Field & Stream

THE BLING LEADERS

BLING LEADER: BILL SAUNDERS

CREDENTIALS: CHAMPION CALLER AND NOTED CALL-MAKER, AND OWNER OF BIG GUNS GUIDE SERVICE, KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON

FAVORITE HUNT: TRAFFICKING LESSER CANADA GEESE

The Setup: “We’re lucky to have a great spot, a stone’s throw from the refuge line,” Saunders says. “The geese are tough to decoy on their way out in the morning. They won’t relax until they’ve flown 4 or 5 miles. I tell my hunters, ‘Don’t worry. We’ll get ’em on the way back.’ Geese are pigs, and they can’t resist a bite on the way home.

“Because we hunt in alfalfa fields just an inch or two high, we can only hunt

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