Painted picklefronds

Bob
They look great, the only question Im going to ask now is do they whisle, they sure are going to bring those birds right into your lap.
Take care and God Bless
Eddie and Amber
Its all about Building that Bond.
 
Hey, Bob-----I enjoyed seeing the different painting style of the drake's beak. I have seen both types but more of the kind that has a solid colored beak. I took a picture of the two types of beaks about three years ago.
Al
 
I like the idea of painting the grass on the bottoms, very original.
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Bingo, Mike & Jim. Figured that even with that much stretching, some of the area I'm showing isn't even there to begin with. Might as well add to the natural vegitation they'd be "planted" in.

Hank, you have to come over and rake.
 
hey guys, quick question. Whats is the origion of this style. Was it traditionally used in a region to hunt? Or was it just a catagory tacked on to a decoy tourny?

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Phil
 
Phil,
From what I've read on pickleweeds they may have originated down in California. They were real popular on some of the marshes and hunt clubs where shallow water and tall weeds were common. Not sure on that origin, but have read of it there and haven't read any histoical accounts of their use anywhere else.
 
Phil,

Had their origins with use in West Coast salt marshes (in the pickleweed beds).
Sometimes we get it reversed....the decoy contests have preserved the a lot of hunting tools that were commonplace - nowdays people must think the contests invented them.

That's why DHBP is so neat....it attracts a lot of of diehards who deeply enjoy making something by hand, and then appreciate taking it out and putting it to use. Palm fronds, pickleweeds, etc, all were functional tools that most likely had limited, regional use.


Here's a David Hagerbaumer painting of pickleweeds in use:

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Those are awesome Bob. Bit by bit all you guys are convincing me to try my hand at this, especially after the variety of puddlers I've managed to take this season. I have just the spot for some of those - a bay filled with sedges that mallards and blacks like to hide in. Now the wheels are turning. I better get that honey-do list down some before winter so I can tinker.
 
Bob,
that print is a great one. I like Daves work and that is one of the better ones.
You sure hit it with your take on the idea.
 
Bob, I will take some pictures when I use them this weekend. I started on 6 more today. Dave hagerbaumer and I will hunt together next Tuesday and I'll take more pictures.
 
Roger Barton wrote and article about Pickleweeds in a North American decoy story in about 1975. My friends in Northern Cal. use them in the rice fields all the time. The story was called California High Necks. I have seen some really neat Goose ones made from crab floats too..
 
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