Decoy

They were convincingly true to life. There were several different head positions: feeder, sentry, semi-rester, semi-sentry and rester. To aid with reality, the younger man had a Honkey Tonk Canada Goose call in his
pocket. Now they waited in the blind.
Bare trees dripped with late November rain. The sky seemed closer to the ground, layered with grey clouds. The father took a swig from his flask and handed it to his son. Both imagined a thick swell of geese dropping. The son checked his gun. The sound cracked through the woods, his head slumped
into resting position.