Recently, the Mafia was asked to participate in a traveling decoy promotion. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's when someone ( a sole individual, or a group) sponsors a decoy, and then sends it around to several people to use while they hunt. Each host is responsible for recording how the decoy was used, taking photos of how the decoy was utilized in their decoy spread, and also for recording the results. The reports are sent back to the individual who sponsored the decoy who will compile all the information provided by the hosts.
The Mafia wasn't just asked to participate...we were also given the opportunity to "name the deek". This was not a task to be taken lightly. The name should invoke all the joy, emotion, intensity, blood, sweat and tears it takes to be a devoted waterfowl hunter. And so.....the clock was ticking and the Mafia had a job to do....name the red head deek.
Believe it or not...this was one of the hardest things we've had to do in awhile...we weren't playing with our own product...this was someone else's...and we wanted to make him proud...we wanted to make EVERY WATERFOWL HUNTER proud. So keeping that in mind as our criteria....we named him "CHAOS".
We chose this name because there's so much of "it" going on in the field...in the sky...on the ground...in our souls....
CHAOS in the sky: When these ducks see this hand-carved, custom red head deek, the chaos in the sky will ensue! No bird will second guess the life-like detail of this decoy and they will commit without reservation! We are confident of that!
CHAOS on the ground: Your deek spread is going to have a new boy in town to live up to! All other deeks will pale in comparison... the chaos will come from realizing that....you're gonna need more custom red heads!
CHAOS in our souls: Ya know that feeling you get in the split seconds between the moment you know the ducks have committed to your spread, you've got the duck you want locked in your sights, the safety comes off and someone yells "SHOOT 'EM!!!" and you pull the trigger???? THAT...is whatcha call chaos in the soul! And it doesn't end there! What follows is the chaotic feeling of "Did I miss?" "Did I get him?" And hoping that when your faithful retriever comes back, he's got a mouth full of feathers!
The creator of this traveling decoy promotion is Adam Young (@waterfowlhunter on Twitter; http://www.waterfowlhunter.tumblr.com/) and the decoy artist/creator is Jim Crowley of Hook and Hunt TV (@hookandhunttv on Twitter; http://www.hookandhunttv.com/). See below for further info:
Traveling Decoy Promotion Guidelines/info:
Adam Young with the help of Jim Crowley of Hook and Hunt TV will be sending a hand carved cork Redhead Decoy all over the country. Jim is carving this decoy as we speak.
The decoy is starting on September 11th in Wisconsin. Each person will host the decoy for one week. During that week we want the decoy to see as much action as possible. When the week is over the host will be responsible for sending the decoy to the next person on the list. We ask that everyone involved take pictures and tell the story about the time spent with the decoy.
When the season is over we will compile all the pictures and stories in a book form and include it with the decoy for auction. The money raised will be passed on to a really cool foundation to be announced at a later date.
Please direct message @waterfowlhunter via Twitter if you're interested in hosting the traveling decoy.
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