Dave Smith Decoy

[turkey slayer]

I have em all and would buy em again.

Thats an awesome pic!!

[matchbook454]

Foiles Migrators website has the DSD turkey decoys on sale right now.

I'd rot before I ordered anything from this...well this person.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, September 21, 2011Professional Illinois Duck Hunter Jeff Foiles Sentenced to More Than One Year in Jail and Fines for Illegal Hunting and Guiding Activities
WASHINGTON – Professional duck hunter and guide Jeffrey B. Foiles was sentenced today by a federal judge in Springfield, Ill., to 13 months in prison, the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division announced.



Foiles, 54, of Pleasant Hill, Ill., pleaded guilty in June 2011 to one misdemeanor count of unlawful sale of wildlife in violation of the Lacey Act, as well as one misdemeanor count of unlawfully taking migratory game birds in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.  At the same time, the company that operated Foiles' hunting club, the Fallin' Skies Strait Meat Duck Club LLC, located in Pike County, Ill., pleaded guilty to an information charging it with one felony count of unlawful sale of wildlife in violation of the Lacey Act and one felony count of making false writings in a matter within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.



According to those plea agreements, between 2003 and 2007, Foiles sold and guided waterfowl hunts at the club for the purpose of illegally hunting ducks and geese in excess of hunters' individual daily bag limits.  Guided hunters paid $250 per day for hunts at the club.  Foiles and others at the club also falsified hunting records in order to conceal the excesses.



In accordance with Foiles' plea agreement filed in June and accepted by the court today, U.S. Magistrate Judge Byron G. Cudmore sentenced Foiles to 13 months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release during which time he may not hunt or guide hunters, and to pay a $100,000 fine.  As a further term of his plea agreement, Foiles has also agreed to one additional year, following completion of his term of supervised release, during which he will not hunt or guide.  Foiles was ordered to self report to begin serving his sentence on November 21, 2011.



A separate sentencing hearing for Fallin' Skies Strait Meat Duck Club LLC is scheduled for Dec. 20, 2011, before U.S. District Judge Richard Mills.



Foiles pleaded guilty to separate hunting-related wildlife charges in Canada on Sept. 14, 2011.   The Canadian court has taken the plea under advisement and is expected to decide soon whether to impose the fines and three-year hunting ban jointly recommended by the defense and Canadian prosecutors.



The case was investigated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and the government of Canada.  The case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of Illinois and the Justice Department's Environmental Crimes Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division.

It's a shame but there are a lot of other outdoorsman just like him.  I've hunted Reelfoot Lake down in TN a colujple times and he'd fit right in down there.  I'm guessing that the only reason Jeff got caught was because of his videos and all the publicity, etc.  I'd sure love to see the day when US FWS cracks down on Reelfoot.  I'm sure there are a lot of good guides and hunters down there, but there are a LOT of unethical ones too! 

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Next best thing to a stuffer

[Ebby]

I do love mine. I have 3 but the Zink decoys are very nice as well and they are cheaper.

[huntdrut]

I do love mine. I have 3 but the Zink decoys are very nice as well and they are cheaper.

...but made in China and DSD's are not.   

[MCase]

I have them all and wouldn't hesitate to do it again.....no better decoys.