Silhouette decoys are always a smart choice for hunters, but their effectiveness is quite noticeable when they help your decoy spread stick out from the crowd. And if you're still not sure about making the switch, here are four more reasons why you should go two-dimensional with your decoy spread this fall.
Despite everything, how many decoys do you need for snow geese?
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That said, how many Canada goose decoys do I need?
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.
How many goose floaters do I need?
When targeting only geese over water using a boat we typically run as many as we can fit which depending what boat blind we take out its anywhere from 60 to 120 I feel the more the better along with that if the situation presents itself we always throw out around four dozen land decoys if we can.
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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.
The best shot size for snow geese is BBB steel shot. Why? Because a good patterning load of BBB steel shot contains enough pattern density and energy to consistently harvest snow geese at up to 50 yards or more.
Canada geese will land on the downwind side of the spread and walk in to the body of the group. With the number of geese usually much less than that of snows with feeds ranging from 200- 10000 birds the decoys spread should represent that with numbers.
I would consider the afternoon hunt to be between 11am to about 3pm. Early afternoon can be a good hunting time as the geese come off their morning feeding spots and head back to their resting area. If they see an attractive spread of decoys in a field the geese may stop in if they are still hungry.
It is absolutely possible to hunt geese without decoys if you are in the right spot and you are well concealed. In most cases, it will likely improve your chances by adding some decoys to your hunting location but if you do not have immediate access to decoys then you certainly can give these techniques a try.
Duck, Duck, Goose Does that mean you should mix duck and goose decoys? For Field Proven Calls co-owner Field Hudnall, the answer is simple: Sort of. He's not convinced you need duck decoys when you have goose decoys out. In fact, he will sometimes hunt ducks over nothing but Canada goose decoys.
On smaller, confined waters, a spread of six to 36 decoys should be sufficient. On larger waters or dry fields, hunters should put out as many decoys as practical. I never heard of anybody scaring ducks or geese away because they used too many decoys. Typically, the more, the merrier.
The most effective way to scare geese away is with trained goose-herding dogs. Herding dogs convince geese they are not safe from predators. This should only be done by specially trained dogs working with a handler.
It is perfectly legal to shoot geese on the water (including in Maryland), or for that matter shooting them on the ground also. In some peoples opinion it is not sporting or ethical. I'm not one to go jump shoot a flock of birds in a field or loafing on water, but if geese land in my decoys, they are getting shot.
You can typically get one really good hunt at a hot field. After you shoot into a few flocks, though, things get dicey. Geese might return to an especially tempting food source, but they often wait a few days before doing so and are exceptionally wary when they do.
Geese will almost always try to land against the wind. The exceptions would be if they have to fly a very short distance or if the wind is almost calm. Geese might not fly at all if the winds exceed 35mph.