decoys on private land??

[icecold]

Whats are the rules for putting out decoys on your own land or pond ? can you leave decoys unattended or left out on a private pond or land. I was thinking about putting out my decoys on friday night on my friends land where I have permission to hunt, since I have the time friday .

[RumRiverRat]

Private land you can leave them there all season.

[Tyler23]

i thought you can only leave decoys like that if you own land around the lake?

[benbosh]

all lakes are public property. if you are hunting a private pond or slough you can leave them out whenever you want

[broken_line]

all season.. if i had a private slough i would set em out the night before and sleep in a extra hour.. and maby jump a few birds..

[buckx37x]

we do just as b.l. said set them out late fri pm

[magnum mike]

You can leave decoys out adjacent to your private property on public waters as long as they are not a threat to navigation or you are pre-empting another from legally hunting that spot. If there is sufficient vegetation to partially conceal another hunter, you can not leave decoys unattended.

[Maxxed Out]

For opener you would probably be o.k. because shooting starts at 9:00 a.m., I wouldn't do it after that. While it may save you a little time in the morning, it has the potential to keep you shotguns idle if the dec's frost over night. Nothing sucks more that walking around a spread of decoys trying to get the frost off of them.

[brittman]

For opener you would probably be o.k. because shooting starts at 9:00 a.m., I wouldn't do it after that. While it may save you a little time in the morning, it has the potential to keep you shotguns idle if the dec's frost over night. Nothing sucks more that walking around a spread of decoys trying to get the frost off of them.

Faster to dip them than to put them all out and pick them all up.

If you are in an area where lots of ducks fly each morning leaving out the decoys all season is probably fine. In the deep south they often put out 500 to 1500 decoys per blind and these remain all season long.

If you are just placing a couple dozen decoys out and/or the migration is stagnant, "same few birds" each day, maybe better to pull them.

MOG: agree with you on field decoys regarding frost. I believe field decoys should be pulled every day. IMO: Risk of theft of field decoys is higher.

[LovenLifeGuy]

When in canada we have used a tourch to melt the frost. It works ok but I would rather put them out in the morning. I also feel that birds get decoy shy and why give them more time to find out the block you set out is fake. Thats just me. Putting out decoys is something I enjoy to do. Its picking them up that I dont like.