Wally Dog
Well-known member
Easten Oregon USA. 12 year old Kole handled the morning perfectly. Rise at 0400, quick breakfast, short drive and ¼ mile walk in total darkness. I set the decoys in (dark) view of the dozen birds roosted a mere 75 yards away. We heard the river bottom wake up and watched the birds fly down into the alfalfa field. 4 jakes first and they headed in another direction…….wonder if the saw me/us walking in? Then the hens flew down and began milling around 75 yds distant. It looked they might head away like the jakes. Then the last jake and the longbeard fly down. I was concerned they too might wander off…..but the jake couldn’t stand it and headed right for my strutter decoy. The longbeard couldn’t stand the jake beating him to the decoys and came running. What followed was a mild thrashing of my strutting decoy by both birds 20 yards distant. Kole whacked the jake and I whacked the longbeard at 7:15 a.m.
Yee haaa, high fives and hugs.
Yee haaa, high fives and hugs.
