My Opinion On Spinning Wing Decoys

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  • @tonya6105
    @tonya6105 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your info makes a lot of sense. I just bought one. After a month of hunting ducks I take only a couple of decoys it works better for me than other hunters have 2 or 3 dozen decoys bird do learn that stuff where is to many decoys they stay away

  • @Hillhouse_Fishing
    @Hillhouse_Fishing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    During early teal and early season we put as many as we can in the spread sometimes that’s upwards of 4 mojos and it sucks them in but after about December we shy away from them

  • @Midwestupland
    @Midwestupland 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I can pull wood ducks All day with a mojo but I haven’t had great luck with mallards

  • @Wyatt0135
    @Wyatt0135 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I agree that the robos are a hit an a miss. I can’t tell you how many times we took em out of our spread in late season and had better luck. Also if anyone is hunting in the Pacific North West where robos are illegal I wouldn’t buy the wind operated one. When I lived in Oklahoma I bought one for the heck of it and even under 30 mph winds both wings wouldn’t rotate

  • @HeirstotheOutdoors
    @HeirstotheOutdoors 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Helped me pull the trigger on one just now! Saw guys slaying them over water in MS, we will see how they work here in PA and OH. Thanks, love your channel.

  • @vinceimp9581
    @vinceimp9581 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just an FYI the new King mojo has presented some wing detachment issues for my friend and I. He got one this season, he had a small one b4 and it worked as described in the video. This new one the dang wings just popped right off first go. He got new ones made extra sure they were on as good as they can be and still they popped off in use. We were in shallow water the last time and recovered them with a net. I'm not sure if it's some flaw or operation error but I wouldn't fully trust the wings to stay on over deep water at this point and what good is it if they fall off anyway.. hope I can spare someone the joy we have experienced on the king mojo and I welcome any input or advice any other hunters may have on these new decoys.

  • @glockking-st4le
    @glockking-st4le 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love mojos up in Michigan up until 4-5 years ago we could use them on managed hunt areas and I never had hunt with out birds back then. Since then it’s been hit or miss. Last year I bought a couple of the mojo ripplers. I have one attached to a jerk rig and the other just sits in decoys. They work pretty good so far in getting the attention of birds and bringing your spread to life. But still spinning wing at least here in Michigan was and still is king decoy.

  • @danielsmith6308
    @danielsmith6308 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree with the host. In Maine we have very fresh birds in September. I use the intermittent spinning mojo and works well for about 3 days. After that leave 'em in the garage.

  • @jwrees57
    @jwrees57 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    For me i since i hunt solo a lot and dont have a big spread i am sure it helps . Guys hunting with 2-3 dozen decoys i wouldnt think a mojo does a lot of good.

  • @jacksonwilliams4862
    @jacksonwilliams4862 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve never had luck with them but 1 or 2 time in the field most time were pulling them by 8:30 because they’re flairing ducks so much

  • @newjerseyoutdooraddiction21
    @newjerseyoutdooraddiction21 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I only use a dozen decoy's 6 woodies and 6 mallards sometimes a little less and a woodie mojo and I actually do pretty well except I use in the early season a couple woodies an the mojo I find early season the less the better and November i start putting out more decoy's when I go tho due to the fact I pheasant hunt a lot but anyway I was wondering your opinion and how I could improve my luck

  • @deh6268
    @deh6268 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yeah Mojo's are kind of Hit and Miss over water. During late-season when their Mojo shy and I'm hunting over water I'll have a Mojo in the blind on a stand so I can turn it on get the birds attention and then tuck the Mojo away so it appears the bird just landed. By the time The birds get to you all they see is decoys in the water and come right in. I'll use the same technique in the field as well if birds are hard to pull in in late season but by that time not only are Mojo's flaring them but decoys will also. Most people would just use the remote but personally I think if a mojo is levitating over the water or field not moving its going to flare them just as much as the Mojo spinning if they are indeed Mojo shy.

