Abstract: A motorized waterfowl decoy can include a motor and power source (e.g., a battery). The shaft of the motor turns a flexible shaft, leg, cord or dowel that pushes against the ground, stand/stake of the decoy to impart movement to the decoy so that it moves in a realistic and random way. The weight location can be adjusted to change the balance of the decoy on its stand or stake to provide additional movement or wobbling. The flex of the shaft that imparts the movement can be selected such that it can push against the ground or other object to move the decoy, yet deflect enough to pass by the ground or stand for a next cycle of movement as it is turned by the motor. Shafts with different types and levels of flexibility can be used to create different types of movement for the decoy.

Abstract: A motorized wildlife decoy can be powered by an external power system that includes a completely enclosed or encapsulated battery that is connected to the decoy to power the drive motor(s). The power system is separate from the decoy body but can be electrically coupled to the decoy body. When coupled, the power system serves a dual purpose of providing power to the motors while acting as a ballast, or as an anchor, to anchor the motorized decoy to the bottom of a wetland, impoundment, field or other area that is being hunted.

Abstract: A motorized decoy provides lifelike feeding motion by rotating or pivoting a decoy head in and out of water. The motor releasably couples to the decoy head such that the decoy head is rotated in the rearward direction when the motor is coupled to the decoy head and in the forward direction when the motor is decoupled. The motor decouples from the head when encountering a decoupling force above a preset threshold. The decoy body can bob in, and changes its orientation relative to, the water as the decoy head pivots. The decoy head can also pause under the surface of the water before rising up from the water.

Abstract: A motorized decoy provides lifelike feeding motion by rotating a decoy head through a full 360 degrees while passing through a longitudinal channel in the decoy body. The decoy body bobs in the water as the decoy head rotates.

Abstract: A motorized decoy provides lifelike feeding motion by rotating a decoy head through a full 360 degrees while passing through a longitudinal channel in the decoy body. The decoy body bobs in the water as the decoy head rotates.

Abstract: A motorized decoy provides lifelike feeding motion by rotating a weighted head through a full 360 degrees. As the head passes the upper apex of rotation, a drive cam located on the drive shaft disengages from a cam located on the decoy head, thereby allowing the head to accelerate and plunge quickly into the water. This action simultaneously causes the rear of the decoy to rotate to a vertical orientation. The head pauses under water until the drive cam re-engages the head cam at the bottom point of the rotation and continues to rotate the head through a channel in the body. This redistribution of weight causes the body to return to a horizontal position. The head rotation continues to the apex and the cycle repeats. This motion also disturbs the surface of the water surrounding the decoy, which can impart motion to adjacent static waterfowl decoys.

Abstract: A motorized decoy provides lifelike feeding motion by rotating a weighted head through a full 360 degrees. As the head passes the upper apex of rotation, a drive cam located on the drive shaft disengages from a cam located on the decoy head, thereby allowing the head to accelerate and plunge quickly into the water. This action simultaneously causes the rear of the decoy to rotate to a vertical orientation. The head pauses under water until the drive cam re-engages the head cam at the bottom point of the rotation and continues to rotate the head through a channel in the body. This redistribution of weight causes the body to return to a horizontal position. The head rotation continues to the apex and the cycle repeats. This motion also disturbs the surface of the water surrounding the decoy, which can impart motion to adjacent static waterfowl decoys.