[:' (]It is with great sorrow and loss that I must announce the passing of jack the jake. My long time hunting companion. A truly dedicated and professional decoy.
Jack has been with me since 1995 and has contributed to the demise of 9 gobblers.
He has been inadvertantly shot twice and has been beat up many times by some big bully birds over the years.
I let a friend take him hunting yesterday morning and thats the last time I saw jack
in one piece. My friend had set jack out in a strutting area with two hens early yesterday morning. He turned on the moto magnet motor, (motor attached to the stake that makes the decoy bob up and down.) and sat back to wait. Sure enough
about 8:45am a 28 lb bird came out to investigate. When it saw jack it went nuts and ran right up to him and started to beat the crap out of him about 20 yards from my friend. My buddy got excited and shot twice killing the gobbler and mortally wounding jack.[X(] 3 1/2 inch magnum #4' s at 20 yards. Poor fella never stood a chance. Neither duct tape, sewing thread, or rubber tube patch kit could save him. He is now adorning the wall in my den on a 10x10 plaque. He will truly
be missed by all who knew him.[:' (]