re: Dave Smith Decoys..

Not a bad price on that Wiltz so if you want the standups then that may be good to go for you.

I will say I've hunted a good bit of geese out on the prairie west of Houston and we rarely ever use the lifelike decoys.

We typically put out about 1200-1600 rags and have had great success with that. So if you were asking me personally, I'd probably still use that money to buy additional rags. In my experience, the sheer number of rags the geese have to look at seems to be more important than the dozen or so lifelike decoys you put out. I've been with groups that have used both and haven't noticed any difference. I have noticed a difference when we use 800 vs. 1400 rags though.