Recent content by bob welsh

I was in attendance and it was quite the event. One of the finest collections to come up for auction.

the exact decoy on the cover sold in chicago last week for 276,000

RM thanks had not seen that brochure before.

that is a Shell lake mallard queen in real nice shape . Decks looks to be canvas and seat is original. It is not exactly a rice harvesting skiff but could have been used for that purpose.

here's some random shots

I have been making alot more roundbottom decoys than in the past . For certain spots I appreciate the extra movement. Ive done about 80 since last summer. I recently completed 40 or so mix of teal ,gadwall,pintail wood ducks, coots and mottled ducks for a hunting spot in LA. Ive been carving...

Round bottom decoys dont give the impression of live feeding ducks. Conventional decoys give the impression of a SQUARE MEAL. Thanks I'll be here all week.

nice to see you again i enjoy your doodles

This was driven by the Guides Association first in Manitoba and then to SK. After listening to a podcast the lobbyist for this change reasoned that every non resident that set up shop for a month(or season) and had friends dropping in and out every few weeks constituting a de-facto guide...

Im afraid that these opinions FF trots out as the smoking gun are not at all science based. Tell a lie long enough people start to believe it . The many working biologists I know just discount their flooded corn theory as junk science. But as PT Barnum put it , "There's a sucker born every...

The head is connected by a thin anchor line knotted on top or at the neck somewhere then it passes through the body. 1 or 2 wraps around the metal post on original (i used a roofing nail) keeps the head tight to the body. I used a forstner bit for the anchor recess, but Im sure there is a better...

Glad to see TOP MEN working on the project. Who? TOP----- MEN!