JUDAS DUCK MAFIA GOOSE HUNTERS, HAL AND AL

Wacko Wally and $Bill were witness to one of the most outrageous goose hunts in the history of Cairo Illinois.  They were on a mission to hunt geese where the Ohio river meets the Mississippi river, outside of Cairo, a Mafia hang out.  Wacko walked out of his motel room early in the a.m., his hair around the bald spot, was standing straight up in the air, he was hungry and saw Hal and Al in front of their room, holding eggs in a spoon over a bunsen burner.  Hal was 4’11″ and Al was 6’11″ tall.  They looked sinister, wearing Bogart style camouflaged trench coats, which had bulges underneath.  There were several violin cases on the ground, filled with goose ammunition for their sawed off 10 gauge shotguns, and two Thompson submachine guns.  $Bill came out to say hello, and Hal bellowed, “Where are you guys hunting?”.  Wacko says, “We’re in pit number 9 at Babes goose club.”  Al says “We’ll see you there, we’re in pit number 10.”  A few hours later at the crack of dawn, Wacko and $Bill walked to their blind with their dog Pinetop, named after the Chicago Blues singer, Pinetop King.  The two good fellows were already in their blind.  Pinetop was howling his version of the Blues and shaking with anticipation.  In the distance a large flock of Canadian Honkers appeared, and headed towards Hal, Al, Wacko Wally, $Bill and Pinetop, the yellow male labrador.  Wacko loaded up quickly his Belgium over under, with 3″, number 2′s.  $Bill was ready as well.  As the geese headed towards the decoys, Wacko noticed something peculiar in Hal and Al’s blind.  Hal opened up the violin cases, and pulled out two loaded Thompson sub machine guns.  Wacko’s knees started shaking and his bald head went into a sweat.  $Bill erupted in wild laughter.  Not since the days of market hunting, had there been such a presence of Judas Duck Hunters.  As the geese came in with set wings, Wacko dove for cover and laid out flat in the blind.  All of a sudden Hal and Al let loose with the machine guns, an amazing barrage of fire power, it sounded like the  Valentines Day massacre.  The lead goose exploded with a massive feather drop into the blinds, Wacko’s bald head filled with feathers.  Pinetop launched from the blind in the midst of 15 geese, flopping  around on the ground.  He retrieved every bird.  Hal and Al took all but one goose, wished Wacko and $Bill luck and left the scene.  Several weeks later, Wacko Wally got to know Hal and Al, at a motorcycle club meeting, in Chicago.  They were now working as Martial Arts instructors for the Chicago police department.  Wacko was later escorted out of Chicago, safely, by Hal and Al, at the end of an affair with the wife of a Mafia attorney.  Wally and $Bill were later seen, hiding out in Telluride Colorado, hunting mourning doves with 20 gauge Belgium shotguns, using light loads.  Wacko Wally told the story of Hal and Al on every hunt.  He never did heat an egg on a bunsen burner.