Do motion duck decoys cost you geese?

[BigFish1]

Wondering what opinions are out there about motion duck decoys in realtions to shooting geese. I have heard that geese are more hesitant to decoy with motion decoys.

Thanks!

[PerchJrkr]

99% of the time you will not shoot geese if you have a spinner running. Sometimes you get lucky with a single or a pair, but almost never have big flocks do it to a spinner. Seems like we need to not only turn the spinner off, but take it down and hide it, and hide the pole as well..

[blue_healer_guy]

Im assuming you are talking field hunting. Im old school with 2 sons that have these "thingies" which i call them and i am strictly a duck/water hunter. What I saw this weekend is turn them sobs off. Ducks were locked until final 60yds and would flare. no boat, fully concealed in 6ft grass. Not a fan. And yes shooting was much better with them off.

[hunter322]

With out a doubt they cost you geese when geese are up close and personal. Geese like motion at a distance, like flaging them. But as they get closer less is more. I dont know what mjgrose is talkin about but ive had ducks dang near land on top of my spinners.

[booger]

interesting, I had a pair of geese come into a field with a spinner going, they finished. We took it down and nothing else came in. But in a different field with tons of geese (on the X) had a spinner and no goose would land, tons of mallards came in though. So I have no idea. I'm just going to go with the jerk string tomorrow.

[fivebucks]

My experience is turn them off for geese all the time. Most of the time they work great on ducks but sometimes they don't. Need to let the ducks tell you what to do. If they flare with it on, turn it off. They do not work magic everytime but as long as they let us use them I would not duck hunt without one or two.

[TylerS]

Spinners absolutely cost you geese. But then again, I usually pick my species when I set up. If we're in a field full of geese the night before, we're hunting geese and set up accordingly. If it's a big duck feed, spinners are a must. Flare a few geese, oh well.

We did triple on a flock last weekend thanks to the fog. They started honking and we called them into 20 yards. They saw the spinners at the last second and began veering off, but not before we let 'em have it.

[mwal]

I've strictly goose hunting I have quit using spinners as I believe they flare geese. If mallards are the goal I would not field hunt without one.

Mwal

[PerchJrkr]

interesting, I had a pair of geese come into a field with a spinner going, they finished. We took it down and nothing else came in. But in a different field with tons of geese (on the X) had a spinner and no goose would land, tons of mallards came in though. So I have no idea. I'm just going to go with the jerk string tomorrow.

Ive had the same thing happen. On one hunt last year we had a pair and then a group of 5 do it to the boot bags with 5 spinners going in the field. BUT 99% of the time, this will not be the case. Must have just been some extra dumb ones that day.

[BrdHunter01]

99% of the time you will not shoot geese if you have a spinner running. Sometimes you get lucky with a single or a pair, but almost never have big flocks do it to a spinner. Seems like we need to not only turn the spinner off, but take it down and hide it, and hide the pole as well..

Agree. Take it down and hide it if geese are coming in. Hard to do on the water but you could get a remote to at least turn it off.

When field hunting the motion decoy sits right next to the blind and comes down as soon as we see geese

[otterman91105]

I do a lot of goose hunting, but it's all on fields. If i'm going to hunt duck right at sunrise i will put the spinner out but take it down as soon i start seeing geese flying. They do not like spinners. They love those goose decoys called the X FLAPPER. Cool but very expensive.

[Musky Buck]

Goose decoys have been costing the neighbors geese, I sat with them Sunday morning with no dekes and we made serious hay on them, just had our blinds middle of the field, well concealed and mercy. No skirting or landing too far away let em circle until they were breathing on us plus we were able to leave with limits before the mother load dumped in there so it's game on this weekend again. My buddies say no spinners but is it the spinners or the educated birds tired of getting busted at landing by decoys out of goose chairs etc. We do way better with no decoys once September is done. My theory is you can get 3 birds, why load a field up with decoys when they're surely coming by the dozens, they won't land near them anyway and you're ending that field as you know it, I'd rather have them keep coming for future hunts ?

[dan z]

I would say it does cost you geese , but you can shoot new birds over them all day long.

[Shane Z]

I make sure all my spinners are close enough to shut them off when I see geese. I've had lots of them flare when they're 50 yards or so yards out. From my experience, mallards tend to land petty close to the spinners, so being within arms reach or a few yards away from them is a pretty common set up for me.

[otterman91105]

You can use a remote on them now. That is the way to go, then you can do it right form your blind.

[SunnyFishin]

99% of the time you will not shoot geese if you have a spinner running. Sometimes you get lucky with a single or a pair, but almost never have big flocks do it to a spinner. Seems like we need to not only turn the spinner off, but take it down and hide it, and hide the pole as well..

I agree with this, the only time I've shot one over a robo was coming in as a single..