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[Victoria Watcher]

The curious world of Jim Shockey: Get a taste of his adventures in a museum like no other

Jim Shockey's Hand of Man Museum is in a former school at 6759 Considine Ave. in Duncan

https://www.timescol...o-other-5106438




I don’t remember where I first heard about Jim Shockey, or when. It could have been any number of places.

Based in Maple Bay, he’s an omnipresent guy, with an interest in ­myriad projects and businesses in the U.S. and Canada.

He probably hit my radar through one of his TV programs, all on ­hunting or hunting-related pursuits. Shockey is a legitimate A-lister in that world, a big-game outfitter with an extra-large personality and endorsements and licensing deals too many to mention. That’s where a good deal of his money comes from.

I’m going to guess it doesn’t come from his Hand of Man Museum, which I was unaware of until recently. The 17,000-square-foot space opened in Maple Bay near Duncan two years ago, with the softest of soft launches, and is run on a by-donation basis by Shockey, 64, and his wife, Louise, a former dancer to whom Shockey has been married since 1984.[attachment=33278:D651830E-F86E-4DCA-B9C5-6EE209C42990.jpeg]

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 February 2022 - 02:28 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

The video on the website gives you a pretty good idea what you will find inside.

http://handofmanmuse...nting-gathering

Pretty sure no public school groups will be going, lol.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 February 2022 - 02:34 PM.

[G-Man]

Wow I had never even heard of this place before. How does place even exist?

[Victoria Watcher]

How does place even exist?

 

????

 

I suppose almost anyone can set up a commercial display of their hunting treasures, if they follow the rules. 

[GabriolaGirl]

I guess none of you remember Jim Shockey's Folk Art antique store at Whippletree Junction? 

[Victoria Watcher]

Sounds great!

All I remember was like a wicker furniture place.

Since 1976:

https://www.thewickertree.com/contact

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 05 March 2022 - 03:11 PM.