avery goose decoys

[vthonkerhtr]

i just wanted to thank all of you guys for the amazing decoys you put out. i buy 1 or 2 doz a year and try to keep my flock growing and more geese dropping every year. what % of your spreads are feeders lookers and active? should i have more of one and not the other?

[Parker Knox]

we try to keep it close to 60% feeders, 30% actives 10% lookers. but that changes daily depending on the location and/or situation.

[Hansen]

For me it totally depends on location. If I'm hunting field I would day 70%feeders/29%actives and 1% lookers. :D If I'm hunting a pasture I would go more like 50/50. If I'm hunting a loafing spot I would hunt only a few feeders and mostly active and sleepers.

[Michael Reed]

As a general rule I keep my purchase ratio 2/1 (2 doz feeder for every 1 dozen active/looker)

But when I am in the field, I put out what ever looks closest to what the birds looked like. I know Langbell and his crew hunted over spreads with 98% feeders because that's what the birds looked like when they scouted!

[vthonkerhtr]

we dont have the huge flocks like alot of places a big flock is 100 birds and most of the time they come in groups of 15 to 30 and the feilds are no more then 60 acres in size and some smaller about how many decoys would you guys use if we had 3 blinds?

[Ben Cade]

I would use enough to cover up the blinds and keep things looking natural. Work on the spacing of the decoys until it looks like live geese in the field. You don't want the setup to look like a human put it out.

Use the feeders to communicate to the birds where the food source is. A pile of feeder decoys means there is food on the ground in that spot. Hungry geese should want in!

[calling4life]

Hey don't forget about the full body sleeper and resters. Having a landing zone outlined, or packed up with less aggressive decoys produces birds that are more at ease.

So maybe adding some of those is in your future. I personally find them to be the greatest looking of the decoys Avery puts out, those Elite sleeper full bodies resting on their feet. BOOOOYAAAAA

My spread is going to be loony this year. And I am pumped.

[duckin82]

right now i only have a dozen lessers but its half feeders and half actives, i'll be getting a lesser harvester pack soon, that way i'll have 10 feeders and 8 actives, i just dont spend a lot of money on decoys right now cus i gotta save for a truck for next year so i can haul 'em:D

[Curt Wilson]

That is a tough question, because it depends on what kind of area you are hunting. Scouting the area will tell you how many to put out as well as what style. All situations are different. Most of the places that I hunt are in feeding type areas and I use 75% feeders, but like I said, all situations and days are different.

[A Grant]

we dont have the huge flocks like alot of places a big flock is 100 birds and most of the time they come in groups of 15 to 30 and the feilds are no more then 60 acres in size and some smaller about how many decoys would you guys use if we had 3 blinds?

I usually use about 20% more than I can comfortable haul to the spot.

[Wayne Radcliffe]

Like Curt said, 75% feeders would be a good ratio if they are coming there to feed.

[Rick Frisch]

I think that it really depends on how many decoys you are putting out.

If I am using a massive spread of 100+ decoys, I don't want feeders spread out all over. I tend to put most of the feeders around the blinds. This tells the incoming geese that the food is there and not where most of the decoys are Active/Lookers are.

With small spreads, I tend to go 50/50.

Thanks,

[Curt Wilson]

A Grant, you are right. If I am walking into an area, I usually carry more decoys than I can comfortably carry. The walk back is worse with added weight of ducks and geese.

[John Mattos]

I hear that we tend to take everything we can carry in. Then when we shoot geese we have to much to care or about die packing it all out!! But hey maybe that is the luck we need if we lessoned our load for the geese we are going to shoot then we probably wouldn't get any thing!!!!! Is it here yet!!!! Nocalhonker

[Breda]

I usually use about 20% more than I can comfortable haul to the spot.

I love that! Don't we all? And it's always more fun putting them out than putting them away!!

[Hardcorecaller12]

I like using about 100 GHG decoys. I put the decoys in little families 4-6 and put singles or doubles in little pockets. I also put 4 Lookers right into the hole. That makes the hole look like geese have just landed and are looking around for some food. I put them looking every directions. In hard windy days, I put most of the geese facing into the wind. I have notice that geese will not land into the "X" pattern anymore because too many hunters use that pattern. But, for a more realistic spread add some GHG FB mallards.:)

[salthunter]

Ive begun using a smaller spread and most often hunt traffic, Less than 1/4 are feeders. Most of my decoys are resters.
works for me

[salthunter]

we dont have the huge flocks like alot of places a big flock is 100 birds and most of the time they come in groups of 15 to 30 and the feilds are no more then 60 acres in size and some smaller about how many decoys would you guys use if we had 3 blinds?
Small fields with surrounding cover,groves,treelines, fence give background clutter and make hiding sometimes easier.
If you can hide well, such as cut grain or combined corn, deep plowed .. you should be hidden well enought the number of decoys isnt needed to help hide the layouts.
I have well over 100 fullbodies burt seldom use over 24. . 1/3 of my hunts this year I used less than 10 decoys. even started landing a flock of over 300 hundred geese with 3 decoys,.. until shootng sent the rest away

[Scott Turpen]

Does anyone ever notice that decoys get heavier while your hunting, if you have to pack them out???