You could always find a local carver that is still carving gunning decoys and may have apprenticed under a known carver from back in the day... and from your area. I have gunning decoys carved by Jimmy Pierce and one of his apprentices, Bryon Bodt, from the upper Chesapeake Bay that are styled after Madison Mitchel's patterns and techniques. Pierce may have actually worked for Mitchel... probably the most famous Cheasapeake Bay carver. Any how, this way you can buy a decoy you know is legit, gun over it if you like (will add charcater), and it will likely be worth a few bucks more than you paid for it in a short time. Just my $.02
-jmc
Last edited by jmc; 02/23/07 03:52 PM.
