[yobata]

Any suggestions for Florida or southeast area forums for waterfowlers? The Refuge and United Waterfowlers of Florida don't seem to be very active

 

[BrownDog]

I cannot speak to anything in FL but in general duck hunters are pretty tight lipped, at least the consistently successful ones are. This could explain the lack of activity.
For good local knowledge it is easier to make personal connections than a forum. I’m sorry if this is no help.

 

[Micro Thinfisher]

Try Duck Chat and Florida Sportsman hunting forum FWIW.

 

[yobata]

I cannot speak to anything in FL but in general duck hunters are pretty tight lipped, at least the consistently successful ones are. This could explain the lack of activity.
For good local knowledge it is easier to make personal connections than a forum. I’m sorry if this is no help.

I agree - I was mostly looking to find a classified section for some less expensive dekes

 

[BrownDog]

What are you looking for? Cheaper new or some used ones?

 

[321nole]

the FS hunting forum gang is a rowdy bunch, exercise caution should you choose to venture over there

every now and then some pop up on craigslist in our area

 

[DuckNut]

I agree - I was mostly looking to find a classified section for some less expensive dekes

If I gave you some dekes you would still end up paying more for them because of retail shipping costs.

What kind are you looking for? I have a shed full.

 

[WhiteDog70810]

I see dekes on FB Marketplace all the time. There are probably fewer in Florida, but they’ll pop up.

Nate

 

[WhiteDog70810]

I also suggest staying away from duck hunting forums. I’m a member of several, but I stopped following all of them years ago. Between to bad attitudes, bad information and ******* posturing, it just stopped being fun. Everyone is waiting to dog-pile on anyone who might be tangentially presumed to be cyber-scouting. Admittedly, I might be excessively jaded because I spent most of my time in the dog sections. The dog sections are always the worst.

Nate

 

[yobata]

If I gave you some dekes you would still end up paying more for them because of retail shipping costs.

What kind are you looking for? I have a shed full.

Coots

 

[yobata]

What are you looking for? Cheaper new or some used ones?

used

 

[DuckNut]

Coots

Coots are easy...buy any decoy you can get for cheap and paint them.

In Reelfoot lake they use laundry soap cans, old propane tanks, literally anything and paint them black and the geese just keep coming.

 

[BrownDog]

Go buy some cheap “hot buy” decoys or any that go on sale at a big box store. Spray paint them to coots divers etc, just hold onto a few hens to use for early teal or any other hen uses.