downtooldbluejeans.
man,whokeepsit
and onthecall.
“Alotofpeople
(the call) hell because o
wekillabuncha
who mainly hunts wi
New Jersey. “But out
isrunningbig
birdsassoonasthey
I’m pr et t y s ubt le w i
we hardly ever run
and-a-half-dozen dec
Wallsandhis
mostly resident bird
on golf courses and
ponds. They are bi
social geese, so this
wenttosettingfield
fa milygroupsoftwot
frontof theblind.
“Some of these bir
18-pound geese, and
success just by being d
arealsoluckythatalot
areflyingoverus,sotha
better chance,” Walls sai
givethemmuch,
moanat200yardsandif
atus, I shutup.”
When migrators show up
gets more aggressive, and w
themallthewaytothekill
Theydon’tflagaton,but
geesewhentheyareonthe
whichis typicallydeadly.
“I’vejust foundthatflaggingbirds
th atarea longwayoff doesn’twork
here,”Wallssaid.“Wehavehad
geesegetcloseandmybuddieswill
droptheircallsandstartgoingfor
thegunsandbirdsstarttodriftoff
andwehavetogetbackonthem.
Newbirds,we’regoingtocallthem
totheground.”
Wallshuntsoutofhome-made
A-frames and the
They brush them
from the middle of
butwilltuckinto
tr eelines,whenit
“It surprises so
abouthalfthe
t h at way,” Wa l l s s a i
cedars on them or
anditworkspretty
still. Some guys g
leave a few rows
andhuntoutofthe
big goose field commandments
“I’m pretty subtle withcalling, and we hardly everrun more than four-and-a-half dozen decoys.”© Anthony Babich/Island Outdoors Media82 WILDFOWL Magazine | September 2019 wildfowlmag.com