  • @nitesoftheday
    @nitesoftheday 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here in East Texas hunting flooded timber and the occasional field. I have noticed flipping wings flare the ducks (other than gaddies they don't care) bad after like the 2nd week. so the group I hunt with tried flapping wing and on the water motion decoys and stuck with it since.doesnt flare them as bad some times it will. mostly when there are pintails in the sky with green heads they will flare.so in my opinion give a flapper a try and some splashing or rippling decoys it might work as good up there as down here

  • @dellgregg5348
    @dellgregg5348 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the info. I've been on the fence about getting a "mojo" and have been wondering if it's necessary.

  • @dksoutdoors8860
    @dksoutdoors8860 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Had 2 Mojo's out during teal season and it just sucked them in

  • @gpoutdoors1130
    @gpoutdoors1130 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I luv to use the mojo , I have seen them flare on them also .

  • @jordanzettle3204
    @jordanzettle3204 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In Oregon we gotta use a pull string one, they don’t allow the electronic. I’m skeptical of them, and when I have a few birds that flare it’s the first thing to go.

  • @bradypurifoy5452
    @bradypurifoy5452 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    During late season timber hunts stick them off in the brush to where the ducks can just see the flash of the wings.

  • @vadim97v
    @vadim97v 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Totally agree with you brotha!

  • @mattwiederholt7258
    @mattwiederholt7258 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Early season hit late season only use if you have 5 or more

  • @avendesora222
    @avendesora222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Up here in eastern Canada its night and day with mojos. Without them, birds tend to do whatever they want, sometimes flying right by. With a mojo though, its like duck crack, they come straight in time after time. Hate hunting without one. Ill add that we exclusively hunt over water for ducks.

  • @sebastianmorales8679
    @sebastianmorales8679 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We usually pull them after it bright enough to see them probably like 30-40 min into the hunt

    • @bandedcalls
      @bandedcalls 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah same here then use jerk string

  • @billyabercrombie4860
    @billyabercrombie4860 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    maybe do a video on dove mojos? would be appreciated!

    • @dominidesiderio
      @dominidesiderio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have a couple of teal Mojo's that I use for dove so instead of buying a separate Mojo for dove I just throw my couple to out there and they do the job

    • @neonwhitea.1548
      @neonwhitea.1548 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dove mojos are a cheat code, brings them right in

  • @a.danielcavallo6050
    @a.danielcavallo6050 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    No hunting on land in Florida but work great on teal-tree ducks and divers, at least you get a passing shot.Four or five work best here.

  • @darryldelernojr.7198
    @darryldelernojr.7198 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They're useless on a cloudy day. We use them early season and pull the last half unless were shooting teal or divers. They hurt more than help when hunting older or stale birds.

  • @jamincarr5673
    @jamincarr5673 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have stopped running spinners except during teal season. I’m more into agitators and higdon battleship swimmers. In my experience if your gonna run spinners have the feet just barely touching the waters surface. I’ve had better luck that way

  • @mattbugg4568
    @mattbugg4568 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you have fog or mist coming off the water they are invaluable, if its sunny out I pull them if the first set of birds flair, I use them over water and that's kinda the rule of thumb, mist or fog makes them because they give a illusion of ducks with more visibility. Where passing ducks might only see shadows of decoys. If it is overcast is another great time for them. But if you hunt sunny days on water just get them out of there. Shadows are the killer in a duck or goose spread if you can place mojos where they dont cast a shadow leave them if you can see shadows move them or take them out. I try to explain this to people but they dont seem to understand that waterfowl hate directional shadows, so if the shadows are pointed at the decoys that will go there if they are pointing away from the decoys they will not. So if you are hunting a lake or river in the morning you will have better luck with the sun at your back, same in the afternoon, so you will be on the east in the morning and west in the evening unless you have cover that naturally changes where your shadow is.

