Find the best deals on canvasback decoys including modern hunting decoys from GHG, Herters, and Flambeau along with vintage wooden and cork canvasback decoys. These decoys are essiential for any diver decoy spread and will attract numberous other diver ducks and even puddle ducks such as mallards in the right situations.
 Traditions Canvasback Duck Decoys - Canvas back decoys $98.50 |
 Diver CanvasBack Decoys Canvas Back Decoys Duck Decoys $249.50 |
 Canvasback Duck Decoys Magnum Canvas Back Duck Decoys $449.70 |
 Shumate Norris Decoys Canvasback Duck LTD ED Art Print $29.95 |
 2140 * DUCK DECOYS * CANVASBACK * HAND-TINTED * $5.00 |
 1985 Duck Decoys Canvasback & Redhead first day cover $9.99 |
 Pair Herters Balsa Wood Canvasback Decoys $80.00 |
Canvasback decoys were used extensively during the market hunting years on the Chesapeake Bay and these now vintage decoys typically carved from hollowed out cedar are highly sought by collectors. The Mason decoy company accounted for many of the decoys manufactured during this time. Today canvasbacks are still perused by hunters with drake cans being considered a trophy duck.
Many hardcore diver hunters still prefer the heavier weight of cork decoys as they will ride the waves of open water much more realistically than lighter plastic decoys will. But it’s still a matter of practicality when choosing between the traditional decoy materials and modern day alternatives. Decoy weight and cost are two big factors to consider that typically move the decision towards plastic.
Being painted with two highly visible colors being white and black many diver ducks are attracted to canvasback decoys. During the later part of the season these decoys also make great attractors for hunting mallards if cans are migrating through the same waters. We have taken many mallards over a small spread consisting of only canvasbacks when hunting on the upper Mississippi River where thousands and thousands of cans pass through every fall.
