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The Goose
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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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)
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all of the decoys pictured are beautiful...charlie
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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.
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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
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Allen is correct your Brant is an L.L.Bean decoy carved by George Soule. J.J.
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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
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No problem, thanks!!
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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!"
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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.
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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.
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My decoys are never in range of a bird dog or a retriever. Good point, JJ.
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JJ - Where were you 35 years ago? Perhaps you could have taught Abby a more respectful way to treat a Chesapeake deke
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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.
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