Prairie Sportsman
Grandpa's Decoys
Clip: Season 13 Episode 5 | 13m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
Spearing with decoys hand-carved In the 1950s by Charlie Tomoson.
Spearing with decoys hand-carved In the 1950s by Charlie Tomoson and painted by his wife Bertina. Over a decade, the Tomosons made 9,000 decoys sold in bait shops in the Alexandria area.
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Production sponsorship is provided by funding from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, West Central Initiative, Shalom Hill Farm, and members of Pioneer PBS.
Prairie Sportsman
Grandpa's Decoys
Clip: Season 13 Episode 5 | 13m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
Spearing with decoys hand-carved In the 1950s by Charlie Tomoson and painted by his wife Bertina. Over a decade, the Tomosons made 9,000 decoys sold in bait shops in the Alexandria area.
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