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Duck decoys
Posted on 2/4/18 at 7:22 am
Posted on 2/4/18 at 7:22 am
Anyone collect any vintage duck decoys by Louisiana carvers?
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Posted on 2/4/18 at 8:41 am to CharleyLake
Not Louisiana, but I got this one as a gift. It was made by a guy in Pascagoula, MS, but I’m not sure of the year.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 9:13 am to CharleyLake
A friend’s dad who recently passed was an excellent carver! His work is amazing so much so that the carving looks real. 
Posted on 2/4/18 at 9:41 am to CharleyLake
My wife’s grandfather carved decoys and hunted over them. We have a few. Some used some he had just made
Posted on 2/4/18 at 12:55 pm to speckledawg
That appears to be what is known as a "Pascagoula Decoy" which was likely make by a wood lathe in a factory in that town. If so, the factory operated in the 1930's.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 12:57 pm to tigerfoot
When and where did he carve and hunt ?
Posted on 2/4/18 at 1:24 pm to CharleyLake
They lived in Lake Arthur. Hunted the marsh just below there on the inter coastal
Posted on 2/4/18 at 2:58 pm to tigerfoot
I have a decoy carved by Nick Trahan from the Lake Arthur area.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 3:12 pm to CharleyLake
Not him. His were not ornate. But I love them. Plan on hunting over them with my boys in a few years.
He wouldn’t want them used any other way
He wouldn’t want them used any other way
Posted on 2/4/18 at 5:12 pm to tigerfoot
I have a few carved by people out of Lake Arthur. Who was her grandfather? I may be able to share a picture of others if you would like.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 5:17 pm to cameronhunter
Bill "Buff" Chapman. Initials were EC on most of his wood work.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 5:26 pm to tigerfoot
I have a couple pictures of Mr. Bill and his decoys. You may have seen them already but I can share if you haven't seen any. I actually knew him personally. Kind old man.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 5:48 pm to cameronhunter
Posted on 2/4/18 at 6:00 pm to cameronhunter
Cool deal. I am sure you know my wife if you knew him. We may not have seen them. Feel free to post them per my wife.
This post was edited on 2/4/18 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 2/4/18 at 9:10 pm to speckledawg
quote:
Not Louisiana, but I got this one as a gift. It was made by a guy in Pascagoula, MS, but I’m not sure of the year.
There were several decoy factories in the Pascagoula area. Hudson Manufacturing Company, Victor Animal Trap Decoy Factory and Pascagoula Decoy Company (PADCO). However, this is a Grubbs Manufacturing Company decoy.
The Pascagoula decoys are easily identified by the deep lathe rings; however, most offered an upgraded smooth model. They cranked out thousands of these things, and, even in pristine condition, they're not very valuable.
This post was edited on 2/5/18 at 9:57 am
Posted on 2/6/18 at 2:57 am to CharleyLake
Was hoping to see more replies to this thread but seems like not many new collectors getting into Louisiana decoys. Most of what is out there is tied up in collectors hands that rarely move. Not often that a good bird comes up for sale. The major auction houses will have a few occasionally at their sales. I am always looking to sell or trade, especially for SW decoys.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 6:01 am to cameronhunter
I don't really consider myself a collector but I have about three dozen decoys from many of the lower Plaquemines parish carvers. Had a whole lot more before Katrina and my dad had a whole lot more before Betsy.
I don't really trade them but I rarely miss a decoy show, I enjoy looking at other people's ability to carve them it amazes me.
I don't really trade them but I rarely miss a decoy show, I enjoy looking at other people's ability to carve them it amazes me.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 6:37 am to Da Hammer
As a very young kid, I used to watch my Dad repaint his decoys before the hunting season;. He used to crave them himself. All were lost in Betsy. 
Posted on 2/6/18 at 9:01 am to Da Hammer
My collection, also about three dozen, includes one from the Venice area that my brother found in the marsh when he worked for Gulf Oil Company in 1964. I brought it to a decoy show in Baton Rouge but was unable to get the carver identified by the experts. Many of the decoys from Plaquemines Parish are quite old and rather valuable as opposed to the Lafourche/Terrebonne Parishes. The "western decoys" as the experts called the ones from Southwest LA and East Texas are not so much available for some reason.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 10:12 am to CharleyLake
Hurricane Audrey took away most of what was around SW Louisiana. Additionally, when paper mache and later rubber/plastic came out there was no need to tote around the much heavier wooden decoys. I can't count the number of times I have been told by old hunters that sacks of decoys were burned after they quit being used at the blinds.
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