Please excuse my ignorance. I have read alot on this forum regarding these water turkeys. What is that? I have never heard mention of a water turkey in our area. It maybe no one has ever worried about them or understood them around here. I am just not familiar. I am in northeast Indiana.

As for cranes. I have chased the heck out of them just to find them back the next day. I have even tried the 22 magnum explosion on the waters edge to scare them. Once again no good. I know that one of them is a frequent visitor because he has about 6 inches of wing feathers missing to identify him. I am still waiting for my decoy. I am going on vacation this weekend and don't want to leave the pond without some kind of security. I can see coming back to a crane party of 10 with bluegill ale carte in front of them. My gills have come back in to make beds and are easy prey now.

Still curious if anyone else is using a crane decoy and their results. If not I will post my results.

Just another 1 acre hole in the ground...........with fish !!!