Duck posture/decoy position.

[Tomo-1]

I have just received my first ever duck decoys. I took fellow forum users advice and have got 6 x teal, mainly for ease of carrying (storm fronts).

 

Included are: 2 active drake, 2 resting drake, 1 resting hen and 1 dabbler hen. (I may get a few more hens as they stand out more in halflight)

 

I know that by the time any incoming duck sees the decoy's posture they should be on the way to duck heaven, however, my question is

 

more out of interest in duck behaviour. Where in a group of teal or other ducks would you find these different postures?

 

Would you bother trying to emulate their position with your decoy setup? Cheers.

[anser2]

In theory perhaps the dabbling hen should be in shallow water and the resters in safer deeper water , but in pratice i doubt it will make any difference as to their effectiveness. Its more important where you set the decoys . They want to be in a spot when the duck want to drop into and think of the decoys as fine tuners to bring the birds well within range rather than dropping on the far side of the pond\river.

[Guttersnipe]

As said its location rather than detailed layout that's important - also depends if you are rigging them separately or on a "mother-line" - don't get too hung up on it, it's just to get them within shotgun range, they don't have to land in among them - although its nice when they do. One thing i always try to do is make sure they are fairly clean and don't touch/bump each other.