A Tip for Better WaterfowlingSpread Your Goose Decoys
(Sean Mann, Sean Mann Game Calls, Maryland)

To finish more geese when hunting over a field spread, set decoys 10 feet apart (three long steps), and face them in random directions. World champion goose caller and veteran guide Sean Mann says this set provides a natural, relaxed look, and it also offers incoming birds plenty of landing room inside the spread. "By setting my decoys so far apart," he says, "I use half the number I used to. I can set up and tear down faster, and most of all, the geese work better. Our hunts are much more productive than when I set decoys closer together. Less really can be more."