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Heron Lake // Abe Nelson Decoy
Abe Nelson was a prominent guide and decoy carver on the infamous Heron Lake in Southwestern MN, during the era of market and sport hunting of canvasbacks before and after 1900. Abe Nelson is credited with being the decoy carver that created the "snakie head", wide bodied canvasback decoys of the time.
HERON LAKE CANVASBACK
Heron Lake Canvasback
Heron Lake/Abe Nelson design Canvasback decoy.
This decoy is a "magnum" size decoy, the body measuring just under 13" in length. Historical Heron Lake decoy bodies averaged around 11".
F13 • Heron Lake Canvasback
Prototype #001
White cedar body and head with glass eyes and a white oak keel.
Parker oil paints, multiple coats of spar urethane and primer base on entire decoy.
Both head and keel have dowel and epoxy construction.
These decoys will last for generations.
Primaries and speculum added for realism.
Appropriate weight will be added to keel once float tested.
A cork versioin of Heron Lake Canvasback decoys will also be available soon, made with high density cork bodies and basswood heads.
Photos coming soon.
Heron Lake Decoy • Prototype #001
