Duncan Ducharme Decoys...

Pat,
Thanks for posting it. I have the first of my Dacharme patterned heads carved with several more that will get working on here and there this week. Thanks you for sharing the pattern with me I am very excited to put a few together for this season. It will be neat to get together later this season and compare the differences between mine yours and the originals.
 
What a great little video...

Don't you wonder if old Duncan is somewhere shaking his head at what those decoys that he chopped out of telephone poles and painted with left over house paints are worth these days?....

Neat to see some of his other decoys as well...you sure don't see them very often. or perhaps if you do the "normal decoy shape" to them doesn't make one think "Ducharme".....I never knew he did anything that wasn't the style that you've posted until I started trying to acquire one of his decoys......made the acquaintance of a relative of Albert Hochbaum while trying to find a signed copy of "The Canvasback on a Prairie Marsh" and got to see his collection of Ducharme decoys....many of which had come from Alberts rig....that contact was what finally lead to the bird I have now but only after a couple of mis-cues where Ducharme decoys of a different style arrived in the mail.....

The Richard Bishopesque Canada Goose passing shot in the end is neat isn't it?.......
And what Lab owner wouldn't appreciate the Chessie getting beat for trying to eat a decoy?.....

Great stuff AGAIN Pat....


Steve
 
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Pat~

Great footage AND narration. And I agree with Steve's thoughts about that Richard Bishop Canada stooling in - wonderful stuff!

Thanks,

SJS
 
I think the canoe may be a 1920's Chesnut. The heart shaped deck is a clue, although there were other builders using this shape. Also when the paddles come out of the water on the return stroke, I think I can make out the Chestnut logo on the blade. bob
 
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