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Whether you’ve been goose hunting for years or just getting started there’s times when just a single tip can help a hunter harvest a few limits of geese. Here are ten goose hunting tips that I hope will do just that for you this hunting season.
Flagging: There are two ways to call geese, by sound and visually. Since geese can see a black flag further than they can hear a goose call being blown flagging geese can be very effective. While flagging distant geese can be a very effective calling technique, a smaller flag can also be effective when the geese are much closer.
Goose Calling: If hunting where the geese want to be, you’re totally hidden, and have a decent goose decoy spread, a goose call may not even be needed. But there are times when the geese will need some extra coaxing. I have found that simple natural goose sounds such as clucks and moans are very effective. Until you can produce realistic goose sounds with your goose call I would recommend leaving it at home.
Flight Patterns: Here’s are goose hunting tip that’s helped me keep on hunting for the day instead of going home with my tail in between my legs. By identifying the flight patterns of geese you will be able to give your self options if another group of hunters has gained permission to hunt a field you planned on hunting. Hunting a field that’s simply in their flight path is often referred to as hunting traffic. In this situation you will want to bulk up decoy spread as much as possible.
Scouting: Nothing is more important for successful goose hunting than scouting. A couple of weeks before season starts you will want to start this process. Instead of just driving around the country side looking for feeding or loafing areas I would recommend starting at their roosting area and then following the geese to their feeding and loafing areas. Let the geese do the work for you. Once you have established their patterns it will be quite obvious where to hunt.
Concealment: With location being the most important element for successful goose hunting, concealment is a very close second. While laydown blinds are very popular for goose hunting, I would recommend using natural cover such as a fence line or standing rows of corn whenever possible. If hunting flat areas such as hay field or pasture keeping a low profile is very important and most often simply covering your self with a sheet of fastgrass is a better option than a laydown blind.
Wind Direction: Identifying the predicted wind direction the night before you head out goose hunting is very important, as well as when your setting out your decoy spread the next morning. First, some locations are just not a good choice to hunt when the wind is blowing from certain directions. Secondly, geese will always land against the wind so identifying wind direction is very important when setting out your goose decoys spread and blinds.
Goose Decoys: While full body goose decoys are probably the best decoy in my opinion it’s not always possible use them. Not all farmers will allow you to drive into their fields. This is when shell decoys and silhouettes are a good option as they are much lighter and easier to carry in numbers on your back. Fully body decoys are also much more expensive so depending upon how much money you have to spend you may want to consider shell decoys with motion stakes and get the best of both worlds.
Networking: Since goose hunting is almost done in fields your going to spend a lot of your time scouting. Be sure to take the time to talk with farmers in the area and ask them if they have seen geese in their fields, or just flying by. Talking with other hunters such as deer hunter, pheasant hunters, and trappers can reveal very useful information and tips at times.
Don’t Forget To Cover Your Face And Hands: This may seem like a lame goose hunting tip to some hunters but concealment is just to important not to emphasize this subject. Every goose hunter wears camouflage clothing and most even a laydown blind, but so many hunters just don’t take the extra time to cover their faces and hands. My personal preference is a camo head net and face paint on my hands as gloves tend to dampen the sound of a goose call.
Dressing in Layers: When first setting out your decoys and binds in the morning darkness it’s easy to get sweated up and then get really cold when just taking it easy in your laydown blind. By dressing in layers and taking off a layer when walking out to your spot or getting set up you prevent your inner layer from getting damp with sweat and then be able to add a layer once your settled in waiting for geese to arrive.
By: Jeff Matura
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Jeff Matura has been duck and goose hunting since he was 14 years old in the Midwest including the states of Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. Jeff has years of experience hunting waterfowl in marshes, reservoirs, and rivers including the Mississippi River.
The best deer hunting tips are the ones that you figure out for yourself and can offer to others. After all, few things feel better than finding the way that works for you. Of course, until you reach that point, here are some deer hunting tips to help you get there.
Deer Hunting Tips:
Through time, mule deer hunting has gained popularity among most people because of the challenge of actually catching a mule deer, as well as in coming up with tactics that can give one a head start advantage over other hunters.
However, if you wish to be part of the growing number of people who enjoy mule deer hunting, there are several things that you need to remember first before you can go out and have your own hunting experience.
First, you need to remember that you need to prepare the hunting equipment that you will need for glassing, or “scouting” as it alternately called. For these particular equipments, it is advisable to get a good pair of binoculars in the 9 or 10 power ranges. You should not also forget to have with you your spotting scope. Glassing can be a tricky part of the process — but you just need to remember to initially use your binoculars well, since if you do so, it can help make the hunt easier for you. You can do this by checking on open spaces from a strategic vantage point early on in the hunt. After you do this, you can make another scan using your binoculars so you can be sure that you did not miss any obvious bucks and does.
The next equipment that you then need to use is the spotting scope. This can be very useful for you as you search for bits of a deer that may be hidden by expansive fields and grassy cover. You may be required to adjust your thinking, so that you would not be seeking for a whole deer, but just visible parts of a deer that may not be as concealed in cover. Naturally, this necessitates some learning, but you can always learn it through time — and you will find that it is easier to spot hidden deer as you gain more experience and acquire newer skills.
The last thing that you ought to remember about mule deer hunting is that it is necessary to take note of every deer that you spot with your binoculars. This can be pretty helpful because you will want this note/list for the next part of your hunt: stalking deer.
These are some of the things that you ought to remember about this particular activity — and you need to remember too, that although hunting mule deer may initially be hard, you can become better at it by constantly applying your present learning in the next hunting activities that you will be doing.
By: Mick Singh
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titans13 asked:
In 1993, my father had some friends who took a video camera on a turkey hunting expedition. While scouting for gobblers, they saw quite a few deer, which is common for Tennessee. What was NOT common was the deer wearing a dog collar that walked directly to them to investigate exactly what they were doing. They never found out where it came from or where it went afterwards.
NeverNeverSafari asked:
looking for location for putting up stands,runs trails,stetting up for bow hunting. what to look for when putting up bow stands
remmington222 asked:
deer hunting,Scouting, For Deer,getting ready for black powder hunting.
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elk scouting
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