StillLearnin Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 I was wondering if anyone puts out both. I did last sat. I was duck hunting, but there are a number of geese that fly over so I added 6 geese floaters to my spread of 2 dozen mallards. The geese where a nice touch (I thought ) because they are big and easy to see far off. Well of the ducks that came in about half seemed to want to land where the geese where, there was plenty of room for the ducks and a pocket in the mallard decoys. I think the geese might have scared them. Does anyone else use both when hunitng or should I stick with one kind of decoy? P.s. I see ducks and geese together on ponds around here, and I was set up in the same manner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Re: Goose decoys mixed with duck decoys? Having a small handful of goose decoys can "seal the deal" for you. When used like that they are referred to as "confidence decoys". You frequently see ducks and geese mixed in a variety of settings so it's only natural to mix them together a bit in your decoy spreads. Same goes for field goose spreads. Put a dozen mallard decoys away from your main spread and see what happens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covehnter Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Re: Goose decoys mixed with duck decoys? I'm often in an area where i'll encounter both, i'll have'em both out hoping to kill a little bit of everything. Plus they are an awesome confidence decoy if they are normally in the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double_drop Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 Re: Goose decoys mixed with duck decoys? I use both of them sometimes. In the field i always put the mallard decoys about ten yards away from the goose spread. In the water the geese stay about the same away from the duck spread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gitcha_some Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Re: Goose decoys mixed with duck decoys? geese and ducks mix frequently...it wouldnt be a problem, in fact as you said i see most of the bigger ducks land to the goose decoys....dont no where you are located but if you have black ducks like we do here, they especially love landing to geese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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