Download or read book Traditional Hunting Decoys written by Mark Costilow and published by Wildfowl Carving Magazine. This book was released on 2006-09-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step-by-step instructions and patterns for hen and drake canvasback, redhead, and bluebill cork decoys. Plus how to carve the head, set the eyes, and make a keel.
Download or read book The Making of Hunting Decoys written by William Veasey and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1986 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most important book ever written on how to make hunting decoys. You are taken step by step in great detail through the making of 18 different decoys, literally covering every aspect of the art. Fifteen award-winning decoy artists explain in their own words how they, and you, can create duck replicas.
Download or read book Duck Hunting on the Fox written by Stephen M. Miller and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enchanting collection of stories of ducks, decoys, and hunting on the Fox River of Green Bay. Featuring personal reminiscences, poetry, and vintage photos.
Download or read book Decoys North America s One Hundred Greatest written by Loy S. Harrell, Jr. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antique decoys are among the hottest collectibles in the nation right now. With prime specimens commanding prices reaching well into the six-figure range, collectors see them as both an investment and a status symbol. Everybody wants them, but few can own the real thing. Loy Harrell, one of North America's pre-eminent decoy authorities, has crossed the country to gather photographs and information on the most valuable and sought-after decoys. This full-color masterpiece displays the greatest decoys of a bygone era, tells about their history and in some cases discusses their value. One of the specimens went for more than 600,000 dollars at a Sotheby's auction. Hunting, antique and waterfowl enthusiasts will want this book not only as a display of great artwork, but also as a valuable reference tool for these American treasures.
Download or read book Pascagoula Decoys written by Bosco, Joe and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decoy factories operating in Pascagoula, Mississippi, between 1920 and 1971 produced thousands of decoys that were sold in the United States and several foreign countries.
Download or read book Wild Fowl Decoys written by Joel Barber and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History and collecting of American decoys. Includes chapters on Indian bird lures, history of duck hunting, European fowling methods, and the making of decoys.
Download or read book Carving Duck Decoys written by Harry V. Shourds and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed instructions and full-size templates for constructing 16 beautiful, marvelously practical decoys according to the time-honored South Jersey method.
Download or read book Waterfowling on the Susquehanna Flats written by Mike Daley and published by . This book was released on 2021-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a fitting tribute to the many men who hunted the Susquehanna Flats and the men who carved their decoys. Some of the finest Chesapeake Bay decoys are shown in full color. Readers will gain a better appreciation of these beautiful and valuable sculptures. A must-have for every decoy collector!
Download or read book DUCKS DECOYS written by George Frangoulis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DUCKS & DECOYS: If it looks like a duck, and if it walks like a duck, and if it quacks like a duck ... then it's a duck! But if it doesn't walk or quack or fly, then it's probably a duck decoy. Whether used for hunting or just collecting, duck decoys have become increasingly viewed as an important form of North American folk art. Since the 1960s, numerous collectors' organizations have been created, specialist books and magazines published, with specialist dealers, and special interest shows around the US and Canada. Record prices have been paid for duck decoys. The current world record was set when two decoys (Canada goose and a preening pintail drake) were sold for $1.13 million each on September 19, 2007. The decoys were part of a private sale of 31 decoys for $7.5 million. Enjoy looking at the beautiful photos of ducks and decoys in this book. Enjoy collecting duck decoys, too.
Download or read book Louisiana Duck Decoys written by Charles W. Frank and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1979 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the duck decoy carvers of Louisiana with examples of their work in full color.
Download or read book Duck Decoy Setup Made Simple written by Scott Dawson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to hunt ducks but have no idea how to setup the decoys? We have all been there. It is frustrating to try and figure out the basics on effective decoy spread setups.
Download or read book Painting Duck Decoys written by Anthony Hillman and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy-to-follow guide with step-by-step instructions for painting 13 species (male and female) of duck decoys: Mallard, Canvasback, Redhead, American Wigeon, more.
Download or read book A Caines Family Tradition written by Jerry Wayne Caines and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007-02-27 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Winyah Bay, near Georgetown, South Carolina, the Caines family is known for three things: fishing, hunting and hell-raising. Jerry Caines and his younger brother Roythe Caines boysgrew up following the untamed example of their grandfather, Hucks Caines, and great-unclescollectively known as the Caines brotherswho were renowned hunting guides at Hobcaw Barony. In this book, follow two generations of hell-raising Caineses as they achieve lasting fame carving duck decoys (now collectable and worth thousands), guiding hunters in Hobcaw Barony, fishing for shad and telling tall tales of their misadventuresoften staring smack down the barrel of a rifle, and getting away with it just the same. From Hucks, Sawney, Ball, Bob and Pluty to Jerry and Roy, hunting and fishing in South Carolina will never be the same.
Download or read book Decoys of the Mid Atlantic Region written by Henry A. Fleckenstein and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bird decoys of the American Mid-Atlantic region shown in clear photographs and historical facts that help date hand-made decoys of antique and modern origin. There is an explanation of how weights are used, how condition affects value, suggestions on repairing decoys, a complete list of makers, and recommended reading.
Download or read book American Sporting Traditions written by Ronald Jones and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Sporting Traditions chronicles the 60 years the author has devoted to hunting upland game and waterfowl with classic guns and traditional hunting techniques. Twenty full length articles are supported by over 60 color photos of guns, dogs and traditional gear The articles will take you back to a time when Vintage Skeet and Hunter's Clays were time honored Gun Club pastimes of Sportsmen. A time when hand carved decoys populated your duck hunting stool, and the titillating aroma of paper shot shells curled up from the open breech of your three blade Damascus double while your dog was making the retrieve.
Download or read book The Decoy written by Jim Poling and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of duck decoys in hunting was developed thousands of years ago by native North Americans. The skill of decoy carving was later passed on to Europeans upon their arrival in North America. By the late 1980s and 1990s, hand-made and antique decoys became full-fledged collector`s items. Some rare decoys, in fact, have been sold for upwards of a quarter of a million dollars. In The Decoy, Jim Poling, Sr. explores the history of these fascinating artifacts. The Decoy includes 40 full-colour images from the private, and never-before-seen, decoy collection of Peter Brown, and 25 images from two of North America`s oldest and best known decoy companies: Blackwater Decoys and Loon Lake Decoys. (2001)
Download or read book American Wildfowl Decoys written by Jeff Waingrow and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 1989 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
