After finding an area with a good concentration of birds the next step is to find the roost. The location of the roost is the most important factor in successful traffic hunting. You need to know what direction the birds are going so you can locate a field in the flight path. When looking for a field I either try to be near the roost or near the field they are feeding in. When birds get shot at or become separated from the flock they naturally head back to the roost and decoys set in a nearby field will often bring these birds in. In other situations it may be better to set up in field a mile closer to the roost then the field the birds are feeding in. If I think our group can put out a bigger spread and out call the group that is on the X, this is the situation I will choose. If no one is hunting the birds then I try to hunt closer to the roost. Competing with live birds in a nearby field is really difficult so I try to avoid it when possible. Setting up between two roosts is also a possibility, as birds will often trade back and forth between the two areas.
This talks about how they found a vey good hunting spot.
http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/canada-goose-hunting.php
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