Lambodar Sahu

The hunter who aspires to shoot down coots searches the sky for a medium sized black bird. Its anatomy and physiology copy the features of other feathered creatures in the Rallidae Family. Its web feet indicate that it belongs in the Genus named Fulica. However, the eyes of this winged animal are the thing that should interest the hunter.

Unlike humans, ducks can actually see UV light. Why is that fact important, and how does it relate to the subject of coot decoys? Well, a duck’s feathers can reflect UV light. Therefore, when one duck looks at a fellow swimmer/flyer, it notes the reflected UV rays.

However, conventional decoys always absorbed those same rays. Therefore, an animal in the Fulica Genus could distinguish any “fake ducks” from the real ones. Now the introduction of UVision paint has abolished that hunt-related problem. Following the introduction of that paint, the Flambeau decoy came on the market.

Flambeau’s painted model of a bird with black feathers does exactly what it is supposed to do. It fools the hunted bird into thinking that another member it species is swimming in the water. The sight of that animal hints at the presence of a food source. Therefore, it encourages a flying creature to land, and hopefully to eat.

Because this carefully painted object is made with a high impact plastic, it holds up well, despite feeling repeated knocks, knocks that result from being thrown into a pond or lake. Consequently, the avid sportsman does not need to worry about replacing this confidence building aid at the start of each hunting season.

Freed of concerns about lousy “duck fakers,” the gun-toting man or woman can look forward to a successful duck hunting season. He or she might even salivate, while thinking about the main dish at a future meal.