Decoy spreads??
- Thread starter deerslayer06
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That's just it we would need to know land or water.
With a dozen though a good early season spread would be a C or V shaped layout.
Put yourself at the middle of the curve, or the point opposite the opening. This works great in corn and wheat fields if your wearing camo that matches. Make sure you leave the open side wide enough to allow at least a dozen or so geese room to land other wise they will land short on one of the sides.
Another option is the two groups as said above.
When you get more a good layout is an X shaped one with yourself in the middle of the X . This gives them some options on were to land.
Make sure you scout the night before and know the specific spot they are landing. In bigger fields you can be fubar'd because they landed 100yds to the left of the hump instead of on the hump.
Make sure your C or V layout points into the wind and you lie with your back to the wind.
If there is a hump in the field and the geese are landing close to it, set up in a way to allow the geese to come up the hill to you, NEVER be on the other side of the hill cause they get all messed up trying to land, and will either take off or land somewhere else in the field.
With a dozen though a good early season spread would be a C or V shaped layout.
Put yourself at the middle of the curve, or the point opposite the opening. This works great in corn and wheat fields if your wearing camo that matches. Make sure you leave the open side wide enough to allow at least a dozen or so geese room to land other wise they will land short on one of the sides.
Another option is the two groups as said above.
When you get more a good layout is an X shaped one with yourself in the middle of the X . This gives them some options on were to land.
Make sure you scout the night before and know the specific spot they are landing. In bigger fields you can be fubar'd because they landed 100yds to the left of the hump instead of on the hump.
Make sure your C or V layout points into the wind and you lie with your back to the wind.
If there is a hump in the field and the geese are landing close to it, set up in a way to allow the geese to come up the hill to you, NEVER be on the other side of the hill cause they get all messed up trying to land, and will either take off or land somewhere else in the field.
Im hunting on a 2 acre pond with bushes around the edge.
I don't have any goose floter decoys just field docoys. We tryed setting up two dozen field decoys around the edge but the birds landed and stayed on the other side of the pond.
Hope you can help me
Luke
I don't have any goose floter decoys just field docoys. We tryed setting up two dozen field decoys around the edge but the birds landed and stayed on the other side of the pond.
Hope you can help me
Luke
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- Hillbilly shack in the boonies
Its really tough to call. The terrain, approach, wind direction, 2 acres is small, and not to get a shot at geese coming to a pond 
. If aloth of wind, geese will land in the middle maybe , but will make towards the calm upwind edge. Is their food in the pond, a sand bar etc.
If they come to the pond in the evening, they won't last long and be gone for good if hunted, ie. Do not hunt the roost, if you want to hunt the same birds again.
The best bet would be to setup where they exit the pond in morning , and get a crack at them pass shooting.
. If aloth of wind, geese will land in the middle maybe , but will make towards the calm upwind edge. Is their food in the pond, a sand bar etc. If they come to the pond in the evening, they won't last long and be gone for good if hunted, ie. Do not hunt the roost, if you want to hunt the same birds again.
The best bet would be to setup where they exit the pond in morning , and get a crack at them pass shooting.
Get some pipe insulation. The black stuff, about 1". Attach along the bottom edge of the decoy body. Drill a couple small hole in body and hold in place with snap ties. Drill a hole in front of shell to tie line and weight. Voila, field/floaters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think that Farmboy and Levi hit the nails on the head. Try to avoid hunting the water and give them a place to keep coming back to. Try to get into either a cut grain or corn field somewhere in between where they are heading to and from. When putting the decoys in the field (either the said 2 group or "V" method) keep them spread apart pretty good. As geese that are close together are nervous geese. When the geese come in and see that they will most likely flair at the last minute. It aint cheap but invest in some more decoys. We have about 4 dozen shells, 2 full bodies, and 3 or 4 of the 40 inch (I think thats the size) shells. We invested in one of those goose flags, and man do those things bring them in. But keep in mind if using one of those things to shut er' down when they are commited at about 100 to 200 yards away.
Set up a small family group(3-5 dekes,feeders and 1 sentinal) behind you and then put some downwind on both sides like a "J" or "U" or half moon. I try to simulate a group that is feeding with smaller groups(2-3 dekes uprights or sentinels) "walking" towards them. If you leave 15-20yds between your 2 main groups the other greedy geese will "leap-frog" the walking ones to beat them to the food that the original family group is eating behind you. I have watched wild geese do this a lot of times it is a deadly tactic. On windy days it is dynamite. Prey on their instincts. All the want is food, the are greedy buggers and if you give them enough space in the spread you won't believe the crap they do. Good luck and try to stay away from the "roost". You will be able to consitantly shoot geese in the surrounding fields if they have somewhere to retreat to. Hope this helps cause it took me a while of trial and error to figure that one out.
