Spreads & special plays.

Spreads and special plays are the tactics shelf of the decoy catalog: 11 guides that go beyond ducks-on-water into diver long lines, confidence birds, field-spread geometry, flagging, and the single-decoy plays for turkey and deer. If you already own decoys and want to know where they go - or you are eyeing a species where one well-placed fake does the whole job - this is your section. The trade-off is real: several of these plays, deer decoying especially, carry real safety and legality caveats and punish sloppy setups, so each guide spells out when the trick works and when to leave the plastic at home.