Mixing goose decoys?

[scotchy1ca]

Hey there, I was just wondering if it is feasable to mix snow and Canada goose decoys together? Reason is I have a small number of Canada decoys and a few snow goose rags that I was hoping I could throw in the mix to add to the size of my flock. This would be my first season hunting them and I always see them together in the fields. Thanks for your time.

 

[Turkeyslayer 1300]

Hey there, I was just wondering if it is feasable to mix snow and Canada goose decoys together? Reason is I have a small number of Canada decoys and a few snow goose rags that I was hoping I could throw in the mix to add to the size of my flock. This would be my first season hunting them and I always see them together in the fields. Thanks for your time.

You seem to have answered your own question.

We are starting to mix a couple snows in with our Canada decoys, as there are always a few snows around.

 

[Grouse Man]

They may be in the same field, but I never see them mingle. The Canadas will be over here, and the Snows will be over there.

 

[Turkeyslayer 1300]

We had snows dump into our Canada decoys yesterday morning........

 

[skhunter]

You will have success decoying snows with dark decoys and white decoys. If you are after canada's you will have best success with dark decoys only.

 

[scotchy1ca]

Ok, thanks for the help. I really do prefer Canadas so maybe I should stick to the dark ones for now and see what happens.

 

[Longwalker]

We live in an area with lots of mixed flocks. We always use a mixed set of decoys, but segregate them into canadas near the landing zone, and snows in two groups to form a sort of triangle. Grouse man is mostly correct, often the canadas refuse to mingle until space is limited in the field.
Snows will try to land near the Canada decoys if there are enough white decoys on either side. Not all subspecies of Canada geese act the same either. Greater Canadas are more antisocial than lessers, and they seldom want to be side by side with Snow geese. Lesser Canadas will sometimes mingle right in with the snows.

 

[Kelly Timoffee]

I heard that using black garbage bags, filled with air and pegged to the ground works.

Never done it myself but if it did work it sure would be cheap!

 

[Big Game]

I heard that using black garbage bags, filled with air and pegged to the ground works.

Never done it myself but if it did work it sure would be cheap!

We tried it with with white "Kitchen Katchers" tied onto small stakes. We eventually figured out that the problem with garbage bags was that they were too shiny.

 

[2233]

skhunter has it right. Snows will come to Canada decoys but rarely will you have it the other way around unless you happen to have a bunch of lessers as I find they often behave more like snows.