making decoys

[skeet]

Hi BB,
We have used stuffed geese for decoys for over 25 yrs. We only have about 25 left now out of almost a hundred. There are some up sides to stuffers....They work extremely well most of the time..until a lot of pressure is put on the geese....The downsides...the expense of making them....the fact you can't use them in the rain(cold dry snow is ok...wet snow not...and the fact that they are fragile..not extremely but still fragile and worst of all is that the little critters like to get into them. Mice just tear them up badly. You have to keep them out of the rodents way. BTW if you do it...mount them on boards so they are easier to transport and deploy in the field. OH!! one other thing...You cannot sell them. Against Federal law. You can sell the board they are on but the goose has to be free....Hehehehe!