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<blockquote data-quote="Orange Dust" data-source="post: 1492365" data-attributes="member: 92702"><p>As for decoys, in the old days we used trash bags on a stick, newspapers rolled in a cone shape, and folded cloth diapers, and LEAD SHOT. Times are different now. Lowest cost good decoys are Sky Fly, about $40 a dozen. Cheap for what you get. Best advice is to buy a couple a dozen a year and take care of them. You will be surprised what you accumulate in a few years. Get a tarp and cover 1/2 of it with grass. Dig a 6" hole the size of your body laying down, and use the tarp like a sleeping bag. When you get tired of laying in the cold mud, get a layout blind. As for calling, a Big River flute is the easiest call to master for Canadas, and a Tim Grounds Whiteout for Snows. Starting out, just learn to cluck and purr. A small number of geese don't make much noise or call much. Never call at a duck or goose that is coming toward you, or over your head. Like a previous poster said, call at the wingtips. There is nothing in waterfowling like geese coming to decoys, breathtaking. </p><p></p><p>Setup: Put hunters crosswind from each other, with their feet about 45 deg downwind. Downwind on left side of right handed shooter, and HIDE. Watch your cone of fire!!! Put 2/3 of the decoys upwind. use the rest to hide the hunters and make a landing pocket downwind of them. Use your best decoys around the landing area. Place your decoys with most facing into the wind, some at an angle upwind, and none facing downwind, about 1 step apart. Easy to draw, hard to explain in text. Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Dust, post: 1492365, member: 92702"] As for decoys, in the old days we used trash bags on a stick, newspapers rolled in a cone shape, and folded cloth diapers, and LEAD SHOT. Times are different now. Lowest cost good decoys are Sky Fly, about $40 a dozen. Cheap for what you get. Best advice is to buy a couple a dozen a year and take care of them. You will be surprised what you accumulate in a few years. Get a tarp and cover 1/2 of it with grass. Dig a 6" hole the size of your body laying down, and use the tarp like a sleeping bag. When you get tired of laying in the cold mud, get a layout blind. As for calling, a Big River flute is the easiest call to master for Canadas, and a Tim Grounds Whiteout for Snows. Starting out, just learn to cluck and purr. A small number of geese don't make much noise or call much. Never call at a duck or goose that is coming toward you, or over your head. Like a previous poster said, call at the wingtips. There is nothing in waterfowling like geese coming to decoys, breathtaking. Setup: Put hunters crosswind from each other, with their feet about 45 deg downwind. Downwind on left side of right handed shooter, and HIDE. Watch your cone of fire!!! Put 2/3 of the decoys upwind. use the rest to hide the hunters and make a landing pocket downwind of them. Use your best decoys around the landing area. Place your decoys with most facing into the wind, some at an angle upwind, and none facing downwind, about 1 step apart. Easy to draw, hard to explain in text. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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