or on the water. We place the ones with timers mixed in with full bodies standing on logs or grass mats. they have been hunted to death, of course they are cautious. Being still, faces down, excellent camo, dogs covered, proper calling is what you have to do this time of yr.

 

[rocket04]

I have to agree with pretty much everything said so far especially relating to local birds flaring on them, however i have seen flight groups commit right to the spread without batting an eye. I know there different but dove hunting the second weekend this year i used a mojo and had birds circle way out and come "try" to land at the decoy.

 

[Crappie Hunter]

"Old ducks" do get wise to them to the point that they will flare. But as soon as new ducks show up, better have it with you, or you'll be watching the other guys shoot. With this blast of cold air, the new ones should be showing up soon.

 

[gaddiewhacker]

We have just about quit using them all together as our experience has been ducks flare off of them. We have almost went to strictly water motion decoys. They just look more realistic. We also try to use timers in all of our motion decoys as they make the decoy even more realistic looking. You can hardly beat a swimming duck decoy as they are the most realistic looking decoy out there especially if they have a timer in them. We have literally had ducks try and land on them. The real duck decoy swimmer is what we use however we have had some problems keeping them going.

 

[drrxnupe]

We had geese darn near land on ours. We dropped 3 of a flock of ~20. Other times, birds seem to flare off. from them I guess you have to consider ALL factors during a given hunt. This subject is similar to turkey hunting. Some people swear by struttin tom decoys as a gotta have. Me on the other hand have had nothing but bad experiences with them.

 

[Dodge Man]

We only use motion decoys on sunny days, cloudy or over cast days we may use them on a limited bassis or not at all. Hunting public land we usually go with the more the better.

 

[Birdiekiller]

We killed 30 ducks Saturday with 2 mojo's and about 10 swimmer decoys sitting in the boat. Only had about 10 decoys out as well. Used a good ol fashioned jerk string occasially if the wind was down and that was it.

 

[Dodge Man]

We killed 30 ducks Saturday with 2 mojo's and about 10 swimmer decoys sitting in the boat. Only had about 10 decoys out as well. Used a good ol fashioned jerk string occasially if the wind was down and that was it.

It goes both ways, we have killed over 700 ducks from 1 blind this year with 4-10 mojos running every single day. On sunny days we also have 2 vortex systems running. We alson have 2 track systems with 18-24 decoys on each, and a few other types of decoys to spit and spray water. The past few weeks we have been killing in the double diggit with some 30+ days mixed in.

We hunted Gooch unit E last weekend and used way more than motion and decoys then any other group there and shut all the others down. My group killed close to 60 ducks in 3 days 95% mallards. There was not another group there that killed more then a hand full of ducks all weekend.

 

[benellivol]

Just watch the ducks.

It's the same as calling, sometimes they want to be talked to, sometimes it's best to never call.

 

[JSPAL270]

Just built a a vortex going to try it on the last day

 

[Dodge Man]

Just built a a vortex going to try it on the last day

I would suggest dont use it in the wide open. We dont use them on cloudy days either. But it could be different in different places.

 

[JSPAL270]

Well the vortex was a bust. However it looked awsome, but it seemed that the ducks would not finish just circle 4-5 times and that's it. So we pulled it and within 15 min we were back in the game. I spent 150 building this thing and don't know if it is going back out next season

 

[RUGER]

I have heard that about a vortex.
I wonder how it would be to have one to suck them out of the sky and then turn it off?