Interesting film clip shot at a real decoy

Eric Johnson · Dec 12, 2014

This was sent to me by a John Norris. John is the ... I guess you call him the gamekeeper ... at the last remaining duck decoy in the UK. It's called Nacton Hall. This shows tolling as a form of market hunting.

http://youtu.be/mDSr_EIcjFk

Don Lietzau · Dec 12, 2014

That was interesting. Thanks
Don and Crew

SjSmith · Dec 12, 2014

I remember reading a long while back that the word "decoy" was Dutch for "the cage". I believe the Indians used this method too, although not sure if they founded it.
Pretty cool video, thanks for posting.

todd walker · Dec 12, 2014

different, not sure I get it, was that market hunting or just getting pen raised birds for the market???

Eric Johnson · Dec 12, 2014

Those weren't pen raised birds. The technique (there were dozens of decoys in the UK) was used by people who took the birds to market by the dozens. At the tail end of the clip you see the man loading perhaps 24-30 birds onto a carrier to walk to town to sell.

The word "decoy" does indeed have Dutch roots. There is a Dutch breed similar to a Toller called the Kooikerhondje. When the English sought to drain an area in the NE called The Wash in the 16th century, they brought in Dutch engineers. The Dutch reportedly brought the dog and style of hunting with them. I've long been intrigued by the similarity between tolling and the children's tale of The Pied Piper of Hamelin Town.

I was corrected on the Toller email list hat there are in fact 3 other decoys in the UK. Nacton is privately owned and that may be where I got my thoughts on it being the "only" duck decoy left. It's the only privately owned decoy.

.44 magnum · Dec 12, 2014

makes one think we go about duck hunting the wrong way today.

Interesting film clip shot at a real decoy

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