Long ago I used Johnny Stewart cassetes and a battery powered recorder/player. The woodpecker distress call was a favorite. Now all I use are mouth calls, two very old Weems calls and a dog toy squeaker. A little teddy bear on a string will distract them and get them to come in sometimes really fast. On the other hand I sometimes get blood meal fertylizer, put a half cup of it in a gallon jug and fill it with water/shake it up and dribble it along a brush line to a spot where I am set up to shoot. No telling what will come along following the blood trail.

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Dog I rescued in January

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