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Great scouting is the key to success

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:29:02 +0000

Scouting

When finding an area to hunt pay attention to topography of the local area. What is the access to water? Is there a body of water that the geese can rest on for the evening? What is the proximity to food? Can you identify the closest local food source for the geese to feed. Something to remember when hunting Canada geese is that their migration pattern requires that they eay a very large amount of food to migrate long distances. It is necessary to find areas that they have an ample food sources. You can blow your goose call until you are blue in the face if you aren't in or near the right spot you won't get geese to come in. It is always a good idea to scout areas where the harvested just happened because it is easy for the geese to find food.

A key point to remember is that your advance scouting for Canada geese should include areas where their is ample food source.

A second key point to consider when scouting is the proximity of water relative to the feeding areas. More times than not geese will choose a body of water to rest in and will move to the fields in the nearby area to feed. The fields within a 4-5 mile radius of the body of water are great tagets to set up your decoys for a hunt. The more recent the field was harvested the more likely the geese will feeding in that location.

Scouting is so crucial to success of goose hunting that it will be the difference between a good and bad year.

Snow Goose Calls – A forgotten weapon

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:53:32 +0000

Virtually all of the goose calls on the market today are greater Canadian Goose calls. Both the short reed goose calls and goose flutes are almost all tailored to the sport of hunting Candians. However, as the blue and snow goose population explodes the sport of the snow goose hunting has emerged as a force. One of the big advantages is that blues and snows can be hunted in spring and late fall, giving hunters that added opportunity to be in the field.

The snow goose call is distictively different than the Canadian goose calls. First, the snow goose has a very distinctive call relative to the greater Canadian geese. The snow goose has a cackle that is in many ways not that much different that ducks. As a result snow goose calls are much more like duck calls than typical short reed calls. Quite simply snow geese do not have the vocalization capabilities of the big geese so the calls are not as complex. However, a good snow goose call like the PS OLT snow goose call will help when hunting these birds.

How to use a Mojo Goose decoy!

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:31:32 +0000

Lets face it we have all had trouble in the late season getting geese to come into the final approach. One of the best ways I know how to get geese to make their final decent is to add motion to your goose decoy spread. Perhaps the most famous popular motion decoy to add to a spread is the Mojo Spinning Wing goose decoy. However, many hunters just plop the decoy anywhere in their decoy spread and expect it will pay dividends. The reality is it is part of your decoy strategy and not a secret sauce.

First lets think about decoy spreads for a second. We want our geese to land perpendicular to our blinds and not head long into our blinds. First it makes the hunter harder to spot and second it provided better shooting lanes. Geese by nature are very competitive, so a spinning wing decoy sitting right next to 10 feeding geese doesnt make sense - the spinning wing needs to look like a goose landing in a clearing. So as we set pockets of our decoys up a perfect location is on the edge of the spread and preferable to be in front of you. This says to the geese - hey land here! Dont get the decoy to far away from the decoys as it will look odd to the landing geese. Bottom line after you get done setting up your spread - does it look natural. Go watch geese how they land and you too will become better at decoy placement. Try the mojo on those hard days and you can get great success.

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How to Blow a Short Reed Goose Call – The Basics

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:49:54 +0000

I have posted several items on how to blow a short reed goose call, but I have found a video online that explains some of the basics quite well. One of the keys to blowing a good short reed goose call is to apply a stead stream of backpressure. The video does a good job demonstrating how to create adequate backpressure from a short reed goose call. The one additional item I would like to add is that I like to anchor my tounge my lower teeth when pushing air through the call. This really helps to create a steady flow of air through the call.

Enjoy the video.

Goose Call Calling Tips - Get the basics behind using a short reed goose call. Simple to understand instructions on hand position, and sounding like multiple birds can help make you more effective in the field.

Sillosock Goose Video

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:07:36 +0000

This is a great example of a Sillosock goose decoy spread in action. This is the most effective goose decoy technique to add motion to your field hunt.

Sillosock Goose Decoys – a cheap way to add motion to your decoy spread

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:05:22 +0000

SilloSocks combine the best aspects of both the silhouette and windsocks decoys. No other motion decoy comes close to SilloSocks for lightweight compact portability with a full body appearance. Silosock goose decoys add motion to a decoy spread and make a very life like appearace in the field. The best part is that you can easily carry 5-6 dozen decoys by your self and set up a realistic decoy spread quickly in any field. You must develop some way to make your decoy spread look real to circling geese.

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Avery GREENHEAD GEAR 5/8 Blue GOOSE DECOYS Sillosocks
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Snow Goose Floaters Offered by Sillosock Decoys 6pk.
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Field Goose Hunting: Choose A Perfect Location

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:03:04 +0000

Goose Hunting Tips: Part I
Without question the best way to get more geese into your decoy spread is choosing the an ideal location for your field goose hunting decoy spread. One of the things that I see inexperienced goose hunters do poorly is choosing a great location for their spread. Canadian geese migrate south at the same time fields are being harvested in the heartland of America. This is overlooked when hunters go to set up hunting locations. As geese move from the resting locations in the morning to the fields to eat – they are seeking the easiest and most abundant food source they can find. Fields of corn and in particular wheat that is recently picked draw geese in like a magnet. Each day as they fly from resting locations to the fields they are able to see all of the fields that have been recently harvested and then are likely to return in the near future.

Befriending you local farmers in the summer and spring and learning when they are cutting their fields will open the doors to hunting their fields in the fall. This may be the most important secret to getting more geese. I have found many of the goose hunting videos covers the basics of this all important piece to successful field goose hunting.