The Landing Zone Decoy Placement
There are three keys to creating successful landing zones.
They are:
1.
Your landing zone(s) should be an open area(s) in your decoy spread
that is unobstructed and clear of other decoys. These landing zones or
pockets should be placed in the area or areas that you want the ducks
to land which is determine by your blind placement. You want your
landing zone(s) positioned so it will provide you with easy clean kill
shots.
2. Next, you need to determine how
large should your landing zones or pockets be. You must make sure that
the landing zone or decoy pocket is large enough to accommodate the
size of flocks you'll be working. As a rule of thumb, it's better to
have a landing zone(s) that is a little on the large size rather than
one that is too small.
3. Finally, regardless of the decoy pattern you choose to
use, make sure that your landing zone(s) resembles a C or a U. Doing so
will insure that you have a proper landing zone and more importantly it
will insure that you have a clear flight path for the incoming ducks.
Remember, it's not necessarily the
decoy pattern that you use that will determine your success or failure,
but rather it the proper use of using the keys to a successful decoy
spread. Creating landing zones or pockets in your decoy pattern is, in
our opinion, the first key you can take in setting up a successful
spread.
