This cocky diver with the rear-facing head crest is the mainstay of
our Mississippi Flyway diver shooting, especially these days with the
declining population and lower bag limits for Bluebills.
They nest locally in the forested lake region of Minnesota and north
into Canada providing us shooting from opening day until ice-up and
then on down the flyway to wintering grounds in the deep south.
My hunting buddies and myself felt intuitively that good Ringneck
duck decoys would be more effective than the Bluebills we had been using
and we were right! While any diver duck decoy will work fairly well,
(and sometimes even mallards) we found we could get more Ringnecks in
closer by using species specific duck decoys.
Ringneck heads are only offered in the standard pose. Magnum (Herters 72) size is based on 16-18" body length.
Attaching the heads are easy, we include instructions with each purchase. We like to attach our heads with a 1/4" X 20 T-nut.
The machine thread matches factory eye bolts as supplied by decoy
companies such as Herters and Restle. (T-nut not included)
Our threaded inserts make it easy to attached these replacement decoy
heads to various decoy bodies. Outside is course thread, inside is a
1/4-20" thread to
accept a standard 1/4" eye bolt. Please click here to purchase threaded inserts.
Video & photos coming soon
- Using
Threaded inserts
- Attaching
heads to Herters decoys
Video & photos coming soon