Once you've found a good place to set up you're still not there. You still need to have the equipment to bring the ducks in nice and tight. Plus having all the right supplies and equipment is a major portion of the fun and excitement. These supplies are usually not that expensive either. There are several areas of equipment that are necessary to every waterfowl hunter: Guns, Shells, Decoys, Calls, some way to move around in the water, and some form of concealment.
One of the most important duck hunting supplies is which duck guns are best. When choosing it comes down to personal preference. There is one thing you don't need to worry about trying to decide on and that is what gauge of shotgun to buy. That's a given, a twelve gauge is the only affective gun to hunt ducks with, and you have to use steel shot.
Ammo, it’s as simple as this, there are a few tricks needed to kill waterfowl with steel shot. The two main things you need to know are to use big shot and buy fast shells.
Plastic decoys are cheap and still very realistic looking. They are the time consuming part of all of the hunting equipment for your duck hunt. Try mallard decoys that are all magnum size - these are slightly larger than life size so they have additional drawing power, but they are still close enough that ducks will swim into them on a regular basis. Foam and plastic will also draw ducks. Foam is better because it is solid and can absorb being shot, rides the water better, and are more easily repainted. Foam decoys are still one of the most fairly expensive duck hunting supplies. There are many varieties of decoys out there and they all work pretty well.
Every call sounds different depending on who blows it. So to find the right call for you, you probably need to try out a few, plus some days ducks will respond better to some rather than others, so it is good to have a spare.
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