    • @mattbugg4568
      @mattbugg4568 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also I have a love hate relationship with the mojos yet I always start with three out. The reason is sometimes the ducks come to them like a magnet. On those days having two mallards and a teal out is the magic. Somedays they wont come near them so we use swimmer decoys that move behind the main V. Some decoys are magnets on different occasions so making a spread with as many magnets as possible is part of it. I run about 7 different kinds of decoys and on or two of the actual packages is the magnet which is in my spread. Over time you will notice certain structures in the spread that draw ducks and you will narrow it down to one two or three decoys and by trying each one separately you will find the one that's the magnet. Building a spread out of magnets take a couple years or a heavy season. But after that you can set up your decoys with confidence that your going to shoot ducks even on a bad day and dont have to carry a bunch of decoys that just do nothing.

  • @mattbugg4568
    @mattbugg4568 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have never had them flair birds but I place them probably 40 yards from the spread coming into the V. I flared every flock coming in on moving water with mojos in the decoys, and also with her rigs, found if you get a few decoys that are set up to wobble side to side and put off a ripple, you can effectively take all your other decoys out and run two decoys and limit out. It's deadly to have two wobblers in your spread on moving water all the other decoys are just to get them to hit the approach you want and land where you want, the mojos are just to get them coming from that direction and is like the down current fence, where your floaters are your up current fence. I had a epiphany one day about set up when I researched classical spreads, even in ponds your using the decoys to create a boundary to where your going to stop or start shooting. Outside of the boundaries you let the birds work, and inside the boundaries like a 20 to 30 yard area is the hunting lane, the sweet spot is the open hole behind you J or V, which is always ajacent to your blind. And the ducks can be aproching from the side or straight on or passing over. This set up makes you kill more ducks because the shooting lane is small and a duck in the shooting lane will be very close easier to hit. Calling is a personal thing, but I keep two calls one rigged really bass for feeding chuckles, and one tuned to a duck quack and one ringer for ducks that break off. It's weird to change calls the first couple times you call this way but it pays off later. It also forces you to set up a shotgun bar in the blind and this keeps you from shooting outside the lane because you are busy working ducks to flair to land in your shooting lane, which is when in one motion you drop your call back to the lanyard, pick up your shotgun mount it properly and blast a duck that just got suprised while in its slowest moment of flight. It drops you put a swatter round in it and go retrieve it, or send the dog after it which has been trained on a platform to work in a yard or box, which is exactly what your decoys just set up. This is a outline of duck hunting that has been followed since I was a little kid, we all get excited and set up pothole and edge spreads, put shells in the gun in the parking lot a quaternary mile away from the blind, get all emotional about someone else hunting near us etc... but truth is with the classic formula, leave the gun in the sleve till you get comfortable in the blind, after setting up a proper spread, and don't worry too much about someone setting up right next to you as long as they are outside your shooting lane of 40 feet and don't shoot towards them, it's edicut in some of the areas I hunt because there a postage stamp with 5 blinds and everyone has the same chance what separates hunters in these situations is the focus on correct decoy shapes flapper setups and not making dumb calls like shooting at birds 60 yards away, throwing hail calls as greetings, and putting pothole spreads on rivers. Anyway yeah you can flair birds, you can also wear a tinfoil hat on a sunny day and shoot a limit, the ducks are interested in other ducks if it looks natural they go there. Ducks land behind formations and swim into them so having a flapper anywhere close to your formation will scare a duck. Just my .02cents cause I see it almost every time I go out, and people are always wondering who in my group got the shot or why the birds go to my spread versus the other guy's. I don't wonder these things when it happens to me because some days you have the magnet, some days someone else does. Stop after the hunt at pickup and walk over and talk to them and look at what there doing cause were all a dying bread who love ducks.

  • @tyduckert5570
    @tyduckert5570 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I haven't tried water yet but I will this fall but yes fields you own a mojo you take it

  • @NoSkunkGang
    @NoSkunkGang 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I always start with one until I see ducks flare, then I start changing stuff. I DONT USE THEM ON CLOUDY DAYS!

