As I mentioned in the last post, we’ve got a bit of a garage cleanup going on around here these days. It’s always kind of fun digging into the old stuff that got tucked away year ago, you never know what you might find.

Take for example these old duck decoys that I found yesterday while cleaning up the garage. These are old an old fashioned style, made from cork, with crudely carved wooden heads, the bodies glued or screwed to pieces of plywood.

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22.05.12

The two gun-crossed lovers were married the next spring, and from then on they were inseparable. Mrs. Jones, “Gussie” as she was called in the camp, vowed she would shoot as well as the boys, and in fact she would become an expert huntress at Birch Point.

The blind at Birch Point was built on three sides so that it was mostly surrounded by water. A four-and-a-half-foot fence was built, and notches were cut for gun rests. The view was superb across Reservoir Pond toward the dam on Pleasant Street. The beach was white sand, and live birds were used as decoys. Both ducks and geese were raised specifically for the purpose of luring in hunting fowl. The legs of the birds were fastened to swivel stakes and straps so they could walk free. Every few days the birds would be replaced by fresh birds from the pens kept behind the camp. The birds, domesticated for use as decoys, would become part of the success of Birch Point.

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