There is obviously something I am not getting about luring the ducks in. I've been duck hunting about 40 times in the past 4 years and have shot three ducks!

This morning, my father in law an I were out at it again at Kaw Lake in northern Oklahoma. We camped out last night and couldn't sleep because there was so much noise from all of the ducks around! We set up the night before. We had 24 decoys plus a rotating wing decoy. We built a nice big blind right on the shore in front of our decoys. We were both in full camo. I set up our decoys in a big U or V shape with a channel right in front of us for the ducks to land.

I put the rotating wing decoy close to shore with the back towards the lake. I don't know if the ducks are buying this rotating wing thing though. I noticed other hunters today that didn't have one and they were having ducks come in like crazy. They were picking their setup over ours.

Could it be my duck calling? I have a cheap Wal-Mart duck call. I've read how to call and figured I am okay. I've noticed that if we have any ducks come in, I'm not calling them. Maybe when I'm calling I'm saying in duck talk "Get your ass outta here! You're gonna get shot!"

We only had two ducks come in today and I shot one of them down. He landed about 50 yards out so I'm walking out to get him. I thought he was dead because he wasn't moving. I get almost all the way out there and the duck swims off. He was long gone by the time I got back to shore. That's the third time that's happened to me. You think the duck would be like "Okay! You got me"! Then it would swim up to you so you could wring its neck.

Anyways, I think I'm doing everything right but obviously not. Does a real good duck call matter? Should I lose my rotating wing decoy? Am I setting up my other decoys right? Could my blind be too obvious? If anybody has any thoughts or advice, I'd appreciate it! Thanks! Matt