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    I hunt alot of moving water areas with alot of vegetation. What's happing is vegetation is locking on to my deeks and I believe it's causing the birds not to decoy right. My plan was to rig some kind of pvc pipe with bolts through it to stretch across up current to catch the vegetation. Am i waisting my time? Does the vegetation around the deeks even matter? Thoughts....
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    Set your decoys in an eddy where ducks would be likely to sit anyway. Cut back on how many decoys you use.

    If the vegetation is what I think it is you will be suprised how much drag builds up in short order if you try to snag it upstream.

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    Try decoys without keels?

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    Weeds on your decoys has nothing to do with birds decoying. I’ve had so much weeds build up on my decoys they were actually getting pulled downstream, however the ducks still would land in my spread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by camotoon60 View Post
    Try decoys without keels?
    I was thinking this too


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    Its the decoy line catching it. Keel-less decoys wont help. Even in current submerged vegetation will ride up the line to the decoy. Put coots at the top of the spread to catch grass. Just my opinion
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    Quote Originally Posted by mudeagle View Post
    Its the decoy line catching it. Keel-less decoys wont help. Even in current submerged vegetation will ride up the line to the decoy. Put coots at the top of the spread to catch grass. Just my opinion
    I like that idea. I personally don’t think the vegetation keeps the ducks from decoying though. If it’s driving you crazy and want to try something different I know they make decoy mats with one line which is connected to a heavy anchor that may help, assuming you’re hunting with a current

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