12 years ago I would have pawned my truck to get one. They were that awesome. Now that every duck sees them from Canada to Mexico they are not nearly as effective. I think they still help at times. Motion On the water would be more important to me.

 

NO. IMO they just flare birds any time after the first week of season here.

a jerk rig is much more effictive.

 

They're cheap enough ($100 for the drake/hen pair) now that I would say yes. I have the best luck with them first thing in the morning when it's still not real light out and early in the season.

 

Just finished using them at the end of our season and have mixed feelings...Sometimes worked good and sometimes flared duck. I will make the final call next season and then maybe put them up for sale LOL

 

I don't like them other than during early teal season and at first light. I'd say don't buy them

 

I use them for dove, teal, and big duck season. They work best for ducks on cloudy days, but have had them work on bluebird days as well. I don't like the super or other big spinners. They do flare the birds. I use the baby mojos only.

 

It really depends how you use them. One of the key things I will do, particularly later season, is keep the remote in my hand when the birds are working the spread.

Once I have the flock's attention, I will shut it off and let them work the spread. If they do a high pass I will flip it on again during the turn of the flock and quickly off again and variate the pattern with some good calling.

Basically I look at the spinner as I do a call, keep the variation up, show them something they don't see in every other spread and you'll kill more birds.

 

I don't think you can beat a spinner for teal at any time of the season, and if I couldn't call or hide well, I'd probably want one for big ducks, too. Geese hate them here on the Gulf Coast end of the flyway, and I understand that's largely the case anywhere south of the Canadian staging grounds. Maybe even there?

In any event, during the big duck season the only one I'll use is hard-wired through a switch in the blind that makes it easy to turn on for teal and off for big ducks, with the exceptions of teasing reluctant big ducks (just as one might flag geese that have turned off the call and rig) and helping to draw attention from parties that can or will not hide.

 

Geese hate spinners in Canada as well. We'll keep them in the spread to shoot ducks early and then pull them right down out of the spread.

 

I don't think you can beat a spinner for teal at any time of the season, and if I couldn't call or hide well, I'd probably want one for big ducks, too. Geese hate them here on the Gulf Coast end of the flyway, and I understand that's largely the case anywhere south of the Canadian staging grounds. Maybe even there?

In any event, during the big duck season the only one I'll use is hard-wired through a switch in the blind that makes it easy to turn on for teal and off for big ducks, with the exceptions of teasing reluctant big ducks (just as one might flag geese that have turned off the call and rig) and helping to draw attention from parties that can or will not hide.

Rick - is there an easy answer to how you hard-wired relative to wire gauge and battery/amps/volts?

 

Geese hate spinners in Canada as well. We'll keep them in the spread to shoot ducks early and then pull them right down out of the spread.

While l have shot a few Canada's in a mixed spread running a mojo...would agree. Have wondered what it is they don't like...local, family gaggles in early season can't be wise to 'em.

 

Heres the deal with a MOJO.
THey work sick in certain times, and are useless in others.

If your shooting ducks in a feild, especiallly on rainy/windy days. They are your best freind... Put out 3 to 6 of them and watch the show....

If your hunting geese, or say a mixed bag, junk em, as discussed above geese flare from just the sight of em. In my years of using these tools ive only ever had one group of honkers do it over top of a MOJO. But note if you get the on/off remote you can just shut them off while working geese.

Shooting teal/wood ducks, they can be a great weapon. As they catch the birds eye and will often convince the bird to give you a look.

Hunting Big ducks over water, i prefer to only use them on windy/rainy/cloudy days. Or if i know im going to be in a area that i will have to pull groups of ducks from the distance.

Again these are my personal opinions so take em as you may....

But at the end of the day to answer your question, i consider them a good tool to have, having 2 or 3 of them can not hurt you if you use them right.

 

I don't think you can beat a spinner for teal at any time of the season, and if I couldn't call or hide well, I'd probably want one for big ducks, too. Geese hate them here on the Gulf Coast end of the flyway, and I understand that's largely the case anywhere south of the Canadian staging grounds. Maybe even there?

In any event, during the big duck season the only one I'll use is hard-wired through a switch in the blind that makes it easy to turn on for teal and off for big ducks, with the exceptions of teasing reluctant big ducks (just as one might flag geese that have turned off the call and rig) and helping to draw attention from parties that can or will not hide.

Rick - is there an easy answer to how you hard-wired relative to wire gauge and battery/amps/volts?

