Couple of pointers from me:

Sit and watch first, find their flight lines or sitty trees and target these.

Decoys, get a decent number, a hand full may work at times but I prefer to put out 25 or so to make a decent pattern. I use a mix of shell, full body and silosock decoys. If I can I will also put a couple of full body decoys up in a tree near by.

Movement, if you can add some movement to the pattern, I don’t use a flapper or whirly gig but to put some decoys on spring sticks to the move, the silosock decoys also move well in a bit of wind. I do use a bouncer though with a dead bird. I keep one fully feathered in the freezer ready to go on the bouncer when needed.

Pattern, position the pattern to bring the birds into range, I tend to use a horseshoe pattern most of the time. Face the majority of birds roughly into the wind but not all, it does not look natural.

I will also set a crow decoy or 3 of to one side of the main pattern.

Hide, don’t just concentrate on the front of the hide, make sure it has a decent back to it so movement through the netting is masked. I like to have a “V” in the front to shoot from.

If no action in 45mins to an hour, move.

HTH

Jerry