The Goose
 

Sunday morning photos of a nice decoy I found on craig list. It looks like the original hardware. The body is cork and the head is wood. Maybe glass eyes.

very nice Angel

i seem to have a soft spot for goose decoys - i love that one


i thought about this one (which is doubtful it ever was a field decoy as the seller claimed) for too long at an antique show last weekend
the seller said he had another at home and would contact me- never heard back

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=8823

Rick, that's beautiful. Too bad he didn't get back to you.

there is another show in that area in a few weeks - since he sold one - i hope he'll bring the other - the issue with goose decoys is flat spaces to display them :)

a poor cell phone pic- but this is one of my favorites

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=8824

The story is much too long to tell properly here, but the short form is that some of the decoys I carved years ago showed up on ebay. The seller sent back to me for free, and even paid the $75 shipping. (Oh by the way, I did sent him a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue Label)

all of the decoys pictured are beautiful...charlie

Angel, that goose decoy of yours looks to be an LL Bean decoy made for Bean's by a company located also in Freeport, Maine. I once got a tour of their facility and saw how they made their cork decoys for Beans.

Allen, thanks for that bit of info.
Big D, you lucky I didn't see those, I would have been all over them.

Angel - The ducks have gone to my kids (as if they needed more) but for $375, I'll ship the geese to you. Only issue is that I won't be able to get to them until April

Allen is correct your Brant is an L.L.Bean decoy carved by George Soule. J.J.

Thanks JJ. I knew I would get some info here. The knowledge of this group always surprises me.
Yo Big D, I'll take them!!!

Thx. Angel Let me get back, and get them packed before you start writing a check

No problem, thanks!!

Man, those are some awesome decoys guys! I had my eye on a Big Sky Carvers preening goose on the bay; it was a bit more than I wanted to pay. I debated about it for days and finally the auction ended with no bids. Then I saw it was relisted so I checked it out; the seller dropped the price by half and it sold the same day! I was crushed, but classic case of "if you snooze you lose!"

Here's a preener which I carved about 30 years ago. he's been guarding the front hall since, so is beginning to show his age.

What ever you do when displaying your decoys keep them out of the reach of your dog,they just love chewing on the beak and the tail.:cuss: J.J.

My decoys are never in range of a bird dog or a retriever. Good point, JJ.

JJ - Where were you 35 years ago? Perhaps you could have taught Abby a more respectful way to treat a Chesapeake deke

My Chesapeake Sal has a personal best of 4 decoy bills in a half hour. Not a big deal if you are a carver but some coarse language and a mild reinforcement put an end to that behavior.