I've been noticing lately that mixing different decoys seems to be flaring the birds in my area. Also smaller groups have been working better both on the water and in the fields. Were using 8-10 decoys with good success. However as soon as we mixed two different types of decoys the birds immediately began to flare again both in the water or in the fields. It has nothign to do with one decoy is better than the other it just seems that because there are two types/looks of the decoy its not natural to them so they spook we can use the old decoys that don't look the best with great success as long as those are the only decoys were using. Just my thoughts for you try using only one type of decoy.