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 Approx. 1200 decoys. This is a straight forward corn field set up with fairly skinny cover. Extra care was taken around the blinds by placing a large pod of decoys around them. This is a successful tactic when done correctly, just make sure not to outline or frame the area the blinds are in. Make the group of tightly packed decoys large enough to seem natural....as well as placing other groups of tightly packed decoys throughout the spread. Pay attention to how the birds are reacting to your spread. Never be afraid to rearrange decoys around the blinds if the birds are flaring. The extra 5 minutes is almost always worth it. |
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 Approx. 1200 decoys. This is a straight forward corn field spread with nice cover. Blinds are placed in between the rows and in the upper half of the spread. Notice because of the good hiding conditions, we didn't need to concentrate decoys around the blinds as much. A trick we often use when hunting hard frozen ground is to stick the decoy stakes directly into the corn stubble. They slip in easily and hold well, but be careful not to get too much "rowing" going on....In this photo you can see some unnatural lines of decoys starting to form. Whether this is something to worry about depends a lot on the situation and wind direction. |
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 Approx. 1200 decoys. Beans, water, and tall corn....the perfect field! We love hunting these as all day or multi-day sets. The variation in terrain makes hiding blinds simple on the edge of the high corn. Migrators tend to key on the water/beans, while feeding geese work the strip of corn. We shot geese consistently from sun-up to sun-down for 2 days out this spread. Notice the randomness of the decoy placement...Tight down around the water and then spaced out in small pods throughout the rest of the spread. This simulates a flock of geese that is very comfortable in the field. |
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 Approx. 1200 decoys. This field was flat as a pancake. To hide blinds in this situation we placed decoys very tightly packed (almost touching) throughout the spread. If conditions allow we will often ditch the comfort of our blinds and wear white coats. The water made for a nice edge that the geese would hit and follow up the spread. Notice that even when placing decoys tight, we never run a standard circle, teardrop, or blob...always get some variation in the looks of the spread to stand apart from the standard looking circle on the hill spread. |
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 Approx. 1000 decoys. This unique set up was a great multi-purpose spread for running traffic at all times of the day. It was early in the season and there were large numbers in the area, with a migration happening on a daily basis. Birds had been using the corn field on the right for a couple days prior. Instead of just placing decoys in the corn, we set half the spread across the field road and down to the edge of the flooded pasture pond. Early and late night flights, and mid day migrators would work the spread over the water...while the morning and evening feed flights would work the corn on the right. Made for great gunning all day long. When we noticed birds starting to work one way or the other, we would quickly shift blinds up into the corn or closer to the water. Decoys were placed fairly tight along the water simulating resting geese. On the other side of the fence, we ran decoys very very loosely to make the spread look much bigger. |
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 Approx. 1000 decoys.Normally we don't hunt in mostly snow covered fields, but weather conditions this year had massive amounts of geese piled up along the snow line. With a pending snow storm and wind predicated for this day, we decided to set up in the masses and see if we could put down some smart old adults. Hiding blinds in partially snow covered fields tends to be easier because of the contrast in the terrain, especially with the use of snow covers. When hunting snow geese in snow covered fields we spread the decoys way out to simulate a large feeding flock. Even though the extreme weather that was predicted never materialized, this set worked well and we put a lot of gorgeous nice adult snows and blues on the ground. |
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