| Duck hunting the late season isn't the same as | | | | will make your spread look real. |
| opening day. The birds have been shot at | | | | 3. Use decoys of other waterfowl. Swan and |
| numerous times and seen almost every spread | | | | goose decoys can act as a duck magnet. Not |
| imaginable. If you want to be successful you have | | | | only are they larger than ducks the ducks feel |
| to mix things up. Use these late season duck | | | | safe around them. Use a couple of goose or swan |
| decoy strategies to fool even the smartest | | | | decoys along with a couple of duck decoys. |
| waterfowl. | | | | 4. Look for sheltered areas that ducks migrate to |
| 1. Less is more. Use only a few decoys. | | | | when the weather gets nasty. The late season |
| Sometimes one to six decoys will out perform a | | | | can bring some of the nastiest weather of the |
| spread of hundreds. The ducks have seen large | | | | year. Look for areas that ducks are using during |
| spreads and will associate them with hunters. | | | | these storms. Once you have found them set up |
| Select an area frequented by waterfowl and just | | | | there the next time the weather turns. Some of |
| throw a couple of decoys out. With less decoys, | | | | our best duck hunting is during bad storms in a |
| cut back on your calling. A few quacks to get the | | | | break wall area that is only used by ducks during |
| passing fowls attention will do. | | | | the storms. |
| 2. Place your decoys next to each other. As the | | | | Don't be afraid to try new things. Some of your |
| temperature drops waterfowl will huddle together | | | | best duck hunting of the season can be had |
| to conserve heat. Place several dozen decoys in | | | | during the late season. |
| one large group. This is natural to waterfowl and | | | | |