Canada Goose Decoy for Walk In to River Gravel Bar

[AK_Skeeter]

Any suggestion for Canada Goose decoys on river gravel bars.
Mostly walking in at least a mile from the truck.
Conventional silhouette would not stake well due to the hard gravel/cobble bars where the geese roost.
Thanks.

 

[NB7]

Your best bet there will probably be shells. Lightweight and stackable. can get 2-3 dozen in a bag w/out taking up too much room

 

[Ditch Goat]

sleeper shells with two fB uprights and two FB floaters.

 

[KurtR]

Any suggestion for Canada Goose decoys on river gravel bars.
Mostly walking in at least a mile from the truck.
Conventional silhouette would not stake well due to the hard gravel/cobble bars where the geese roost.
Thanks.

The dive bombs with a rubber mallet will go in no problem. We have put them in frozen ground and even in ice when the water has froze. a little tap tap and in they go.

 

[packer58]

When we had to pack our shell decoys very far we put them in a set of the old newspaper delivery boy bags, they had a bag in front and in the back and rode on your shoulders which mad it very comfortable to carry up to a couple dozen. I know this isn't an answer to your question but thought i'd throw out a carry option for shells.

 

[go4thegusto]

We have been using modified pull type golf club carts for blinds, chairs, turkey decoys, antelope decoys etc
Buy at Goodwill. The fatter tire models' seem best. You can bolt on a crate, 5 gal bucket etc on bottom plate.
Works great

 

[Ontariohunter94]

I've never used them in gravel but in frozen ground the divebombs work well if you hammer them in with a piece of 1X4 or a rubber mallet, just be sure to slide silhouette down the stand before hitting it

 

[LongWayAround]

If you can't get stakes in for whatever reason, I suggest a sled full of shells.

My jet sled is large enough for me to lay in it with some comfort. I wrap it with burlap and use it as a shallow water blind on occasion. The large surface area sucks for going through thick stuff but makes hauling heavier loads fairly easy.

 

[JjamesIII]

I second the dive bomb recommendation. Buuuut, if the gravel bar is truly rock hard, or frozen, any stake system is not going to work. A spud pole will be to heavy to carry to use as a pilot hole. So you’ll be limited to stackable shells unfortunately. Not a bad thing, they’ll work just fine, just a limitation.

 

[AK_Skeeter]

Thanks for all the suggestions.
I always drag in 2 stacked jet sleds..one for me to layout in, one for the lab back in the brush.
I ordered some bulk decoy full bodies, with the steel ring base.
I can anchor a few decoys with the steel ring with a rock in flowing water riffles
with most decoys up on dry cobble.
Should work well for where I plan to hunt.
https://bulkdecoyclub.com/products/fullbody-canada-goose-decoys