Originally Posted by
Wingbone
Where we hunt, it's common for them to roost on one side of the river and fly down to the opposite bank in the morning. We've also called them across streams occasionally. But we never count on it
I've done it only once with a bird already on the ground... old canal in SC. Got a group of four to fly across. Competition always helps.
A single bird all by himself (an eastern anyway) usually its a loser... Osceloas are used to water, and Rios are just crazy and not much will stop them it seems.
Not too tough to get one on the roost to pitch down across one. Lots of birds like to roost over or near water. As long as a hen doesn't go to him closer in, its not that uncommon.