Canada Goose Hunting Strategy

Canada goose hunting stories usually discuss strategy decoy spread strategy and what type of Canada Goose decoys were used. Classic decoy spread patterns such as the V, the U, and the J all work well at times but often we find our most successful goose hunting strategy is to mimic the pattern of the geese we have spotted the day before in the particular field that we are hunting. Another very important aspect of setting up decoy spreads for Canada Goose hunts is to know where the X is and plan your hunt accordingly. Classic wisdom says set your spread so incoming geese are encouraged to land into a restricted zone. Ideally that zone is where the majority of geese have been feeding the day before. In theory this should be easy to see as there is usually lots of fresh goose droppings in that spot. In reality it can be tough to spot as our Saskatchewan fields are often quite large and sometimes we have no choice but to do only long distance spotting. Sometimes though our goose decoy spreads look pretty unconventional but however our spread may appear at there is always a sound reason for our strategy. Sometimes our Saskatchewan Goose Hunting guests question their decision to use Tiger Hills Outfitting as their Goose and duck hunting field guides. Such was the case the morning this photo was taken. This wheat field had sprayer tracks that left full heads of grain laying on the ground in strips every 100 feet or so,random patches of mature grain that had been knocked to the ground by weather and growing conditions, and grain that had been blown out the back of the combine. It had also been very wet when harvested so the stubble height varied. The result was a smorgasbord of feed for the Canada Geese. By 5 AM we were working quickly to situate our Flocked Head Green-head Gear and Bigfoot full bodied goose decoys along the downed strips of grain in a linear pattern. This morning we didn't use our standard, magnum, and super magnum goose shells. We set many of our Real Geese Silhouettes around the layout blinds to help break up the blind shadows. We always use our best decoys in front of or the blinds. Our Canada Goose Hunting guests settled in just minutes before the first birds arrived. Despite the unconventional strategy, the hunters were soon very satisfied as flock after flock of honkers, Lesser Canada Geese, and Cacklers streamed into the zone to sacrifice themselves to our hunters guns on another great Canada Goose Hunt in Central Saskatchewan.