Wooden fish spearing decoys hand carved by Kimmel www.wooden-fish.com

This common snapping turtle was of my own complex design.  The head, front legs, and tail are all jointed to allow motion.  The head is specially rigged to lead the body when jigged, as a live turtle's head would.  The front legs are designed to produce forward and back motion as the decoy is swam.  The back legs act as stabilizers.  This decoy was awarded the 1997 world championship in Livonia Michigan.

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