{"id":268,"date":"2026-10-29T19:31:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.atthecabin.com\/?post_type=blog-post&#038;p=268"},"modified":"2026-10-29T20:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T20:25:04","slug":"if-old-decoys-could-talk","status":"publish","type":"blog-post","link":"https:\/\/dev.atthecabin.com\/index.php\/blog-post\/if-old-decoys-could-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"If Old Decoys Could Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I used to hunt. &nbsp;In fact, for years I hunted a lot. &nbsp;Then one season, just like that, I quit going. &nbsp;I stayed at home in the shed, year round. &nbsp;It was dark and damp and I got pretty dusty. &nbsp;I began to think everyone had forgotten at me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of the blue one day, some folks I didn\u2019t know came and cleared out the shed. &nbsp;They left me and the others on the ground in the yard for the better part of a week. &nbsp;Early one morning the fellow who was in charge showed back up with a most industrious little man who took all of us to his shop. &nbsp;He took my weights off and got all the dust off me. &nbsp;He even replaced my missing neck filler. &nbsp;I should mention that he was quite good with touchup paint as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was hard to keep track of time, but at some point I was put in a box and jostled about for a bit. &nbsp;I hadn\u2019t been in a box since I left the factory in Detroit. &nbsp;When the box was finally opened I found myself in the presence of a very kind and studious man. &nbsp;When he picked me up he would hold me very gently with both hands. He would turn me every which way inspecting all my bumps and bruises. &nbsp;The sight of me seemed to mesmerize him. &nbsp;I imagined he was thinking about all the hunts I had been on. &nbsp;He seemed to derive great pleasure from my presence. &nbsp;After a while however, he put me on a shelf with a number of others that looked familiar even though they weren\u2019t. &nbsp;Some of them were quite dusty. &nbsp;I started to take on a little dust too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know I shouldn\u2019t complain, as I am well taken care of, but I do miss my friends and the good old days when we were right in the middle of it. &nbsp;We were really something. &nbsp;I wonder where they all are now. &nbsp;I hope they\u2019re OK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":269,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-268","blog-post","type-blog-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.atthecabin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-post\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.atthecabin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.atthecabin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog-post"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.atthecabin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.atthecabin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}