Recent content by sean sutton

Could be William Furness. 1909 /1965 National Park NJ. He was a contemporary of Madara / Salvatore and Charles Grouch

Dani, I am truly sorry to hear of this . I remember Steve as a early contributor to this site. He was a very knowledgeable and a passionate outdoorsman. Sorry for your loss. God be with you Steve .

Late 90?s DU magazine back story . Always liked that short story .

Jode make a bird that is unmistakably his own . And that comes from not copying a Godin pattern , but for his Enthusiastic interest of old decoys. Nice bird Jode .

Box of Grouch heads .

Here Vince. The original Grouch goose pattern . Collection of George Strunk .

Yes Vince they did and It stuck . Like Mackey’ , Fleckenstein and Barber’s books . At lot of mis information has kinda stuck .

As Jode has stated the Other Delaware river decoys. . Seems to have largely been ignored by decoy enthusiasts. From National Park to Salem they were a lot of makers . From the earliest R.W. Davids (early 1800’s also Albert Langes first cousin ) to the Shropshire’s of Supawna . There is a...

And a very rare preener by Madara

A example of a Grouch Head very similar to Clark’s . The Bronze Head in Joel Barber’s book was carved by Joel Barber using a Bradford Salmon Head as a model.

A comparisons of a Madara and Salvatore decoys . Which is a whole other story between the two. Very similar styles from 1935 .

Vince, Mel Grouch did not carve decoys . His brother Charles and his father Chaz carved the decoys . They were neighbors of Madara . Madara never had any children but was married twice . There a Quite a few Madara / Wards decoys out there. I do have most of the factual information on Madara as...