"resters"

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Do many of you feel they would be true advantage for these vs. just getting more actives, lookers, or feeders in a "small" spead of 4dz GHG pro goose decoys?

What is there best application in the late winter field -on the ice -around pound?

Thanks for any insight
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[Josh Brugmans]

If your mainly hunting the fields I would go with the lookers,actives or feeders. The resters look great sitting on a beach or sheet of ice along the river. IMO go with lookers... cant go wrong with lookers.

[Bob "Chappy" Chaplin]

Allot of the places I get to hunt aren't pressured real real hard, and I will use only 4 dozen decoys. It consists of :

4 Lookers
8 Active
3 dozen feeders.

Now that's when in I am field, around water I will add sleepers, and resters.
Now this of course all depends on what the birds in the area are doing at these places. Always try to mimick the birds you are scouting in your hunting spread.

[SMIGRATOR]

I have'nt needed them in the past, but this year i will be adding them to my spread for sure. it will put a hole differant look out there for me and the birds.

[James Staten]

Much like Chappy said. If I am in the fields I usually don't concern myself with as many rester/sleepers as I would actives and ecspecially feeders. But we do hunt allot on the water and sand bars and that's when the rester/sleeper really looks good and is very deadly. Mostly match what you see when you scout. Sometimes I have found fields with a large pond in them that have some geese resting and such in the middle of the day as a mid day resting hole.

James Staten

[Rusty Hallock]

I see most people use full body sleepers and resters on water set ups such as ice edges, ponds and sand bars. With that being said, I used my FFD Resters the enitre season while hunting in cut soy bean and corn fields. It offers additional head and body positions. In my opinion, variety equals realism and you can never have to much realism in your spread.

[CurrituckBoy]

The resters are great on water on a cold day.

Michael

[Kile Jones]

In the late season they can be lethal especially in the snow! sometimes geese when they land wont even start to feed they just sit right down to warm up the grund underneath to get to that waste corn. i like actives with resters beacasue it shows birds are content and active at the same tme

[Josh Ernst]

IMO....They are deadly in a bean/pea fields. We also used them around water setups too. We used them in and around our blinds to add different body positions. We kept a few lookers out in front of the blinds calling to the approaching flocks and used the actives and feeders to create the bigger portion of the spread.

[Kevin Kriha]

Where we live, resters are the most usefull along the edges of open water on top of the ice, in a field with a flooded hole in it, or in a field during a snow storm we've noticed geese tend to land where they see other geese in the field and feel comfort so they will land and usually settle in for the storm. I think any place that you hunt that geese are coming to to roost or spend the day and not just eat the resters will defenitly be a great addition to your spread. If all you do is hunt fields where the birds stop in the morning and or night to feed then go with the actives. Let us know what you decide.

[KevinSkalicky]

I used some resters this year on the mississippi in December and they worked great. I've seen them work early in the season, but I would definately say they seem to work best in cold temps. It never hurts to mix things up though in the fall temps

[Jon Lee]

We used them last year when working traffic birds, on the days we are able to hunt geese all day I think they helped in our sucess, late morning and into the afternoon they are right on.

[Kevin Addy]

As others have stated, we used then while field hunting this year and had great results. I believe they give the spread a relaxed / content look. A lot of times when there is a lot of food in the field the geese will lay down to feed since they dont have to walk around to find the next piece of grain. They will also take a nap in the field when they are full and others in the flock are still feeding.

[Doug Steinke]

Pond or ice, I'd buy the sleeper pack (24 resters 24 sleepers) and one looker. Music to my ears.

[lockedup1]

On the last day of the season after shooting our limit and picking up the decoys a pair came in and fed for about 5 minutes then went into the resting position. When we pulled out they were still there. This was a field set up.

[Chad Ryan]

resters and sleepers have been one of the most affective thing that i have added to my spread. In the field, i usually keep all of the resters and sleepers in their own little pod seperate from the active/feeders/lookers. i noticed a lot of time geese wanted to land near the sleepers and resters. in the late season i also converted two dozen shells into sleepers and set them in with a dozen fullbody sleepers and resters and it worked so well i was amazed. the geese would want to land next to them everytime, and on a side note, the night before scouting the geese we noticed they would land and walk about ten yards and lay down. get these in your spread it is a new look that shows content; resting geese. very affective.

[CamoHunter870]

Like the other guys have said, they are a nice addition to your spread when certain situations warrant.
After our season was over, I spend a few days watching geese feed in the snow and observed they would sit down very quickly when they found food. After eating that area out, they would walk to the next area, and sit down and start feeding again.
I plan on purchasing a pack of shells next year so I can have feeders/resters/sleepers with the ability to go all sleepers when conditions warrant.