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#490964 - 05/30/18 01:20 PM
Does it Work? GATOR DECOY floating head
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Registered: 02/14/18
Posts: 6
Loc: Southerland VA
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I was thinking of getting one but we don't have gators in VA would it work?
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#490966 - 05/30/18 01:54 PM
Re: Does it Work? GATOR DECOY floating head
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Registered: 02/28/11
Posts: 3941
Loc: Emory TX
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For me, kind of. I keep a pair in my hatchery pond, and if I move them around, they do seem to keep GBH away. If I put them out and don't move them, the herons seem to get accustomed to them.
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#490971 - 05/30/18 02:16 PM
Re: Does it Work? GATOR DECOY floating head
[Re: mtneer99]
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Registered: 12/26/12
Posts: 62
Loc: Mebane, NC
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Works great for geese for me. I found they work best when you give them a lot of slack on the anchor line. 6' of water, 20' of line. This way the they move quite a bit on their own. But even then the GBH did get use to them over time. Once a snapper go tangled in the line and dragged it around my 2 acre pond for a couple days. That kept everything away. I'm in Central NC where there are no gators, and I even did a double take when I saw it "swimming" across the pond the first time.
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#490980 - 05/30/18 04:15 PM
Re: Does it Work? GATOR DECOY floating head
[Re: mtneer99]
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Registered: 03/31/14
Posts: 781
Loc: Paris, TX
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I would say they help with water turkey more than GBH. Turtles are bad about flipping them over while trying to climb on them. I have 4 gator heads
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