Pat Gregory
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In my pursuit of waterfowling history, I've been doing a little studying and, collecting around the Michigan Sneak Shooting. It's a fascinating history around fascinating men. Below is a picture of one of them. Sidy Dahlka was a sneak boat shooter back in the early 1920's thought the 1940's. He hunted around the towns of Monroe and Grosse Isle, Michigan on the Detroit River and Lake Erie. Sidy was the uncle of famed Michigan decoy collector Hy Dahlka. Thanks to Jack Wilkie of Monroe, MI for the picture of Sidy painting some of his rig...
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A pair of canvasbacks from Sidy's rig made by Y.F. Hardcastle. Aluminum heads and balsa bobtail bodies. I love the heads on these decoys! Paint restored by Phil Babe.
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A pair of canvasbacks from Sidy's rig made by Y.F. Hardcastle. Aluminum heads and balsa bobtail bodies. I love the heads on these decoys! Paint restored by Phil Babe.
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