Decoy Brands
#1
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Decoy Brands
I am getting ready to buy some new decoys. What brand do you guys prefer using? I am leaning towards GHG I think that I am going to get a couple dozen "Hot Buy" mallards and a half dozen life size series woodies. Does any one have any experience with GHG and what should I look out for.
#2
RE: Decoy Brands
GHG decoys are some of the best decoys i think. That is all ill buy for my full body goose decoys and mallards. Watch out for the Flambeau masters series, the paint chips like crazy. From my experience the ghg hot buy mallards have also worked great, they are very realilistic and pretty cheap. I would go ahead and buy GHG.
#4
RE: Decoy Brands
GHG is simply the best, i have the life size woodies and they look real on the water. paint held up great too. i too might pick up some hot buy mallards this season, the paint on my old flambeaus is almost gone in places, and they are startin to look bad.
#5
RE: Decoy Brands
I would definately buy the hot buy mallards. For the price you just can't beat it. I find only two downsides:
1. The paint will hold up only two seasons MAX. I buy a new dozen every year and sell my year olds for 50% of what I paid for them. I also hunt 3-5 days a week, from the end of september until the 2nd week of dec (or when the water freezes), so there's a bit more wear on them than what would be considered normal.
2. My only real grief is they all look the same. I mean the heads are all pointed the same direction; don't move and have the same expression.
That said, I'll keep on loading up on a new dozen every year and then add 6 others to change the scene. I'm a bit partial to the G&H right now, but there are some nice other products on the market.
Good luck,
1. The paint will hold up only two seasons MAX. I buy a new dozen every year and sell my year olds for 50% of what I paid for them. I also hunt 3-5 days a week, from the end of september until the 2nd week of dec (or when the water freezes), so there's a bit more wear on them than what would be considered normal.
2. My only real grief is they all look the same. I mean the heads are all pointed the same direction; don't move and have the same expression.
That said, I'll keep on loading up on a new dozen every year and then add 6 others to change the scene. I'm a bit partial to the G&H right now, but there are some nice other products on the market.
Good luck,
#6
RE: Decoy Brands
For goose deeks, I like the look of the big foot brand, I have both G&H and big foot in the floaters, both work well so far and I just like the look of the big foot better.
Can not help you on the ducks, I may try the G&H on thoes.
Can not help you on the ducks, I may try the G&H on thoes.
#7
RE: Decoy Brands
If you want honest to God will last a lifetime decoys, then put up the cash and buy some Herters from Cabelas. The burlaped deeks are great, and they have a kit where you can buy your own blank bodies, and burlapping your own is really not any harder than that paper mache pinyata everyone made back in 7th grade spanish class.
The GHG aren't bad, but you have to baby them. The paint chips off fairly easily. The original HOT BUY mallards sucked. The paint almost melted off of them when they hit the water. They changed the way they bake the paint on, and now they are substantially better, but don't get any ideas about beating those things around, because you'll have black decoys in no time flat.
G&H decoys are pretty tough as well.
The GHG aren't bad, but you have to baby them. The paint chips off fairly easily. The original HOT BUY mallards sucked. The paint almost melted off of them when they hit the water. They changed the way they bake the paint on, and now they are substantially better, but don't get any ideas about beating those things around, because you'll have black decoys in no time flat.
G&H decoys are pretty tough as well.
#8
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Kent County MD
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RE: Decoy Brands
Ive got2 doz. of the HotBuys, and theyre a great decoy for the money. Like others have said, you do have to baby them a bit...
Ill second SwampCollie on Heters Decoys; Ive got a few dozen of my Grandfathers we still hunt.
Ill second SwampCollie on Heters Decoys; Ive got a few dozen of my Grandfathers we still hunt.