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Docott
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:07 pm Posts: 1451
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 Mallard machine ?
Saw some posts about MM in another thread. To those of you who use them... How effective do you find them? As good as the mojo before the ducks learned what they were? When/under what conditions is the MM most effective? When is it less affective? Do you think it works better than a jerk line enough to make it worth the extra trouble? Has anybody made their own? It would be simple to do. I've seen some people have on YouTube. It would save some money-especially if you had and old troller or could get one cheap.
Thanks.
Spence
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:31 pm |
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Bigbuckfever
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sat May 28, 2011 11:18 pm Posts: 2114 Location: Slinger, WI
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
I just started looking into that this morning, I've got a 30# thrust trolling motor i picked up at a garage sale. I can't decide if its worth trying to build an ice eater or turn it into a mallard machine.
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:48 pm |
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duckduckboom
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:33 pm Posts: 5603 Location: Corner of Hell an high water, La
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
they are a pain in the ass to build, pain in the ass to put out and pick up every time. If you don't leave your decoys don't bother. I will buy trolling motors thou
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:39 pm |
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mizzippi jb
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:53 pm Posts: 5077 Location: The duck Mecca called Ga!
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
Jerk rig....
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 7:11 pm |
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Bigbuckfever
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sat May 28, 2011 11:18 pm Posts: 2114 Location: Slinger, WI
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
_________________ Every day I'm paddlin' 1848 Gatortail boat and 37 efi GTR.
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:01 pm |
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odass
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:30 pm Posts: 1928
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:25 pm |
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duckduckboom
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:33 pm Posts: 5603 Location: Corner of Hell an high water, La
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
Looks like I already got it
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:31 pm |
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Bigbuckfever
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sat May 28, 2011 11:18 pm Posts: 2114 Location: Slinger, WI
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
Ddb would have first dibs...
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:36 pm |
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duckduckboom
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:33 pm Posts: 5603 Location: Corner of Hell an high water, La
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
Boom
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:37 pm |
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odass
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:30 pm Posts: 1928
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
Dammit!
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:11 pm |
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QuackStacker5253
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:47 am Posts: 281 Location: Longview/Tyler Tx
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
There a pain in the ass to set out and pick up... Jerk rig works just as well for a hell of a lot cheaper and much simpler...
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:59 pm |
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Docott
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:07 pm Posts: 1451
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
Thanks. How many decoys do you usually usually put on a single jerk line? Do you just use a small anchor on the far end? I've heard of attaching a bungee cord to the anchor and then the line to it. Is that worth it? Do you worry about then line coming out off the water when you pull it? I thought about using another small anchor near the boat/blind and running the cord through it like a pulley.
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:03 pm |
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AKA Freshwaterkilla
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2012 12:06 pm Posts: 6584
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
200 u fukn idiot
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:06 pm |
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AKA Freshwaterkilla
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2012 12:06 pm Posts: 6584
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
Alrite I'll quit being an ass some people seem to have so much edumacation but no common sense docott it's so simple u don't need a set of plans go to the hardware store buy a 6 ft piece of steel 3/8 put it in the hitch of ur truck bend about 6 inches of it into a 90 for a handle to shove in ground but a roll of green 1/4 in mainline attach to steel bar buy the longest bungee u can find attach to pole pull slack in main line and tie bungee in get the little copper flare fittings that are for flaring copper tubing and run down mainline where u want decoy squeeze with pliers run a big snap swivel to crimped flare fitting then run another one down and crimp for each place u want decoy usually 7 at the most then find a nice fiberglass shovel handle with rubber grip drill hole and insert line and tie knot and booyah u have a jerk rig
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:23 pm |
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Docott
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:07 pm Posts: 1451
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
Thank you AKA 
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:29 pm |
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AKA Freshwaterkilla
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2012 12:06 pm Posts: 6584
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
But honestly it's a pain in the ass to set up every time too unless u r hunting in flooded timber and are wading in and out
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:38 pm |
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dfou
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:38 am Posts: 3986 Location: Pville, La
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Docott
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:07 pm Posts: 1451
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
I'll do what I have to to keep my digits.
_________________ Phil Robertson said,"It seems like, to me, a vagina -- as a man -- would be more desirable than a man's anus,"
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Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:27 am |
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odass
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:30 pm Posts: 1928
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
I took my mm and used the battery pack from ahigdon pulsator .plugs right in and automatically cycles like the higdon. Makes it a lot easier than running cords to blind
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Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:06 am |
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Tnquackerwhacker
MMT Addict
Joined: Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:50 am Posts: 721
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
Duckthang,I've hunted over these for three years and they are bad ass. My buddy is the builder. They back their product 100%.
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Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:40 am |
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Woodiebuster
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:00 pm Posts: 6060 Location: Choudrant, La
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
My jerk string always gets tangled and clusterfukked in the weeds and grass and nobody ever wants to pull on it plus the ducks might spot you.
I've started rachet strapping a trolling motor to a stump in the decoy spread with a small 4 wheeler/motorcycle battery hooked to it and leave it on a low speed all morning that way there are ripples on the water continuously.
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Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:58 am |
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Docott
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:07 pm Posts: 1451
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
I had a similar idea, Woodie. Hunting out of boat blind-small transom mount trolling motor mounted on the gunnel facing decoys. flip the controls around so they're in the boat and you could even control speed and direction.
_________________ Phil Robertson said,"It seems like, to me, a vagina -- as a man -- would be more desirable than a man's anus,"
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Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:58 pm |
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schmitt
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:33 pm Posts: 1177 Location: WI
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
_________________ 1848 DeadFowl pushed by a Stage 4 Delta powered MB HDR (JBP dusting)
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Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:22 pm |
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odass
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:30 pm Posts: 1928
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
_________________ Dead Fowl Custom 1954hd with a GTR
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Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:18 pm |
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mizzippi jb
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:53 pm Posts: 5077 Location: The duck Mecca called Ga!
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 Re: Mallard machine ?
Academy and rig em right make really nice jerk rig set ups for less than 30 dollars
_________________ HOTSAUCE170 wrote: I've never gone to Seminole for the amenities/luxury the two reasons I go down there are to kill shit and get fucked up with like minded individuals aka OG'S. If you want to swirl wine and stay in a room where politics and investment diversity are discussed (with no roaches) lake lanier is near Atlanta. If you wanna have an awesome time and maybe stay in a room where children were conceived on one side and someone got stabbed over an 8-ball on the other come on down I got a can of raid.
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