Hi guys, im new to the forums and new to goose hunting as well. I just got into it this year, my friends family has some great property to hunt so we have been going out there this year. However, it seems like we are doing something wrong. We are hunting out of some of the best land in at least the county, maybe even the state. We are in Lasalle county in Illinois, in one of the cornfields right by Lasalle Lake and the Com-Ed nuclear plant. Its a great spot, the lake is a cooling lake for this nuke plant so the water is super warm there and there are geese by the thousands there.
Anyway, back to the point. We see quite a few geese really far off, some get within a few hundred yards but we have only killed 1 all year and have only shot on 2 different occasions, the killing one included. It seems the geese go in every direction except toward us, and the few groups that do come our way never seem to commit. Our setup seems pretty good, our blind is a small wooden hut, it is 12 ft. long but 8 ft. wide by 6 ft. tall. It is not dug in at all. For decoys, we have 3 dozen full-bodies, 2 dozen shells, 1 dozen sillohettes, some flyers on sticks, along with several dozen duck decoys of different variations. We usually put the decoys out in front of us with 2 large groups of full bodies and shells, leaving a runway of sorts between them that leads to the blind. The sillohettes are a bit farther away in their own group. We usually have 4-6 guys hunting out of this blind, and occasionally will put 1 or 2 guys in the field for flagging and calling.
The only thing I think we may be doing wrong is our blind may be a bit big, but we have it camo-ed up with corn stalks very well so im not sure.
That's pretty much all of the basic info, if you would like to know anything else about our setup please ask. I think we are doing something wrong because everywhere around us, people are shooting their limits out of this spot nearly every weekend. We are 3 weeks in and we have 1 kill. Any big red flags that you guys notice in our setup? Any help is very appreciated, Thanks for your time.
Anyway, back to the point. We see quite a few geese really far off, some get within a few hundred yards but we have only killed 1 all year and have only shot on 2 different occasions, the killing one included. It seems the geese go in every direction except toward us, and the few groups that do come our way never seem to commit. Our setup seems pretty good, our blind is a small wooden hut, it is 12 ft. long but 8 ft. wide by 6 ft. tall. It is not dug in at all. For decoys, we have 3 dozen full-bodies, 2 dozen shells, 1 dozen sillohettes, some flyers on sticks, along with several dozen duck decoys of different variations. We usually put the decoys out in front of us with 2 large groups of full bodies and shells, leaving a runway of sorts between them that leads to the blind. The sillohettes are a bit farther away in their own group. We usually have 4-6 guys hunting out of this blind, and occasionally will put 1 or 2 guys in the field for flagging and calling.
The only thing I think we may be doing wrong is our blind may be a bit big, but we have it camo-ed up with corn stalks very well so im not sure.
That's pretty much all of the basic info, if you would like to know anything else about our setup please ask. I think we are doing something wrong because everywhere around us, people are shooting their limits out of this spot nearly every weekend. We are 3 weeks in and we have 1 kill. Any big red flags that you guys notice in our setup? Any help is very appreciated, Thanks for your time.