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...
Here is a bluebill I picked up in Wisconsin, and my copy in the raw. I don't think it's a KD but a hunter copy. Vince nailed it they were called pocket decoys.
Hi Nancy, The boat has orgins in the upper midwest. Looking at the boat from the inside ,it looks to be a lapstrake hull where the planking on the outside overlaps each other like siding on a house. The decks were originally covered in canvas and a thick compound would have been applied to fill...
I set my decoys daily out of a boat and never wrap them. I just pile them up. My system hardly ever gets tangles. I use thick cotton clothesline dipped in olive green paint and stretched out over the fence do dry. This produces a fairly stiff line and being about 3/8 thick it just does not get...