VINTAGE HUNTING DECOY****Bantail Pigeon**** by WORTH MATHEWSON

Description

This bantail pegion came out of the North West.  It is cork with a pine head glass eyes and is in orginal paint.  A small metal screw is used for the beak.  It was made and used in his hunting rig by WORTH MATHEWSON (CIRCA 1970).   Last used in 1976 on a hunt in the Oregon Coast Range at the mineral springs above the Elk River.  The pigeons still fly there for a short season each year but there are not many of the old hunters left to bother them.  Nice metal stand included along with a  article written by Mr Mathewson for Grays Sporting Journal in 1978.  It is 14" from beak to tail