    • @mikeries8549
      @mikeries8549 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      On cloudy days PUT PANTY HOSE ON THE WINGS. Sounds crazy...try it.

  • @brodybeskar4789
    @brodybeskar4789 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't like the spinning ones, but I use two flapping wings, they are more finnese and don't seem to flare birds

  • @scotharrisonable
    @scotharrisonable 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Agreed for sure!

  • @Bean_Waterfowl1026
    @Bean_Waterfowl1026 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was looking in ur back ground you store ur ducks hanging on the Rigem rights is that the best way to store them or in a storage tote?

  • @charleskoch1491
    @charleskoch1491 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome vid, could you possibly make another video on calling as a refresher for this upcoming season?

  • @zachotts312
    @zachotts312 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    make a video about spray painting your old shotgun or new to make it camo

  • @tomwikum7001
    @tomwikum7001 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I use mojos on river back waters had a group of 65 mallards land in my spread once

    • @urmom69610
      @urmom69610 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What if there were 66?

  • @landonboyd2739
    @landonboyd2739 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    make a vid on how to get the gun barrel decal out

  • @DirtNapCity93
    @DirtNapCity93 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love flocka flickers but not that crazy about the mojos.

  • @JS-dn2mm
    @JS-dn2mm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I find the mallards work the mojos a lot better on those super nasty cloudy, rainy, snowy mornings! On a blue sky day they just dont seem to like them as much.

  • @archieconner920
    @archieconner920 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kinda sucks in Washington cause we can’t use electronic calls or decoys. Great video keep up the good work 👍

    • @rippenlipstv5738
      @rippenlipstv5738 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Washington Outdoors yea it’s a struggle 😂

    • @ReefMimic
      @ReefMimic 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can try wind driven decoy

  • @coveredoutdoors7707
    @coveredoutdoors7707 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve actually used the dove mojo’s to bring in teal, seemed to work ok. Probably wouldn’t try it with regular ducks, but who knows.

    • @rschittenhelm1587
      @rschittenhelm1587 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS I HAVE USED MOJO DOVE IN MY DIVER SPREAD,THEY WORK GREAT, I THINK THAT THE MALLARDS SEE A LOT OF THE REGULAR MOJO SO I MIXED IT UP A LITTLE AND WA-LA SHOT MORE DUCKS LAST SEASON THAN THE PREVIOUS 2 YEARS COMBINED,JUST BOUGHT ANOTHER FOR THIS COMING SEASON.. WAL-MART $27 !! MICHIGAN ""GOOSEMAN""

  • @mr.greenhead8766
    @mr.greenhead8766 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Iv used them for years over water. Last year I never used it once still shot 100 birds I don’t know how I feel about them

  • @tuckerspellman4142
    @tuckerspellman4142 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Long time listener, first time caller. You should do a video on other styles of robo-ducks. Keep up the great videos!

  • @rippenlipstv5738
    @rippenlipstv5738 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well at least you can use those, up here in Washington it’s illegal to use any electric decoys whatsoever. We have to use wind ducks we call them, the only time you can use a wind duck is when it’s windy, same principle as the mojo just not electric.

  • @wbsurfer123
    @wbsurfer123 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thoughts on the new mojo flock-a-flickas?

    • @nickfritsch5358
      @nickfritsch5358 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Liam Diffee if u ask me, they are a waste of your money

    • @wbsurfer123
      @wbsurfer123 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nick Fritsch I bought some for 1/2 off so I couldn’t turn it down... why do you feel it’s a waste?

    • @nickfritsch5358
      @nickfritsch5358 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Liam Diffee yeah I have a dozen of em, the reason I dont like them is because they flair more birds than attract... that's just what I have noticed could be different for you!

