David Beighley also known as “TOG” or “The Old Guy’.(1938-2012) The Beighley family has been active in spear fishing and decoy carving for several generations. See David C. and Chris Beighley listings. David H. Beighley, 74 of Underwood died in …
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[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”38″] Robert Beebe, born in Lima, Peru in 1944, now resides in Seymour, Tennessee and started carving replica decoys in 1982. He uses spruce, white pine, copper, brass, lead, glass …
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”37″] John Bednarz had a bait and tackle shop in Browerville, Minnesota in the 70s. He carved decoys up until around 1986 when he closed the Browerville Bait and Tackle …
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”36″] William Batters is from Little Falls Minnesota (Area 4). He was born in 1882 and died in 1957. Batter’s head and mouth carving and lineties are the easiest way …
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[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”35″] Sonny Bashore has won many decoy contests and holds a great appeal when one of his fish is held, as they appear to be real. We have limited information …
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”34″] Broderick (Randy) Bartlett, is a professional wildlife artist who resides in northwest lower Michigan. He is a professional artist in oils, acrylics, hand colored etchings, and sketches. He is …
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[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”33″] Katie Bartle hails from Yale, Michigan. She considers herself a cross-over from Duck decoy carving. She is very interested in recreating old time lures and has been carving for several …
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”32″] Trevor Barry is 49 years old (2016) and is from Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Trevor started out by carving small duck decoys around 18 years ago (2016) and then some …
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”31″] 6″ Long Sunfish circa 1990 – 1995 Marked SS on belly Permission Granted by William Schwagerman wschwagerman@msn.com Born in 1937, Duane Barret is from Osakis, Minnesota. Duane began carving …
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”30″] Frank R Baron was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1931 and is a long time fisher. He was the chairman (2002) of the Fish Decoy Division of the National …
