Post by featherduster on Aug 28, 2006 19:31:01 GMT -5
Now that we know when the seasons open lets talk about some techniques that work for you.
I hunt my own marsh thats right out my back door and sometimes I might leave my decoys out for a couple days when there aren't many birds around.The problem with that is the muskrats love to grab my anchor lines and tow my decoy to their hole then they chew the line in two. This results in the loss of a decoy anchor and the chasing down of a decoy. Last year I solved this problem by using 20lb. steel leader the kind that comes on a spool and looks like piano wire covered in plastic. Since I know the depth of my marsh I cut the wire to length and use little crimp on clips to fasten the ends. During the season I don't wrap my decoys when Iam not using them I just lay them in a small boat that I tow behind me. These anchor lines don't tangle and the mice and muskrats don't cause me any grief.
At the end of the season I take each anchor line and put one each in a small zip-lok bag till next year.
I hunt my own marsh thats right out my back door and sometimes I might leave my decoys out for a couple days when there aren't many birds around.The problem with that is the muskrats love to grab my anchor lines and tow my decoy to their hole then they chew the line in two. This results in the loss of a decoy anchor and the chasing down of a decoy. Last year I solved this problem by using 20lb. steel leader the kind that comes on a spool and looks like piano wire covered in plastic. Since I know the depth of my marsh I cut the wire to length and use little crimp on clips to fasten the ends. During the season I don't wrap my decoys when Iam not using them I just lay them in a small boat that I tow behind me. These anchor lines don't tangle and the mice and muskrats don't cause me any grief.
At the end of the season I take each anchor line and put one each in a small zip-lok bag till next year.
