Setup Question ????

[GooseGitter77]

Ok, so here's what's going on... So the farmer whose land that I hunt on planted sugar beets in an eastern field and corn in the field right across the ditch which is to the west. Even further west is a pretty fair sized pond which is approximately a mile away which all of the ducks come off of. So last season, there was corn stubble about two full body GHG mallards tall in both of these fields during the early part of the first season. The only things that were getting the ducks in were the Mojos and my calling. So like I said: the eastern field has sugar beets this year and the western field has corn and it will be cut just like last year. Now for my question... which field should I set up in: the beet field or the corn? Any info. is greatly appreciated. (Sorry if I rambled on)

[Ben Graf]

which ever field the ducks are using

[Andrew Bremseth]

If the ducks are using one use that one. If not I would say the cornfield. Closer to the pond you might pull more birds directly off the pond into your decoys and it is easy to get a good hide in high corn stubble.

[Jeremy Kriese]

which ever field the ducks are using
Ill second that.

[David Harper]

I also say to watch it and see what the ducks want. But not seeing the field I'd say the corn will be your best bet. The ducks will probably, in my experiance, hit the corn first. You can hide blinds and hunters much better in tall stubble corn then in a harvested beet field. But if they seem to like the beets there is always the option of setting up on the edge of the beet feild where you can get good cover. My advice is that they will probably want the corn but scout the field the day before you want to hunt it and then set up where the dicks want to be.

[Cahunter]

When the time is right, the birds will tell you.

[Greenheadkid]

When the time is right, the birds will tell you.


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[GooseGitter77]

Cool! Thanks for all of the tips guys.

[calling4life]

I have never seen ducks in sugar beet fields, only geese.

When they harvest that sugar beat its going to be black dirt, thats a hard hunt, I would say stick to the corn even if they are landing in the sugar beat field.

When we hunted beet fields we either hunted on the edge in the shelter rows, or in one case, stood in the sunflowers that were in the field too.

My buddies tried digging pits and covering up with boards, and never did worth a hoot.

So again, I would stick to the corn. An easy hide, easy to call ducks into, should be a rough hunt on the birds.;)

[Hardcorecaller12]

Us a mojo on a 12ft pole and some GHG FB mallards.

[OutForBlood87]

Hunt the pond:p

[calling4life]

I guess I would also tell you to run goose full bodies, they will be more visible and ducks love geese.

The mojos are a big plus, then of course calling helps.

Good skill ;)

[Snowgooseman__SD]

out for blood i totally dissagree with your anwser if you want a one day hunt then hunt the pond if you wanna feed off them and get a few good hunts thats waht id do never hunt the roost..............i absoultly hate when people do that it ticks me off.........just my twocents

[OutForBlood87]

It was a joke dude. Thats what this:p :p :p means....

[Snowgooseman__SD]

k good sorry i thought you were forreal

[OutForBlood87]

Nope I would hunt the corn field......

[goose reaper]

If the birds want to sit in the beat feild there probably just reasting because the field would most likly be emty do to earlyer harvest, and have nevere heard of ducks and geese eating beats. There bigger then a football, hunt the corn :cool:

[calling4life]

Geese do, and its quite funny, they beak them down, eat them into a kind of bowl.

Usually there are still beats in the field, some that are dropped. And by the way, you can eat them, its got a carrot texture, but tastes more like sugar.

When we hunted in the sunflowers on the beet field, we ate some of the dropped ones, that was a fantastic hunt, and was the hunt I shot the little 2-2 1/2 pound cackler on.