Decoys and Proven Methods for Using Them - Hardcover

Bourne, Wade

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1572233923 ISBN 13: 9781572233928

Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, 2002

Synopsis

Included are strategies and decoy spreads for hunting ducks and geese in small ponds and marshes, large open lakes, coastal bays, rivers, flooded timber, agricultural fields, and many other waterfowling settings. More than 30 detailed descriptions and diagrams of tried-and-true decoy layouts, plus information on everything from the history of decoy making to modern decoys, styles, sizes, rigging, and decoy movement make this the best how-to decoy book ever.

About this title

About the Author

For more than 20 years, Wade Bourne has been a full-time outdoor broadcaster and writer. He is the former host of Advantage Outdoors TV and current host of the syndicated Advantage Outdoors Radio program. His articles appear frequently in many national hunting and fishing publications, including Ducks Unlimited magazine. He is the author of two other books: Fishing Fundamentals and Ultimate Turkey Hunting. Bourne is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and a former U. S. Air Force pilot. He is a self-described "fanatic waterfowl hunter" who spends many days each winter pursuing ducks and geese in western Tennessee and Kentucky. He resides with his wife and two children on his family farm in Clarksville, Tennessee.

From the Back Cover

Through the decades, North American waterfowlers have devised many decoys and many decoy strategies for luring ducks and geese into close shotgun range. Inventive minds and trial-and-error testing have conjured up decoy systems for almost every setting imaginable.Here, for the first time, is a book that offers a variety of effective decoy spreads from some of the country's most successful waterfowling guides and freelancers. Included are strategies and spreads for hunting ducks and geese in small ponds and marshes, large open lakes, coastal bays, rivers, flooded timber, agricultural fields, and many other waterfowling settings.More than 30 detailed descriptions and diagrams of tried-and-true decoy layouts, plus information on everything from the history of decoy making to modern decoys, styles, sizes, rigging, and decoy movement make this the best how-to-decoy book ever. (6 x 9, 232 pages, b&w photos, illustrations)

Edition details

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572233923
• ISBN 13: 9781572233928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232