So after my past weekend trip to Amarillo and Lubbock on a goose/sandhill crane hunt. I decided that i want to try to do it myself down in Hondo at my place where i have a ton of birds come through every year. I have a couple big fields that i plant with millet. I have heard that if i plow one of the fields then it could become a good spot for geese. I dont want to plow one but i might plow just a couple acres of one. Would that work? Now on to decoys. I have heard that you can get trash bags or sheets out in a field and get the birds to get close enough for a shot. Is that true? If you have any advice for my new passion it would be great to pass it on.
Thanks!

Planting a crop like corn, peanuts, milo or winter wheat will improve your chances at holding geese. We have all those here in North East Texas but we still don't get huge number hitting the fields. As far as decoys, if you want to have a chance to kill geese full body or sillo's are going to be your best bet. Rags will work on occasion but not as good as the others.

I hunt milo and corn fields north of lubbock. I found it really hard to hide in plowed fields, but its definitely do-able. Most people cant afford large spreads of full bodies and silhouettes, so shells are a good place to start. Just buy what you can afford, and add on whenever you can.

But more importantly than a lot of decoys is your hide. When you have a bunch of decoys to hide you in, its pretty easy. but when you only have a few dozen decoys, you need to spend most of your time brushing/blending in. We blew a bunch of hunts earlier this year by running late and not blending in well...and we payed for it.

Im not even close to being a guide, were just a few college students, but ive learned some important things over the past few years. PM me if you have any other questions