Thanks for all the coments, I'm not sure where Grand Island is, but I was on private property just west of Lexington,NB. Platt river runs just south of I-80. Lots of birds in the area. This bird was a Merrian / Rio cross, wanted a pure bred Merrian, but whoe's gonna complain with a bird like this. He had a 9" beard and 1" spurs for those of you care about such things. Came right in and passed up the hen and went straight to the Jake decoy. My hunting partner and I have had really good luck with the Jake decoy this spring. Had several big Birds just flog it and several more peck at it and strut and display around it. Wont be hunting without one again. RW