Guest ILBIGBUCKS Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 I hunt cornfields all around an 80some acre lake with thousands of geese on it and they fly by me all the time but i can't bring them down very often, does anyone have any suggestions. My buddy and i have around 85 decoys. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covehnter Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 Re: High flying geese Dern, 85 decoys and they wont give ya a look on a corn field. . . .must have some strong competion next door or something. May want to try a flag and wave the fire outta of it to get them to notice you . . . .and hammer away with the calls, if they respond and show some interest, drop the flag and tone the calling down a little unless they turn out, if so . . . give it to them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double_drop Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 Re: High flying geese Maybe you are to close to the lake that they are on and want to feed further away. Can people hunt the 80 acre lake?? I have found the same situation where they can hunt the lake and the geese don't feel safe in any of the fields around the lake. Dont know why though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ILBIGBUCKS Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Re: High flying geese nobody can hunt the lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Re: High flying geese The problem is that, while people can't hunt this particular lake, they do hunt other lakes. If these are migratory geese (not locals) they will have been hunted off of other lakes along their route, and will have developed a memory that tells them the edges of lakes are not safe for them. So they fly high off the water and go further out to feed. Flagging might help, but scouting is going to be more critical. Go for a drive and do some spotting so that you can find out where they are going, then adjust your locations accordingly, provided that you can get permission to hunt there. If there is one thing I'v elearned in all of my years of waterfowling, it's that "what worked well yesterday probably won't work today." So be creative and adapt to what the birds want to do, because it doesn't work the other way around. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ILBIGBUCKS Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Re: High flying geese thanks everyone for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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