The ducks, dog (modeled on the Gachot’s springer spaniel), and hunter figures in Duck Shooting with Jasper, 1977, are hand-painted carved silhouettes. The piece resembles an over-scale marionette: part whirligig, kinetic toy, and mobile. The hunter’s arm (which holds a hacksaw-blade rifle) is activated by a hanger wire connected to a hand drill gear that is moved by a wind-driven propeller as the ducks, meanwhile, fly over head and the dog wags his tail. The mechanical parts, including gears, crankshaft, and fan, are found objects repurposed as functional elements. This elaborate piece was not made for exhibition but rather as a practical solution: to scare away raccoons pilfering corn from the artist’s garden. The raccoons broke up the piece, after which Gachot reassembled it and henceforth treated it as sculpture.

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— Franklin Hill Perrell, from "Richard Gachot: An American Original"