Wisconsin Decoy Heritage

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There is no better source of information for Wisconsin carvers of working decoys.  Scroll through the posts below, or google the name of the artist you wish to find.

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Gromme Bluebills

Owen Gromme, Decoy Carver and Artist

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Gromme Canada Goose decoy, image courtesy Wisconsin Sporting Collectibles Anyone that is familiar with wildlife art has probably heard the name of Owen Gromme. His wildlife paintings have established him…
Wildfowler Decoys Old Saybrook Pintail Pair

Wildfowler Decoy Company

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Wildfowler Decoy Company is another successful factory decoy manufacturer that has been in business since 1939. Ted Mulliken began Wildfowler Decoys in Saybrook, Connecticut in 1939 and decoys were produced…
Doge Canvasback Drake

Jasper N. Dodge Decoys

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Jasper Dodge was another high volume commercial decoy manufacturer who began decoy manufacturing in 1872 in Detroit, Michigan. Decoys produced until 1883 were carved entirely by hand without the aid…
Gundelfinger Decoys

Gundelfinger Wood Products Co.

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Missouri was home to only a few factory decoy manufacturers. The Hays Decoy Co. was sold to the Gundelfinger family in 1925 when their business failed. Gundelfinger purchased all of…
Frank Strey Decoy

Frank Strey Decoys

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A Frank Strety Giant Canvasback hen Wisconsin has been home to many excellent decoy carvers, but one of the best was Frank Strey of Oshkosh, WI. Strey was born in 1890 and…
Canvasback August Moak Decoy

August Moak Decoys

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In my past articles I have focused on factory decoy makers, specifically those with ties to Wisconsin. There has been interest in some of Wisconsin’s most well known and exceptionally…

Armstrong Featherweight Decoys

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In the early 1930’s decoy manufacturers were on a quest to try to reduce the weight of their decoys. Duck hunters were tired of lugging 50 pound sacks of solid…
Herters Decoys

Herter’s Decoys

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Well before the big box sporting food stores of Cabela’s, Sportsman’s Warehouse, or Bass Pro Shops, the sporting goods business was dominated by Herter’s Sporting Goods Co., of Waseca, Minnesota.…
Animal Trap Company of North America

Animal Trap Company of North America

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The Animal Trap Company of North America (ATCNA) produced hunting decoys for a greater number of years than any other decoy factory. Long before they produced decoys they were a…