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goose question
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 8:03 pm
by drake09
Guess I'll try my hand getting into hunting the big bird never really tried it but started buying shells and some rags what kind of numbers should I shot for on decoys or any other input would be great.
Re: goose question
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 9:20 pm
by Jeff
Learn to call specks or Canadas and you need like six decoys of each with a GOOD call, and they are EASY to decoy.
Snows get about 1,000 rags and unless you have a hot field you may not fire a shot call or no call.
Re: goose question
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:42 am
by kris Schaumburg
call me when they are thick in a field you have access to
Re: goose question
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 9:10 am
by Anatidae
Depends on how Mobile you want to be and how well you are able to get concealed.
Locals birds are tough. We put-out 5 dz Higdon shells in a pea field that held 200-300 birds and didn't get'em to really 'finish' until we dug ourselves in and just used burlap with pea stubble attached with zip ties. If you have a dog - better figure on digging deep enough for it to be completely flush and train it to stay 'down' when birds are approaching.
Sometimes it's not a matter of how much or how many - as it is, what you do with what you have.
Concealment is the main priority.