by Deltaman » Wed Jun 20, 2018 7:11 am
I've got some, and up close, those old Victor decoys look fake, but from a short distance, they look pretty good, and love the silouette. They have been relegated to a box in the garage for many years, along with a bunch of old Herter's foam/wood decoys given to me by a retired oral surgeon. Also have several of the old paper mache Mallard decoys, a few old handmade wooden coots, and some of the old machined wooden decoys. My den shelves on both sides of the fireplace, are full of them, along with a selection of old paper shells, Indian Pottery from some of the old shell mittens in the delta. Have also found several of the old clay whiskey jugs, the ones they used a corn cob for the cap. Love that old stuff, and have been scavenging it for years, mostly when hunting the bank on slow, low tide days. Have found many old medicine bottles, and assuming the old timers took codeine?? with them. Also, have a few of the old brass shells that the market hunters used to reload. Love finding little pieces of history, and can only imagine what it was like for them back then. Loads of birds, but shitty clothing, paper shells, outboards that may or may not run. Back in the late 60's and early 70's, we had a Johnson Seahorse 18 hp on a 12' Glass magic (Skeeter boat), and as a kid, remember a brand of motor called Wizard, that I would see on a lot of the boats at the time. My how times have changed, eh?
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