making snow goose decoys

[vtbuckrulrss]

just wondering, there is a farm across the road from my parents home that uses white plastic to wrap bales up in. i am sure they throw out the plastic after use, would they work as snow goose decoys if i got the plastic, cut them in triangle shape, and laid them on the ground or put them on sticks to use as decoys? if so, it would be a lot cheaper than buying them.

[trailer]

I"™ve seen them use white rags on sticks for decoys on hunting shows mixed with full body decoys but not plastic. I guess as long as the plastic doesn"™t reflect sun rays it might work. I found anything with a shine or reflects rays from the sun scares the birds away especially on a sunny day. The other thing might be that the plastic would make more noise in the wind then white rags when placed on sticks. I"™m not sure if that would also be a problem but give it a try and good luck

[Schemy]

VTBuck,

I have used white plastic in the past for decoys. They worked ok, but they were hard to keep set in a good pattern. I like your idea of using the sticks to stake them down. As trailer said, i would just make sure that it isn' t too shiny, see if it has a dull side to it. One other thing, is to cut them into a diamond pattern, not the triangle shape. This will give more of a natural shape than the diamond. Good luck.

Schemy