Don Mintz

My second cork decoy. I wanted to carve in the wing pockets and tips. I’ll be honest I don’t think I’ll do that again until I get more...

This is one of the gunner drakes my daughter finished painting. He's one of six that we're sending to a guide friend in SE Alaska. A...

Beautiful tribute Michael. Carl, my son Caleb had a real hard time getting his first drake bufflehead. Partly due to few drakes in the...

Kevin, I was looking at your foamer squaws today and it got me thinking when I was starting to make foam decoys. It was 23 years ago...

Those are some nice looking squaws. It will be nice to lay a nice drake across them for a photo some day. With your description for...

I'm kind of wondering if that won't be a plus to have a half dozen oldsquaw. Now another consideration is about drake to hen ratio...

The oldsquaw Caleb shot was just doing a swing pass over the decoys, as if he was just hoping to find company. We see that with...

Good work on those oldsquaws, I need to make some of those by fall, we see a few here each year and they are always by themselves. It...

Added a lady to my longtail rig today. I might put a little more fading of the brown on the head but want to let it rest a bit first.

I quickly figured out what was bothering me about the head. I missed a step on Steve Sanford’s tutorial and finished the cheek.

Pretty much a finished product. We'll add a brass placard in the lower right ( carved and donated by.....). An easy way to make one...

Keep posting photos Kevin, we can all learn something from each other. I try to get better everyday. Something that may surprise some...