Serious waterfowlers tend to be a hidebound bunch, their actions often dictated more by tradition and a personal code of conduct than convenience or legal strictures. Examples are easy to find. It ...

Motion decoys that were not motorized were permitted. Some years we have made use of wind-powered spinning wing decoys. However, if the wind doesn’t blow, they really don’t do much good.

Motion in a decoy spread is crucial for creating a realistic spread but motorized decoys are illegal in many places and create extra bulk, not to mention a significant added cost. Discover two ...

That's certainly part of the appeal of a motorized duck decoy, ... Motorized lures attract waterfowl as well as waterfowl hunters . By RON TSCHIDA Chronicle Staff Writer; Oct 16, 2002 ...

DULUTH (AP) -- They are the closest thing to a duck magnet that anyone has seen in decades, according to hunters who have used them. Turn them on and any ducks within sight -- especially mallards ...

Preliminary data from the study, conducted in Minnesota this past autumn, indicates 80 percent of the mallards taken during the 220 hunts studied were killed when the motorized decoys were on.

When it comes to waterfowl hunting, there isn't much Scott Butz doesn't know. That's why for the past five years, the 38-year-old Argusville, N.D., man has worked on ways to improve his hunts. "We ...

Use of such decoys was banned in 2004 in Arkansas in hopes of other states following suit and banning the practice as well. That never happened. Now, Arkansas will join the rest of the Mississippi ...

Many Pennsylvania waterfowl hunters have been clamoring for the right to use motorized decoys for years. For the uneducated, the most common e-decoy used in waterfowling is the spinning-wing decoy.

A flap continues over robotic ducks, those wing-flapping decoys — sometimes called robo ducks — that hunters have been using to attract high-flying ducks in recent years. They remain a ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) They re known as moto-ducks: motorized duck decoys that add a new dimension to decoy realism by mimicking the flashing wings of landing ducks.

A flap continues over robotic ducks, those wing-flapping decoys — sometimes called robo ducks — that hunters have been using to attract high-flying ducks in recent years. They remain a ...