do it yourself decoys for hunting geese

[jollyroger]

Found an interesting picture in a hunting magazine yesterday, but unfortunately it had no explanation or write up to go with it:

This guy was hunting geese and had a field full of "decoys" made of nothing more than a white bag, (or pillow case?) with one end tied to a stake so they hung just barely to the ground...???

Anybody seen or tried this?

Anybody have any other doit yourself type decoys they find work?

 

[sherlockbonez]

They are wind sock for snow geese. I think they are just torn out linen sheets. I've also seen ppl use garbage bags.

Never tried it, no snow here in S.Ont.

 

[bronco_mudder]

When the snowgoose migration was bigger through the interlake here in Manitoba friends wouyld use paper towel as decoys for them. You can lay out a lot of decoys with only a couple rolls of scott towels and some sticks from the closest willow bush.

 

[dave_t73]

Yep, hear that one before with the napkins/towels.

 

[Swifty]

Back when I still bird hunted in the 70's I've seen snows come into javex jugs .

 

[BBB]

I've done something similar, though my method is a little more involved. Here it is:

Buy white kitchen sized garbage bags.

Fold in closed corners to the middle-ish area to make a blunted point.

Stick down folds with black duct tape.

Make heads from garden stakes. Can be stakes painted white as is, or you can cut off the tops at an angle then glue them back on to look more beaky.

Staple the tops and bottoms of the open end to the stakes, 2/3 of the way up the stakes with the staples 4ish inches apart, so the bag can catch the wind.

Set them up facing the wind.

Shoot geese. I've had birds land in these and start feeding.

I've got a picture of a few of them set up, somewhere. If I find it, I'll post it.
They work best in a tight bunch, with some more realistic decoys around the edges.

Edit: Found it.

 

[asphalt599]

I have seen that done before. They use white plastic bags...something like what you buy for your kitchen garbage. They put black X's with black duct tape on some of them. Supposed to work well for snow geese.