SNOW DAZE

E HAVEN’T BEEN in the snow goose spread for 15 minutes before 50 birds materialize on the skyline. John Gordon grabs a small handheld e-caller and cranks up the volume. The birds cut a boomerang pattern in the sky back toward the sound. Dipping low, they make for the small opening in our fullbody dekes, 10 yards in front of us, feet out, fully committed.