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John's Journal... Entry 79, Day 3 The Secret to Calling Late-Season Geese EDITOR'S NOTE: Mitch Sanchotena of Middleton, Idaho, a longtime goose hunter and a pro staffer for Knight and Hale Game Calls, enjoys hunting geese in the Snake River valley in southern Idaho. Question: Mitch, what's the secret to calling
late-season geese? To be successful, you've got to read the bird. If it's an old single goose and he's coming in honking and screaming, you better let him know this is where he wants to be. If it's a single coming in silently and he's already pretty much committed himself, there's no reason to alarm him by sounding out with something that may or may not be authentic. We just have to read the birds and hopefully learn from our mistakes. If we're overcalling, as soon as we get aggressive and the birds start leaving, we better be smart enough to change our tactics. What worked yesterday may not work today. Question:
In late season, do you like to have a lot of people calling on the geese?
Question: You shrink your decoy size the later
the season gets, right? I just think those birds have seen too many spreads of 300 plastic imitations out there. Towards the end of the season, we'll work off the concept that fewer is better and try to convince these geese they are the second group into the field. I want every goose that comes in to think, "There's food here because there are geese here, and I want to get in on the groceries." If the stuffed decoys can't get the geese in, I don't know what can. Tomorrow: Using Scarecrows to Scare Up Geese
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