sleeper placement

[h20fowler]

Looking for some help.

Recently acquired 2 dozen sleeper shells and am putting together another dozen sleeper full bodies.

In a spread with 10 dozen other full bodies where would one put the sleepers? We typically run a random set with no real pattern (U, A, J, or whatever the letter). With a couple 3 or 4 feeder lines walking into it.

Do I put the sleepers where I want the geese land. Upwind of that, downwind?

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

[Killer Miller]

H2o, my group usually puts my dozen GHG shells (some with sleeper heads) right around the blinds. We usually run a loose U pattern with the good decoys, full body Pro-grade GHG full bodies, on the legs of the U with our fillers (G+H shells, and outlaw silo's) in and around the blinds. I normally put the GHG shells with sleeper heads on them right in front of our layout blinds.
But I have noticed that alot of people put the sleepers on one side of the spread or the other, but thats not how I do it. Not saying Im right or wrong.

Hey h20, kill any more honks with the 28 gauge?

[h20fowler]

Thanks for the tips. That is what I was thinking. The sleepers are a new concept for me.

Won't get the 28 guage out again for a while. Got to concentrate on the .410 now. Hope to get out tomorrow evening for a bit with my son and a buddy. Otherwise it won't be until the 26th. Well, for geese anyway. I am going on duck hunts the 24th and 25th.

[scouttracker]

Just try to keep your sleepers to the inside of the spread. No matter what you use. Try to make them look content.

[DropEmInDE]

the way i look at it is, find some pics of a flock and look where the sleepers are...usually inside the spread....but theres exceptions to every rule....how come no Decoy company makes a one legged sleep, Hummm im thinking new design....!!!!!!!!!

[Maulers INC.]

we usually put them pretty close to the kill hole. In the past week we have had a ton of geese land literelly on top of the sleeper shells. We limited out the other day by 8:30 and couldnt get out of the pit because the geese were walking around the decoys while others, again landed on the sleeper shells