thanks Greg- that is a very clean example- still has the neck ring - most i see are missing the putty used to cover the joint
but, look at the speculum on yours - not too long and the back white line is at a steep angle and for the Pascagoula examples i see on line they almost come to a V
the hen I have has a longer patch and parallel lines - much like the drake I have does (he has a few dings- but is pretty good for his age)
on my two -drake's tail comes to a point and is a little thinner top to bottom- the hen's tail is a little more rounded -
not to get too deep in the weeds on something as mundane as a lathe made decoy- but I love a mystery - and this gentleman was known as a serious hunter and lived just down the road from where I gun- might I be in his footsteps when a big drake comes over?
