I had almost the same instance happen to me this past seaon drgildy. I had shot a canadian goose while duck hunting on the mattaponi river in my native VA. The goose was about 50 yards from us just across a slew we has the decoys set in. We had a younger eagle hover about 40 feet or so over the goose for a solid ten minutes. He was certainly thinking about going after it as he made several low passes, and then pulled off at the last second. We made it to the goose before he did.

My best friend had one come down after a decoy this past winter as well.

Part of the fun of duck hunting, never know what you are going to see next.

Andy