My first trip to Texas was plagued with rain/wind and close mouthed birds. On my last day I sat up to the edge of a sendero and placed my decoys on the other side. After shout an hour of light calling, 4 birds came running toward my setup. They went behind some brush about 100 yards from me and circled behind the decoys. I could only see their upper half as they periscoped above the cactus. I saw one had a beard and decided it was now or never. At 40 yards I let the 20 say hello and he bang flopped. When I got to him I was somewhat disappointed to see he was not much of a bird. He weighed 14 pounds, 6 & 1/4 inch beard and 1/2 inch spurs. He only scores 36.5 but I grateful to get a chance at one after the past few days. My first ever 20 gauge kill. I will post the (wet bird) pics later as I'm still trying to get everything dry and reorganized on my return to Bama. Hoping to have an upgrade later.
