Question about setups!

[dandrews]

Hey guys,
This is probably a stupid question but it's been a real problem for me this year. How do you pull geese out of a field you "can't" hunt over to a field you "can" hunt? Is it just a matter of a lot of decoys and calling or is it even possible? Also,if they are feeding in a picked cornfield and a bean field is bordering it, is it impossible to even pull em' off? Thanks for any suggestions!
D. Andrews

[JEDJR]

D.andrews, that is a tough spot to be in. Set up as close to that field as you can, setup a realistic , huge feeding spread and stay well concealed in your groundblinds.What birds you will pull off, you cant afford any mistakes. Try being aggressive with your calling and flaging in trying to pull birds to you. You should have some success, but pulling geese out of a hot field is a tall order.

Hope this helps you some, and good luck to you.

[dandrews]

Thanks Jed!
I know it's a tall order, so I figured I'd get as much help from you guys as I can before trying it. Thanks again man and good luck to you and your family in this trying time. You are in my prayers!
D. Andrews

[Mark Brendemuehl]

dandrews- yes you can do it... be patient. You will likely get chances after they hit the other field first. If nothing else, maybe they will fly low enough over you getting off the other one, and give you some shots. Like Jed said, flag the snot out of them. I would get very aggressive with the flags, and would put a bunch of decoys on motion stakes... anything where you can add movement to give you a little edge. I hunt next to a deal like this all the time. We jsut cant get permission to hunt that field, but we can hunt next to it... there is NEVER birds in the one we want, but we mange to get our chances. Good luck!
Mark

[Chris Jones]

Dandrews,
Unforunatly I find myself in this situation all to often eveyr season. We here in Colorado have what they call county "open space". It is agricultural land which is unaccessable to everything. Because, of this these geese learn very quickly that they are safe there.
Your best bet as stated before is to set up as close as you can with all your i's dotted and T's crossed. If you can play the wind in this situation and set up on the downwind side of the field will often up your chances. It does take alot of decoys to do it with consistant success, but it can be done. You simply have to make them think they are missing something.
One of the spots I have that comes to mind is a sod farm which is in unicorperated city limits but the fields to the south are not. I approached the owner and gained permission to stake a blue tarp out in the middle of it when we hunted it. At first he was leary about my plan (and probably questioning my sainity) After I convinced him it would be a benefit to him, he abliged.
The problem we see with our geese is once they fall into a routine they become almost unhuntable.
They will still come to the field but not land in that field with that tarp. This seems to mess with thier routine just enough to make them volnurable again. Definitly would look into something like that but make sure you get permission.
If that is not an option, go with what these guys have stated that would definitly be your best bet!
Hope this helps... GOOD LUCK!!

[Brett Beinke]

Yes you can. Ideally though I like to hunt field in between the roost and the field they are hitting and I like to stay far enough away from the field that shooting will not affect their feeding. Instead of a one day hunt you can have very consistant shootinf for quite a while before they feed the field out. This is a great situation as long as nobody has access to the X. If someone is hunting the x stay close as they can be called in even after they were just shot at! Ideally, nobody can hunt the X and you have a good field in between the x and the roost. You will have great shooting for a longer period of time than to burn them off the x for one good shoot. You will need large numbers of decoys (the number depends on the amount of birds in the area) and agressive calling. A flag is also a must!

[Hest]

Flagging and aggressive calling! You have to make it look and sound like that's the new hot spot to be in! Make it look like old home week at the farm! But most importantly! FLAG FLAG FLAG!! The more flags the better, and the more volume the better!

WHACK EM!