My point about the decoys is not that he expected the hen(s) to come to him. I don't think he expected that at all. I'm guessing that since he slipped up quietly, didn't strut, didn't gobble - he wasn't wanting them to come over to him, but rather was slipping in and looking the situation over before he was going to make a move. He wasn't attracting a lot of attention to himself because he didn't want a butt-kicking. I'd guess that once he saw the decoys, he decided he was not coming any closer.

Hal