How to Texas rig your decoys

In this video I'm talking about how to Texas rig your duck decoys. Texas rigs are my favorite ways to rig decoys for ducking hunting over water. These rigs are virtually tanglefree. You can also throw out and pick up a decoy spread very quickly.

This setup is much better than strap weights for most hunting situations.

[LCHWD]

A friend from church got me interested in waterfowl hunting 2-3 years ago when I moved to Alberta. He showed me how to jump shoot the irrigation canals and small pothole pounds littered around here But it wasn't until last fall I went out by myself on a mucky rainy awful cold morning in late September and I totally got the duck hunting bug! It was the greatest hunting experience I've had in my life so far. This year I bought a few duck calls (which I'm practicing a lot with) and I'm hoping to pick up 1/2 dozen decoys (Mallards) to start learning how to use them and calling to increase the number of birds I take home. Hopefully more than 2 or 3.

[AWardle]

Perfect video for a newbie like myself, thanks!

[minnowstomonsters]

Thank you, instead of the 4 ounce weights you used I used the zinc weights that you can bend to dig in the mud good, thank you for the video, works perfectly for easily taking them out when hunting public land and carrying them out! Also thank you for tip on the front and back rigging, first year duck hunting and was trying to figure out why there's the two seperate spots!

[DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

Texas rigs are the way to go! As for projects, I am getting rid of my hard side boat blind and doing a soft side, as well as beefing up my decoy spread and converting a generic kayak into a waterfowl rig! only 4 months from teal season!

[andrewkucel]

Dude thanks a lot for making this video! Very helpful

[Jayy_Black]

Very Informative and helpful.
The #6 had to be replaced with similar 20 pack on vid which came out to be less expensive.
After all said and done
A dozen DIY Rig (at current time) came out to $19.42 (w/ caribeaner and gear tie). Can’t find anything worth quality at that price. Going to make 2-3 of these sets for sure

[kylepeterson]

Changing my gear this year from under armor to sitka!

[mikeremillard]

Got my first set this year, as well as a floating mojo and a tug rig. 14 Texas rigs and the tug rig that holds four decoys

[spencerjett]

Hey Drake! I am a fairly young hunter at only 15 but, I am absolutely addicted to this sport and everything it has to offer. This next season that is coming up will mark my 3rd year as a waterfowler. I have been following your channel for a long time and I LOVE your content!! The projects I am working on this year is turning my jon boat into a full on portable duck blind. But, Not sure if I will get it finished for this upcoming season. I would love to see a video of a cheap and easy way to turn your jon boat into a portable duck blind! KEEP IT UP!!!

[fowltimeoutdoors]

Nice tutorial for building your own Texas rigs. I prefer to use a no-roll egg sinker, but whatever weight is used in personal preference. I will say I use 3 oz. no-roll egg sinkers that I pour myself and use on my Avian-X duck decoys and never have an issue with them floating/blowing off. The no-rolls lay flat on the bottom and "catch" on any flooded vegetation in the water. The only project I have for this off-season is to re-grass my layout boat, oh, and learn a new state for chasing ducks. I will be moving to KS in the next month, so, I will have some time this summer to start scouting and learning new areas.

[clintonmumbower]

Keep up these videos. By far one of the best instructional videos out there. And thank you so much for putting all the items in the video in the description. Totally ordered those cheap awesome carabiners.

[Whiskey.Tango.Actual]

Dude...I think I was your 1000th subscriber. Please keep making videos. Your confidence is improving and you provide great information. Thanks! Keep up the SitkaGear reviews too!

[tybikerman]

Hey, great video!! Explained very well and great quality video. Thanks!

[GTOutdoors]

Nice video man. Definitely worth the time to save the money. One of the only things I like about hardcore decoys is they usually come with the Texas rigs. My only major project this off season is training my dog and that seems to be going pretty good in my opinion. Looks like he'll be ready to go out come real season and finally be able to figure out what all this stuff he's learning is leading up too.

[cncfxstb]

What size swivels did you go with? There are multiple sizes with the link you provided. Good video btw!

[redroofretriever]

Project, it's more of a goal. To get rid of hunting stuff I don't use and probably won't use in the next few years. I have 3 or 4 lay out blinds, 2 boats, a room just for decoys in my shop, 3 pair of waders, progressing in age back many years. Decoys will probably stay, as all of them have a purpose, and will get used.

[Ebolson]

400lbs mono seems overkill, did you just go with it because of the thickness?

[j.wildoutdoors]

Fucking fantastic DIY tutorial! You where spot on as to what and why to use and kept your speed up to not stall, but kept it slow enough to follow. Im gonna dock 5% though, at 10:40 your next step was to go into the garage and grab your line, crimps and swivels. You made no mention of the weights until you showed them latter when you where currently in the crimping step.

95% Great job!!

[kennethpaquin]

I'm curious about texas rigs. What is the longest practical amount of line that can be used? I hunt in Maryland on tidal rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. Water depths run from one foot to over 10 feet with running currents. Is a rig like this practical where you need as much as 12 feet of line?
I like long lines for diving ducks but like to mix in some singles to break up the appearance of the lines. On tidal rivers, where I am looking for puddle ducks and geese I use standard rigging, but I don't like the plastic rigging line (Tanglefree, etc.) because it often breaks. Open to suggestions.

[mwms]

Thanks for vid. How do you carry these if you are walking in?