Originally Posted by
SecondChance
Same here AND I also have duck decoys that are older than 18yrs old that I still use. And they don't have pellet holes in them from being shot at on the water!!!!!!
Funny you mention the no pellet holes in your decoys from being shot on the water. Back when I was growing up we were using the rubber dekes that had a lead ring on the bottom and your lead weight was tied to that with a cord. You dropped them from about waist high and they filled with air and by the time they hit the water they were full and stayed puffed up like a live bird. My Dad was half asleep one morning before legal shooting time and was awakened by some nimrod blasting away at the dekes he had out. As several of them started losing air the guy started to slink off when he saw what he had done and Dad caught him and made him pay for the damaged ones, as well as telling him that if he was ethical and only shot flying birds he wouldn't have been paying Dad for the dekes!