Goose decoys

[Marsh-Rat]

Anybody with any experience hunting big Canada geese up north. If so would you prefer 5 doz silhouettes or 2-3 dozen full bodies?

[twdjr]

No experience hunting them up north, so take it for what it's worth, I'd go with 3 dozen FB over 5 dozen silhouettes.

[Slew]

I would probably take 3 dozen full bodies over 5 dozen solos unless I had to carry everything in a long ways! I’ve killed a 18 wheeler load of dark geese over silos but we usually had at least 20 dozen in the ground.

[talltexasshoote]

I would take 30 doz sllos set correctly over any spread of fullbodies. Remember, when you are hunting large birds to spread them out more. We used to take 2 big steps between decoys for greaters. Make it look like a big group of smaller family groups loafing and eating in the field.

[Marsh-Rat]

I wish 30 doz was an option. Everything has to fit in the bed of the truck to hunt ducks and geese for a week. So their isn’t much room. Primarily chasing ducks over pot holes and setting something up for the geese. In the past it’s just been a handful of goose decoys but trying to get a few more this trip. And trying to figure out the best way to do it.

[Lungbustr]

All our buddies up there use full bodies.

They all have decoy trailers towed by 4x4s. The ground is typically frozen so its bot a big deal driving in the fields.

[Lungbustr]

Are we all talking honkers?

Ive never hunted or have seen anyone use 20 to 30 dozen decoys for honkers. That would take up a lot of real estate if you set them up the way honkers get all spread out.

[Marsh-Rat]

Yes honkers up in the prairie pot hole region.