Jon, Great story about the Ward Bros. blocks. I can imagine the look on the man's face when he saw them for the first time. The circa 1936 Canvasback decoys were some of their finest. Depending on condition, I don't need to tell you of their value. Fire was the nemesis of numbers of old decoys. When the shorebird hunting ban was enacted, I've read accounts that many shorebird decoys were fed into carver's pot-bellied stoves for heat. JTP, neat old dove decoys. Someone spent some time doing the relief work. As for your wooden duck decoys, I recognize the Animal Trap/Victor decoys on the right side of the photo with their distinctive lathe marks. I believe they were made in two locations: Lititz, PA and Pascagoula, MS. Here's a pair of dove decoys I carved from tupelo gum butt swells. They are made to sit on dove field dummy powerlines. Simple but effective. Gun is a 1949 Ithaca M37R 16 ga. Gil
