Female Mallard Decoy

Idle Water

Attracts Mallards and, to a lesser extent, other ducks. Decoys can be used to increase the chance of birds breaking off from high flying flocks, and attempting to land, as they fly over an area. Mallard decoys can only be placed in water. The effect of multiple decoys in the same area stack up to a max of 24 regular decoys for Mallards and 12 for other ducks. To get max attraction for other ducks 12 species specific decoys must be added. Additional decoys added after 24 have no effect on probability. The area of effect around a decoy spread is typically wetlands in about a 100 m radius of the decoys. The use of long range calls stack with decoys. Although only one caller can be active at any given time. Characteristics: * Break off probability increase per decoy: -Mallards: 1/24 of decoy max* -Other ducks: 1/48 of decoy max* * Up to 200 decoys can be set up in each reserve at the same time *Decoy max = The maximum stacked decoy effect on break off probability in an area.