What is the best decoy for geese?
Big Foot Full Body Goose Decoys These hard plastic polyethylene decoys are a favorite for many hunters. They are incredibly durable and will last, even when put through the hard abuse that many hunters, including myself, are known for.
Do you face goose decoys into the wind?
Hunters will often place their decoys facing one direction, which is O.K. if you want your spread to look unrealistic. Geese in a real flock will face one general direction, usually into the wind, but you will have those that are feeding or moving about that will be facing any direction.
How many goose decoys are needed?
I’ve done great with 12 decoys per hunter. It takes this many to conceal a hunter in a layout blind. Cochran echoes Bartz’s advice: “You’ve got to be in the center of the bullseye—right where the geese want to go—when you’re hunting with three dozen or fewer decoys.
Do geese like motion decoys?
Many goose hunters now rely on motion to make decoy spreads stand out. Added realism is the goal. “Motion is critical if you want to be successful,” says Minnesotan Joe Salato, a Ducks Unlimited area chairman who has been hunting Canada geese for more than 30 years.
Will ducks fly over goose decoys?
In fact, he will sometimes hunt ducks over nothing but Canada goose decoys. “Goose decoys draw ducks, but geese rarely come in to just a spread of duck decoys, so it can’t hurt to use both,” said Hudnall, of Westport, Kentucky.
Are goose shell decoys good?
“A shell decoy is, in my opinion, the most effective decoy you can have. Let me rephrase that. It’s the most realistic decoy you can have,” Hudnall said. “And to take it up a notch, the sleeper shell is the most realistic decoy you can have as far as what it’s representing.”
Should you mix duck and goose decoys?
“I do mix duck decoys among the goose decoys, but I keep the duck decoys together within the goose decoys,” he said. “It’s not out of the question for ducks to spread out and mix in with the geese as they feed, but I want my spread to look like the ducks just landed.”
Do pinwheels keep geese away?
An ornamental bird blinder pinwheel can scare a Canada goose away by mimicking a strobe light. The wheel catches light reflections and flashes them back as it spins. Geese don’t like flashing lights and will steer clear of these pinwheels.
Will geese land over duck decoys?
Most of the time, geese will try to land right between the two groups of decoys.” Wettish also believes that decoy placement is critical when hunting with a small spread. “On ponds and in small fields, you need to watch the birds once or twice before you hunt them,” he says.
How many goose floaters do I need?
“When geese commit to a spread of eight decoys, they’re right there,” he said. “Everybody’s going to get a shot at them because the birds aren’t spread (out) across the decoys. With 100 decoys, the birds can land on the left side. They can land on the right side.