VINTAGE CIRCA 1900, S HEN BLUEBILL (HY - DAHLKA) FAIR HARVEN MICHIGAN,
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:16360186 | Features: Solid Body |
| Duck Type: Blue Bill |
Early 1900's, VINTAGE WORKING Lesser Scaup Drake Decoy, ""HY-DAHLKA"FAIRHARVEN MICHIGAN, HUNTER AND DECOY CARVER, HY. PASSED IN 1983 AT 79 YEARS OLD, , DECOY IS 11"LONG , GLASS EYES, hand carved and painted. Branded with carvers name on bottom.Has a crack in the neck area on one side.Buyer pays 9.95 shipping.
Hy Dahlka born 1904 , died on January 16, 1983, at age 79, and he is buried in Gibraltar Cemetery. His legacy lives on with his family, in the Annual Duck Hunter’s Tourna...ment at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area, the Pointe Mouillee State Game Area itself, and the city of Gibraltar itself. [11]
A plaque that members of his Michigan Duck Hunters Tournament presented to Hy Dahlka captured his impact on duck hunting, conservation, and the Detroit River. The plaque said: “Michigan Duck Hunters Tournament, Pointe Mouillee, Presented to Hy Dahlka, tenant of rivers and marshes. His love of duck hunting nurtured in him an idea from which countless thousands have learned to respect, enjoy, and protect the art of wild fowling. From all your duck huntingfriends.”Field and Stream, 1975
The December 1975 issue of Field and Stream included a profile of Hy Dahlka, by Bill Tarrant, titled “Best Duck on the River.” The story identified Hy Dhalka as a noted conservationist, waterfowler, duck decoy carver, and founder of the Michigan Duckhunter’s Tournament. In 1975, he lived in a two story clapboard house snugged against the Detroit River in Gibraltar. A yard of short cropped grass sheltered a statue of the Virgin Mother, a gleaming white washed statue surrounded by colorful zinnias, and below her on the ground rested a full herring gull decoy.
Hy Dahlka and a gray haired poodle greeted writer Bill Tarrant at the door. The gray haired poodle limped to greet Bill Tarrant, since Michigan State University veterans had repaired the tendons in his back legs by making two 58 stitch incisions and implanting synthetic substitutes. Hy remarked, “When I was 12, I used to ride my bike down to this very spot before sunrise. My Uncle Bill would take me out hunting.”
Noting that the living room windows looked out onto the Detroit River, writer Bill Tarrant visualized the magic of Hy Dahlka’s Detroit River marshes. Strings of mallards draped the horizon, and clumps of diving ducks dotted the water. A gentle breeze stirred the willow leaves and the wind rustled stories of hunters and guns and the whirr of wings and cries of birds through the Detroit River marsh reeds.
Bill Tarrant described Hy Dahlka’s living room as featuring knotty pine walls decorated with waterfowl memorabilia and decoys stacked on every surface. Plaques and decorations dominated the room. A blue ribbon said: “Thanks to Hy Dahlka for 25 years. Midwest Decoy Show, Fall 1972, Pointe Mouillee. Given by the collectors and carvers to the Best Duck on the River.” A bronze plaque proclaimed: “Michigan United Conservation Clubs, 1951. Award of Merit to Hy Dahlka for outstanding service to the organized sportsmen of Michigan.”
Hy Dahlka born 1904 , died on January 16, 1983, at age 79, and he is buried in Gibraltar Cemetery. His legacy lives on with his family, in the Annual Duck Hunter’s Tourna...ment at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area, the Pointe Mouillee State Game Area itself, and the city of Gibraltar itself. [11]
A plaque that members of his Michigan Duck Hunters Tournament presented to Hy Dahlka captured his impact on duck hunting, conservation, and the Detroit River. The plaque said: “Michigan Duck Hunters Tournament, Pointe Mouillee, Presented to Hy Dahlka, tenant of rivers and marshes. His love of duck hunting nurtured in him an idea from which countless thousands have learned to respect, enjoy, and protect the art of wild fowling. From all your duck huntingfriends.”Field and Stream, 1975
The December 1975 issue of Field and Stream included a profile of Hy Dahlka, by Bill Tarrant, titled “Best Duck on the River.” The story identified Hy Dhalka as a noted conservationist, waterfowler, duck decoy carver, and founder of the Michigan Duckhunter’s Tournament. In 1975, he lived in a two story clapboard house snugged against the Detroit River in Gibraltar. A yard of short cropped grass sheltered a statue of the Virgin Mother, a gleaming white washed statue surrounded by colorful zinnias, and below her on the ground rested a full herring gull decoy.
Hy Dahlka and a gray haired poodle greeted writer Bill Tarrant at the door. The gray haired poodle limped to greet Bill Tarrant, since Michigan State University veterans had repaired the tendons in his back legs by making two 58 stitch incisions and implanting synthetic substitutes. Hy remarked, “When I was 12, I used to ride my bike down to this very spot before sunrise. My Uncle Bill would take me out hunting.”
Noting that the living room windows looked out onto the Detroit River, writer Bill Tarrant visualized the magic of Hy Dahlka’s Detroit River marshes. Strings of mallards draped the horizon, and clumps of diving ducks dotted the water. A gentle breeze stirred the willow leaves and the wind rustled stories of hunters and guns and the whirr of wings and cries of birds through the Detroit River marsh reeds.
Bill Tarrant described Hy Dahlka’s living room as featuring knotty pine walls decorated with waterfowl memorabilia and decoys stacked on every surface. Plaques and decorations dominated the room. A blue ribbon said: “Thanks to Hy Dahlka for 25 years. Midwest Decoy Show, Fall 1972, Pointe Mouillee. Given by the collectors and carvers to the Best Duck on the River.” A bronze plaque proclaimed: “Michigan United Conservation Clubs, 1951. Award of Merit to Hy Dahlka for outstanding service to the organized sportsmen of Michigan.”
