Ultra-basic canada goose decoy spread: socks vs sillouettes, etc?

[BigDuckHunter]

@BigDuckHunter thanks a ton for the pics and insight, thats really helpful.

Also, when I figure out how to make that 2-story duck blind with a kitchen in pop-up form to fit in my kayak I’ll be a gazillionaire! Seriously, I am a little surprised there isnt more lightweight/packable blinds out there. The go-to ones I see people recommending are pretty big and heavy. Is portability for walk-in or kayak-in just not that common? Any good suggestions with that in mind?

Haha when you figure that out I’ll be your first customer! Like I said earlier, what is best really depends on what you’re hunting. Are you hunting from your kayak or just paddling to dry land and hunting from there? Also, what kind of cover is around where you’re hunting?

 

[Macintosh]

Haha when you figure that out I’ll be your first customer! Like I said earlier, what is best really depends on what you’re hunting. Are you hunting from your kayak or just paddling to dry land and hunting from there? Also, what kind of cover is around where you’re hunting?

Some of both. Its when the water line is far away from shore (low water) and/or vegetation is very sparse. Something like a sandbar either just peeking out of the water or just under, with sparse bullrushes or sparse grass—definitely not enough grass to hide in the way you can just tuck into cattails.

This is not my picture, I just found it online. The low grass in the back is pretty similar to where I found birds a bunch this year, and it was often a long ways from any thicker/taller cover. If anything what I found was more sparse. I think on dry-ish ground as shown a layout blind might be the best bet, but it was often in 3 to 6 inches of water so just trying to figure out how to set up in conditions like that. Maybe something like a layout blind for the kayak, or something like whats pictured? Im not sure how “good” the pictured hide is either—better than what we had, but it seems like it’d stand out to me.

 

[BigDuckHunter]

Some of both. Its when the water line is far away from shore (low water) and/or vegetation is very sparse. Something like a sandbar either just peeking out of the water or just under, with sparse bullrushes or sparse grass—definitely not enough grass to hide in the way you can just tuck into cattails.

This is not my picture, I just found it online. The low grass in the back is pretty similar to where I found birds a bunch this year, and it was often a long ways from any thicker/taller cover. If anything what I found was more sparse. I think on dry-ish ground as shown a layout blind might be the best bet, but it was often in 3 to 6 inches of water so just trying to figure out how to set up in conditions like that. Maybe something like a layout blind for the kayak, or something like whats pictured? Im not sure how “good” the pictured hide is either—better than what we had, but it seems like it’d stand out to me.

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I can’t see what it looks like from overhead but from this picture the outline is broken up pretty well which is what you’re going for. It definitely does stick out as far as being high profile and a different color of grass. But there could be bunches of the grass he’s hidden in that look just like it scattered across the marsh. If that’s the case the birds probably aren’t going to mind.

In your situation, a layout on the dry ground might be best. It’s hard to brush them really well with stuff that’s all vertical. The ones that are a little taller with vertical sides I think work the best for that sometimes. You’ll just have to spend a lot of time gathering weeds for it.

If you’re wanting to hide in shallow water, an invisiman might work. I’ve never used one but seem some pictures that make it look like one might work for your situation. I put a picture down below of one.

Another thing I wonder about would be getting a big canvas tarp or something that mud would stick to really well and caking that with mud and just laying under it. Would definitely be messy but I think you could lay some logs under it or something in a way that it doesn’t just drape across and outline you and the color would be spot on. I’ve done something similar in a field that’s been plowed before and it worked pretty well.