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This Canadian goose decoy by Crowell shattered records when it sold for a staggering $1.13 million at a private sale in 2007. Its near-perfect condition, coupled with Crowell’s reputation, means ...
Hunting decoys are the early predecessors of garden owls. Both Native Americans and Europeans used bird decoys in strategic hunting practices. [15] [16] European records show efforts to reducing bird damage to crops though usage of decoys dating back to the 1400s. Books on pest control that mention using decoys were written in the 1600s. [17]
DirectBuy showroom, Farmington, Michigan, 2012. DirectBuy is an American membership buying service headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana.Members pay a fee, which entitles them to buy products at a discount, directly from the manufacturer and its authorized suppliers.
A duck decoy (or decoy duck) is a man-made object resembling a duck. Duck decoys are typically used in waterfowl hunting to attract real ducks, but they are also used as collectible art pieces. [1] Duck decoys were historically carved from wood, often Atlantic white cedar wood on the east coast of the United States, [2] or cork.
A barred owl, dubbed Shakespeare, sits in a tree at Eagle Creek Park. Barred owls are one of the types of owls in Indiana that benefit from nesting boxes.
To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half ...
Red Owl was a grocery store chain in the United States, headquartered in Hopkins, Minnesota. Founded in 1922, it was initially owned and operated by a private investment firm affiliated with General Mills, and purchased in 1968 by Gamble-Skogmo .
In one decoy on Föhr island, more than 3,000,000 ducks have been caught since its installation in 1735, and from 1885 to 1931 a factory for canned duck meat was active in Wyk auf Föhr. The preserved meat was exported worldwide. Today there are six inactive decoys on Föhr. [25] Another decoy is located near Norddorf on Amrum island. [26]