We just use the motor for running back to the anchor buoy after a sneak and for picking up birds. I've seen guys over there motor down on a sneak if there was no wind. But we just don't do it, it doesn't seem right, plus I'm sure it's illegal there same as it is here. If there's no wind you just paddle, though we usually don't go out sneaking if there's no wind anyway.
The motor mount isn't original to the boat, though it was added a long time ago. Originally these boats were rowed, this one still has the big set of removeable iron oarlocks. We use the oars for picking up decoys if the water is too deep to wade.
As far as the price of canvasbacks, it depends on who was selling them if it's singles or pairs. I've got about 20 different price sheets ranging from in the 1870's to the late teens from all over the country and it was different depending on who you were dealing with.
And the prices on these sheets are usually what they were buying them for, not the sale price. I've only ever seen a couple price sheets where the birds were priced to sell and don't own one. They're scarce, think because most of the selling was done out of shops, whereas the birds to be bought were shipped in by train. No need to have a printed price sheet when somebody was just walking in the store.
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