Could it be...

[Pat Gregory]

...that, if the great decoy maker Duncan Ducharme made some ringneck decoys, they might have looked like this??? Working from the pattern of an actual Duncan Ducharme canvasback decoy, I modified the pattern to accomodate a ringneck. To my knowledge, I don't think Ducharme ever made a ringneck decoy...

As a carver, these are the kind of projects that keep me interested and fresh...

View attachment PICT0065.JPG
View attachment PICT0064.JPG
View attachment PICT0063.JPG

How about some bluewings? These decoys are going to Saskatchewan with me in September...

View attachment PICT0066.JPG
View attachment PICT0067.JPG

 

[Steve Sutton]

You're channeling Duncan's spirit Pat.....
Like em all but really like that Hen Ringneck.....


Steve

 

[Pat Gregory]

Thanks Steve! Can't wait to see them in the Marsh. Ducharme had it figured out when it came to decoys. Minimal work and detail, maximum look on the water... Thousands of cans and redheads were lured into his blocks...

View attachment ward4a.jpg
[inline ducharme3a.jpg ]
View attachment ducharme3a.jpg

 

[jim brace]

Preety cool. Enjoy the hunt. Jim

 

[Al Hansen]

Good luck when you head north to hunt teal, Pat. Sure liked those decoys.
Al

 

[Joe Friday]

Simply awesome

 

[Capt. John O]

Now I'd like to see a scoter done like that! Awesome job!

 

[jode hillman]

Pat, Very cool!

Any ideas on this girl far from Home?

 

[Pat Gregory]

Jode - If I had to guess, looks like a Nova Scotia bird...

 

[sean kane]

pat where do you get your decoy line? i love that look and i can never find a source of it for my own birds? Keep up the good work!

 

[Pat Gregory]

Thanks Sean! You're going to laugh at me but, the line on those teal decoys is waxed trout line from Walmart. It is very old and worn. My day to day line I get from Bob Metrich from Decoy Rigs. He has great nylon line. I generally get 1,000 or 500 foot rolls.

Take care and God bless! Pat

 

[fred slyfield]

Pat Very nice , All I can muster to do in the 100 degree heat is paint a few new Cans for the fall, just some foam bodies and old Restle heads.

 

[Pat Gregory]

Thanks Fred! I appreciate the kind words. I'll do what I can bring a few Delta Marsh decoys out West this fall. Paint up your cans. Could be a good year for the silverbacks... pg

 

[fred slyfield]

Pat, I am hoping for a good season on Cans, looking forward to this falls hunt

Fred

 

[KThompson]

Great decoys pat! That hen ringer is my favorite of all four of them... not sure why but it just looks "right" to me. Like that drake bwing also.

 

[Pat Gregory]

Thanks Kyle! I appreciate the kind words. Part of my inspiration to do the ringnecks is, next to redheads, it was the second most diver duck we harvested. I love the way they fly. Last season, Paul and I killed our first ringnecks in Manitoba in September and, our last in Florida in January. Love blackjacks! Pat

 

[ken yacavone]

Pat
Love those ring necks. great interpetation of the design.
Ken