Snow Goose Windsock Decoy Discussion

Alright, for somewhat nostalgia and primarily budgetary reasons we've been using the old TX rags tied up on hand cut bamboo along with 48 shells/full bodies. We have about 300 total decoys.



Admittedly, it looks shitty up close, but from a distance, it ain't that bad.

However, our rags are starting to wear out and tear, and our stakes are starting to crumble as they've dried. I can see what's coming. They ain't going to last forever.

So I'm shopping around and wanting to get suggestions or opinions. Silosocks, Tanglefree Slammer Socks, White Rocks, etc. What's the best for the price?

I'm looking to replace our TX rag wind socks with legit windsocks. With heads preferably. I'd like to start with about a 100 to begin transitioning to better windsocks, and maybe add 100 a year until we can get up to a respectable spread.

Listed in Order of interest...

Tanglefree 48 Pack for $161.99


Economy Silosocks 50 pack for $149.95



White Rock Rockonomy 10 dozen for $449



Obviously, the White Rock are most expensive, but I've heard great things about their durability. These come unpainted though. Likewise, the silosocks are economy with no paint and I don't know about that stake system into the head as opposed to the "neck" of the bag. The tanglefree seem most interesting as they have paint, are on sale, and come with a similar back bone system as the White Rocks.

Spare me the "All of this for a snow goose?", I have a problem. The only cure is more geese.

Are there any other brands I should be looking at? Anybody have personal experience with any brand I listed or may have omitted?

Also, I'd like your take on what's going on. We are limited to about 800 acres of dry fields in our primary location. We see lots of geese, but haven't had a feed adjacent to the property in a couple years. That said, geese are usually on the ground somewhere within a couple miles. Most times we set up we can kill a stupid single or two, but we haven't smashed them in this particular location yet. We keep thinking we need to catch them in a fog to really work on them. Would more decoys help? Better decoys? Try to get closer to a feed/roost? Tighten up our decoys? Spread them out?

To me the fact that we are picking off a few is a good sign, I just think we need the stars to align with better decoys, bigger spread numbers, the right weather, and a big bunch of geese on the ground in the immediate area.

Any help, comment, guidance is appreciated. And just for the OB...