Goose Decoys

Tips on Decoying Geese

5 Essential Items You Need to Be Prepared for the Upcoming Hunting Season
It is essential for any outdoor sportsmen to prepare themselves before the hunting season begins. Giving their weapon a quick checkup, along with spending time at the gun range can refresh them on safety procedures and improve their shooting accuracy. Any seasoned experienced bird hunter will not head out for a day of hunting, without all the necessary equipment.
Law-Abiding Citizen – Many federal, state and local authorities require you to have validpertinent licenses and permits on you at all times while hunting. Generally, there are specific limits of how many specific animal species can be captured in a day, or hunting season.
Finding Your Way –You should have a complete set of maps to whatever area you are heading out to hunt. Additionally, a quality compass can help you maintain your bearings on dark or overcast days.
A Well-Maintained Weapon – There will be no hunting without a rifle. A full day of hunting will require no fewer than 10 cartridges.
Sight Unseen – Positive hunting results can only be accomplished by remaining undetectable to the prey your hunting. Wearing a complete camouflage outfit, matching the seasonal landscape, can dramatically improve your invisibility.
Additional Equipment – Taking garbage bags along for all unwanted items treats the hunting area and environment with respect. Any additional items, such as knives, saws, strong nylon rope, duck decoys, duck calls and animals scents can easily be transported in a camouflage backpack.
Information on local permit requirements, where to buy maps, rifles, camouflage apparel and any other additional hunting equipment, such as duck decoys and animals scents can be found online. Many companies will deliver your items around the world.

Decoys act as visual stimuli that lure geese within your shotgun range.  The more visible your staging formation is the better your odds are in drawing in the geese.  Where you stage your formation as well as the amount of decoys used, sizes, contrast, and movements all play a role in luring in the geese. 

Location Tips

• Set up goose decoys is where there is an ample amount of foods that geese naturally feed on such as grass, hay, barley, corn, and beans.
• Location should appear safe to the geese.  The larger the open area is the better.  Geese will avoid situations that will put them at risk of prey such as ditches, fences, rock piles, heavy overgrowth, and brush. 
• Take into consideration of how visible you can stage your decoys.  Hilly areas make for great visibility if they are on a open range
• Remember that geese land into the wind when staging your decoys.  Use the “V” formation with the tip of the “V” into the wind with the open-end on the downwind side or the “C” formation in the same fashion.
• On windy cold days, stage decoys a little less then a third of the way down the hill staggering a few closer to the top for visibility purpose.  Geese will naturally land where they can find some relief from the cold and wind.