FIELD TOOL No. 01 — SPREAD PLANNER

Plan your spread.

Wind, water, and what's in the trailer — a working diagram in ten seconds.

Setting
Target
NNEESESSWWNW
WindFROM NWBirds finish into the wind. The pocket sets up downwind of your hide.
Decoy inventoryTRAILER: 31
Floaters18
Full-bodies12
Silhouettes / socks0
Spinning-wing1
Hide
Bird pressure

Every input above applies as you set it. This reshuffles the same set into a fresh arrangement.

Pattern

J-HOOK

The long arm runs downwind of the hide like a fence — trading birds hit it, follow it up, and stall in the pocket.

J-HOOK — 19 decoys, wind from NW, pocket 28 yards off the hideOPEN WATER2535BIRDSPOCKETHIDEWIND25 YDN
  • Floater
  • Full-body
  • Sock
  • Spinner
  • Hide
18 FLOATERS · 1 SPINNER — 19 TOTAL
POCKET 28 YD OFF THE HIDE
—Full-bodies stay in the trailer on water.
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