Decoy Spread

[WishnIWsFishn]

Just wondering if anyone could help me with a decoy question. This morning there were no geese flying... finally this afternoon we saw 2 small flocks... a bigger flock... and a loner. We were fishing the river, and not a one goose even bothered to take a look. They just stayed on the main river channel and headed North towards Clearwater. I only have 6 floaters out right now because I figured they wouldn't be doing much flocking yet, but I still figured I would get a look. At first I had a horseshoe shape and than switched to almost a straight line after the first two flocks. Just wondering if there has been any luck with a certain spread... as in more decoys...less decoys... and the way the spread should be laid out? Any suggestions? Thanks and good luck hunting!!

[fishuhalik]

Just make it look natural. Do you typically see geese in a straight line or a horseshoe? Usually when they're relaxed, in the spot they're gonna roost, they're just chillin in a little group. If possible, you might wanna add a few more dekes. Maybe 2-3 groups of 6-8 dekes. With that being said, geese are habitual critters & it can be real hard to pull em into a new roosting area or field they aren't used to.

[WishnIWsFishn]

Thanks for the advise... I will add more decoys tomorrow and try not to make shapes!! Appreciate it.

[booger]

If you aren't where they want to be, the amount of decoys won't matter. Sometimes you can pull in a single then but I'd say that is maybe 50/50. I'd venture to guess that most birds still aren't flying yet.