Early-, mid- and late-season tips to bring down geese

It's a fact: Nothing works all the time. There's no better example of this than goose hunting. Early season, mid-season, late season—it doesn't matter. Often, the spread those big honkers just fell into on Monday repels them on Thursday. It's the ultimate in trial and error, the goose gurus will tell you. And they're right.

That being said, there are some goose spreads that certainly fall under the heading of Tried 'n True. These are the ones that produce in the majority – not always, but these rigs are the ones we goose junkies keep coming back to time and time again. Why? Because they work, that's why.

Early Season: September through early October

The junkyard spread Early season geese, says Threinen, are often uneducated geese. These naïve birds can often be duped with a combination spread of silhouettes, shells, full-bodies or whatever a hunter has in their arsenal. The key says Threinen, is to elevate your spread as the birds themselves progress, or grow wiser. Equally important is not showing your entire hand the first week of the season. (more)

Mid-season: early October through late November or early December

Silhouettes revisited "The problem with a full-body spread," says Freddie Zink of Zink Calls. "There is absolutely no movement. By mixing silhouettes throughout your spread of full-bodies and shells, the appearing-n-disappearing act that the silhouettes do is the same thing that flashing wing decoys do. That flagging does. It gives the illusion of movement in the spread."

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by M.D. Johnson
Article from Ducks Unlimited