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<p>[QUOTE="wiscbirddog, post: 3360022, member: 125"]A carved duck but not a decoy. A display/art item. No reason it couldn't be as old as you are assuming. Rather nicely done in fact.</p><p><br /></p><p>A duck decoy, by definition, is made to resemble a real duck, to be used to attract waterfowl when hunting. No flying duck would look down on this & say "oh, boy, it is safe to land down there because I see others of my kind". A floating decoy normally has a keel with stringed weights so they don't float away. Most hunters use multiple decoys at a time to simulate a flock. Decoys are usually fairly light weight as carrying them to & fro while hunting can become a real chore with heavy decoys.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wiscbirddog, post: 3360022, member: 125"]A carved duck but not a decoy. A display/art item. No reason it couldn't be as old as you are assuming. Rather nicely done in fact. A duck decoy, by definition, is made to resemble a real duck, to be used to attract waterfowl when hunting. No flying duck would look down on this & say "oh, boy, it is safe to land down there because I see others of my kind". A floating decoy normally has a keel with stringed weights so they don't float away. Most hunters use multiple decoys at a time to simulate a flock. Decoys are usually fairly light weight as carrying them to & fro while hunting can become a real chore with heavy decoys.[/QUOTE]
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