Mine is wired to a 12v deep cycle battery through common outdoor extension cord using the dash light on/off and dimmer function of an old truck light switch as an on/off switch and rpm rheostat. (Talked to an older guy at a parts store, and he found and ordered it for me.) The advantage to the rheostat, beyond acting as a resistor that may (or may not?) extend motor life, is that when the battery starts to fade, I can retain effective rpms a good while longer by lowering that resistance. Others who hard-wire to 12v batteries use 12v to 6v reducers, while still others wire direct and claim the big batteries don't, as some claim, harm the whirligig motors. Haven't the experience with the later to have a clue who might be correct.

 

Mine is wired to a 12v deep cycle battery through common outdoor extension cord using the dash light on/off and dimmer function of an old truck light switch as an on/off switch and rpm rheostat. (Talked to an older guy at a parts store, and he found and ordered it for me.) The advantage to the rheostat, beyond acting as a resistor that may (or may not?) extend motor life, is that when the battery starts to fade, I can retain effective rpms a good while longer by lowering that resistance. Others who hard-wire to 12v batteries use 12v to 6v reducers, while still others wire direct and claim the big batteries don't, as some claim, harm the whirligig motors. Haven't the experience with the later to have a clue who might be correct.

Thanks - appreciate that. Some have cautioned me that even the wrong wire to a 6v 4.5A (as from in a layout blind) would be an issue given amps. The only 6v 4.5A 'switch' I've located was the size of a microchip. But hard wiring to a big blind battery and/or 6v 4.5 A would solve a couple issues. Been through too many 'remotes' to do that again.

I will say my visit to the once trusted Radio Shack for things I do not understand was met with two college hotties only well-versed in iPods and smartphones.

 

I have a 12 volt car battery that I keep In the blind for
Lights and I have two minis hard wired to it. You can get a 12v to 6v converter at radio shack. I have run mine like this for years with no issue. It's nice to be able to cycle them with the flip of a light switch.

 

I have a 12 volt car battery that I keep In the blind for
Lights and I have two minis hard wired to it. You can get a 12v to 6v converter at radio shack. I have run mine like this for years with no issue. It's nice to be able to cycle them with the flip of a light switch.

So you are running 2 mojo's from a 12V-to-6V converter and using a standard light switch?

 

I will say my visit to the once trusted Radio Shack for things I do not understand was met with two college hotties only well-versed in iPods and smartphones.

So... Which smartphone you'd end up with???

Once we were many... Now we are few...

 

I will say my visit to the once trusted Radio Shack for things I do not understand was met with two college hotties only well-versed in iPods and smartphones.

So... Which smartphone you'd end up with???

Once we were many... Now we are few...

:lol3: Sad to say I was more interested in my mojo.

 

Ducking Hunting: Serious business :beer:

Once we were many... Now we are few...

 

We run them regularly in or mixed spread. Geese don't seem to be bothered. All my Mojos are on remote, but even then sometimes I forget to turn it off and still have the geese come down. Guess it just different place to place.

 

They are a good tool to have in your tool box. However they are no substitute for scouting,decoy placement and calling. I use them in certain conditions but 9 times out of 10 a jerk string and proper calling will do better.

 

They're cheap enough ($100 for the drake/hen pair) now that I would say yes. I have the best luck with them first thing in the morning when it's still not real light out and early in the season.

x2

 

Is Macks the only place that still has the 2 for $100...or 2 for $109?

 

This was my first season with a mojo and will never hunt a field without one. Killed a limit of mallards with only the mojo going in a goose spread, every flock that flew by wanted to be on top of that thing. Granted it was early in the season and in an area with low hunting pressure, but I was still amazed how it pulled them in.
I also got a drake mallard wind spinner that I painted up like a bluebill to mount to the layout boat. Didnt get a chance to test it out this year but can't wait till next season

I think they are just another tool to add to the box, sometimes its worth it to bring along, other times its not. Its always good to have options

 

This was my first season with a mojo and will never hunt a field without one. Killed a limit of mallards with only the mojo going in a goose spread, every flock that flew by wanted to be on top of that thing. Granted it was early in the season and in an area with low hunting pressure, but I was still amazed how it pulled them in.
I also got a drake mallard wind spinner that I painted up like a bluebill to mount to the layout boat. Didnt get a chance to test it out this year but can't wait till next season

I think they are just another tool to add to the box, sometimes its worth it to bring along, other times its not. Its always good to have options

They do work pretty well for divers. I've used my mojo mallard in a diver spread several times.