![]() ![]() These are commonly called decoys.īefore World War II, decoys were made of hand carved or lathe turned wood. Waterfowl hunters often use fake replicas of the species of quarry pursued. See Decoy Magazine link for more information. I used it and several other old timers to take a limit of 8 green-heads in Alberta in September of 2013.įrom time to time, I will feature one of my older decoys on this page and relate history and stories of them. It has some how survived the many moves I have made. The one pictured above is a Sears Roebuck J C Higgins model from the first 1/2 dozen decoys I ordered in 1954. Also, many of my collectible decoys are the early generation post World War II tenite plastic and paper mache’ models. ![]() Over 60 are antique used gunning wooden, cork or canvas working decoys. I have a collection of hundreds of duck decoys. It is a stirring spectacle …”–Grits Gresham, The Complete Wildfowler, 1973 “To the avid waterfowler, no moment of truth can match the instant when a flock first responds to his call and decoys, the time when this wild, free bird of unsurpassed grace begins a descent from the sky down to gun range. ![]()
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