    • @wbsurfer123
      @wbsurfer123 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nick Fritsch I gotcha makes sense, I could see them being money in a swamp with only one or two. Gonna give them a try this coming season

    • @nickfritsch5358
      @nickfritsch5358 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Liam Diffee this isn't exactly a swamp, but I hunt a few small ponds and I've thrown 1 or 2 of those things out there, you won't get any big flocks to come down with those out there, but small groups of 2-3 dont seem to mind those flock a flickers, not sure if that holds true in a swamp, but there's only one way to find out! Good luck and stay safe!

  • @Pincheemoska
    @Pincheemoska 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    When you start seeing ducks flare you pull them out and just use jerk rigs, I recommend mojos

  • @peterschrauben6092
    @peterschrauben6092 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm new to waterfowl does anyone know where I can get some relatively cheap mojos?

  • @jaker1520
    @jaker1520 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you do a video on goose calling

  • @skeeterb6183
    @skeeterb6183 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sunny days work best over H2O Cloudy days not so good.

  • @nickb8618
    @nickb8618 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Remote is a must they do attract mallards but a lot of mallards won’t finish till u shut them off

  • @owenmb5851
    @owenmb5851 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've used one once and I shot my first ever two ducks.

  • @josephmasneri3197
    @josephmasneri3197 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What’s up man! love your vids

  • @Lawless8181
    @Lawless8181 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I watch large duck feeds in a field, I see more white flashes from their wings then I do watching ducks on water. Not sure that’s the reason but that’s my insight

    • @mikeries8549
      @mikeries8549 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      An old guy wrote a "hunters hint" for Fur-Fish-Game magazine about 40 years ago saying pretty much the same thing. His hint was to paint the white parts of your decoys extra bright and exaggerate the white a bit.
      White is the most visible color in the field.

  • @ryanbrown7587
    @ryanbrown7587 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    never use mojos on a cloudy day, unless you tuck it back into weeds or brush to get their attention from a distance and so they can’t key in on it up close.. and using them on the water it’s either hit or miss, not real consistent.

  • @jacktalbot1007
    @jacktalbot1007 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    We can’t use them in some, if not all, Arkansas WMA’s

    • @minnesotaflyway8917
      @minnesotaflyway8917 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same story in MN. You cannot use battery powered or electric decoys on any public land. However, lucky duck makes a wind or pull string powered spinning wing decoy that does the same job. I would look into this, they are around $60 on Amazon. I believe it’s called the lucky duck Air Force

    • @duckheromb
      @duckheromb 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I live in MN too. I have two wind mojos, since it's a ban on electric decoys.

    • @jacktalbot1007
      @jacktalbot1007 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      MinnesotaFlyway I still think the old classic jerk string works better than a mojo, if it worked before mojos, it’ll work now and it works better during late season too

  • @lunlian9852
    @lunlian9852 ปีที่แล้ว

    mate, missing your vid

  • @TheWhiels
    @TheWhiels 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jerk rig ftw

  • @grantburrow4281
    @grantburrow4281 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You need to get Dakota flocked head decoys

    • @wbsurfer123
      @wbsurfer123 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Grant Burrow he’s already got them

  • @mikeries8549
    @mikeries8549 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It really helps to use the right length stake. You want your mojos ass touching the water. Why? It looks like a duck on a stick if you don't.

  • @duckman5849
    @duckman5849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If your explaining what a mojo is to newbies your probably gonna have to explain what a spread is 😂

  • @anthonydayton7998
    @anthonydayton7998 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s illegal to use motorized decoys in Washington State. Wind decoys ok.

  • @2ezoutdoors348
    @2ezoutdoors348 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've gotta dozen wind mojos for this year😂 we'll see what happens.

  • @mikeries8549
    @mikeries8549 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    There are duck hunters that suck really bad at hunting ducks. So bad that they can not kill ducks in arkansas without a mojo. Banning them on public weeded out a lot of guys like that.

  • @rippenlipstv5738
    @rippenlipstv5738 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    We can’t use electric decoys in Washington at all 😂

    • @philiplefler9988
      @philiplefler9988 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      rippen lips tv go to the res and you can

  • @maxplemmons7812
    @maxplemmons7812 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Doodle vid