Brant Decoys

Yes, I consider it Del River, Though I doubt you'd ever see any Brant there, or old brant decoys for that matter. There were a few old makers that did them, but they were used at the Jersey coast. Not sure how long it takes never keep track, couple hours maybe.............
 
Jode,
Great work. Thanks for the pics. We spoke recently about Brant decoys, dimensions and what not. They came out wonderfully..............Kevin
 
Yes, I consider it Del River, Though I doubt you'd ever see any Brant there, or old brant decoys for that matter. There were a few old makers that did them, but they were used at the Jersey coast. Not sure how long it takes never keep track, couple hours maybe.............
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Jode Ive been told that under the right conditions brant were blown to the river, but very rare
 
All of the Dekes shown are great and should serve as inspiration. Good luck with your Deeks and more especially your Brant hunting.

Best,
Harry
 
Eric he is truly from another time
Believe me My buddy bought a full set of GW teal workers and they are amazing on the water
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Your right Jim.Regardless of NJ having a duck stamp or dropping it,I would like to see Jode enter a pair in the National competition.I find myself getting more and more into decoy appreciation.
 
BillS,

That is a great gunning rig. That is exactly how I would want mine to look. I'm using Herters geese repainted to brant. I'd love to have the head positions you have on yours. Brant don't seem all that fussy if you are where they want to be. But it sure is nice to have good looking blocks out there.

Gene
 
Perry,

Are those hollowed wooden bodies with flat bottoms and a keel attached? I've been curious if anyone used this type of construction and if not why. It seems most hollowed wooden dekes use round bottoms and a lead weight without a keel. Your thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Gene
 
Gene my brant are hollowed cedar keel are 3" wide 1 1/4" deep weight 1 1/2" dia. 1/2" had a mold made when I was working in the shipyard the mold has to be ? thousenth's bigger the forsner bit to make hodld in keel thisn allows for srinkage when lead cools. best Bill
 
Perry,

Thanks. I've been thinking about trying my hand at carving and was curious why I don't see more of this type of decoy. I wasn't sure if a keel was just to redundant on a hollowed cedar decoy or not. Seems like the flat bottom and weighted keel would give a nice "ride" to the block.

Best wishes,
Gene
 
Tod, Jode, gene, and joe Thank you for your comments. I sold these a while back to pay for more cork and supplies and just haven't gotten around to making replacements. Never did take a trip down to hunt them this last year, but intend to to next year so carving and improving on them is on the docket.

Thanks again

Bill
 
Darned if I could hunt over anything that pretty. Be scared some idiot would blaze away at cripples too close to those dekes and hit one. They are truly art to these old eyes.

Thanks for the pics.

Best,
Harry
 
I am not sure why i am posting this after the examples that have been posted already. These don't compare, but they do have a variety of head postions and simplistic paint.
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Man!! Those look famiular!! LOL
 
Joe O

I heard the stamp is gone! no more prints and stamps after 08-09 season. What a shame! The state has no idea what they just killed. I am thankfull to be on one of the last stamps. The stamps will have cans on it next season painted by Rob Lesslie

Mike
 
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