Rick Pierce

Oscar Carroll of Back Bay, VA decoy carving fame used cypress knees for all his decoy bodies 100 years ago. Lends itself to some neat...

Worth, I didn't know that DH was in that storm...that's amazing. There's a decoy collector that has some decoys (carved by Heck...

He did. Since he was an outdoor writer for a newspaper up there, he wrote about it. When you read the accounts, it's a horror story...

I believe Gordon MacQuarrie also wrote about the storm.

Dave Hagerbaumer was in that storm. He and a friend barely made it off an island where they were hunting. He wrote about it in his book...

I have tried quite a few mills in the UP to get wood for a similar project. The problem I run into is they never have lengths longer...

Prior owner strip built my melonseed. You could also use Western Red Cedar. That is what Independence Seaport used to plank Silent Maid...

White cedar is pretty much a perfect wood for boats. I don't know of anything native with similar density, durability, and mechanical...

Eric, Glad I'm too old to offer you any help in your loading, flipping, stacking and stickering project. :cool::ROFLMAO:

Lord...I wouldn't want to carry six hickory decoys...even hollow...much less try to carve it... With what they've done to our hardwoods...

Rick Native? You mean like Hickory? :D

Nice. I haven't tried to find any tupelo in a few years; I have enough cedar and basswood to last me for a while yet, but I would still...

@Rick Pierce About twelve years ago they widened a road here on base. That road runs right through a large tupelo swamp. The trees...

But cypress will add weight. Cedar is 24 lbs/cu ft, cypress is 32....30% more. You can get that here in Arkansas, Mississippi...

You are not limited to using Atlantic White Cedar for a sneakbox. I would look at whatever lumber is local and used by local...