Recent content by Ed Askew

Beautiful boat, Richard. Congratulations.

Sorry to hear Dave. Kiss your wife; hug your kids. Cherish each and every day.

Thanks for the kind words, folks. Here in a few days I won't have to worry about Parvo anymore, and I can take her hiking with us. We have had some awesome weather, high temps in the mid 70's while the lowlands cook. She has been fun.

Thanks to all. I wouldn?t leave the dog out in a small fenced area totally unsupervised because of bears. We have more than one really big black bear, as big as a small car, in the neighborhood frequently. Surprisingly, I?ve never seen them, but my neighbors have lots of pictures. If I am...

While I'm showing off pics of my pup, let me tweak the brain of the collective for any experience folks might have with electronic collars that also function as a fence. We spend a lot of time away from home, and most of that is on a very steep lot that is a mountainside. I don't want to run...

Asleep on my deck shoes.

Ginger watching TV in our tiny house in the mountains, western NC.

As promised, if I can remember how to do it, here are some puppy pics. Meet Ginger B. Ginger is a yellow lab from Hat Creek Farm in Perry, GA. She's all American. I have still some Brit stuff that are hand me downs from my good old girl I lost in December. Ginger just turned 3 months old...

Great looking dog! No, we've signed up and sent in a deposit for a lab yet to be born in Georgia. My wife and I went back and forth over it and the deal is I'm just a lab guy to the bone, and there's no switching sides at this late date. Still I love those AWS's and yours looks great!

Great looking dog! Thanks, T. Thank you all. Ed.

Probably right, Greg. I'm making some progress with the wife already. It just takes a while. Ed.

Thanks, Al. Yeah, I know about Boykins, but the problem is that almost half have hip dysplasia. I see my nearest kennel for an AWS is in South Carolina. I happened to look at some labs on line and I can see they are smaller than they used to be. Interesting how labs are getting smaller. My...

Hi folks, I'm sorry I've been a stranger to Duckboats for so long, but I've been mostly retired from duck hunting for several years. As my dog got older and really not interested in hunting anymore, I drifted into fishing for redfish and specks during duck season and bringing her along. Well...

I was interested in the Duckhunter, years ago, but it's not a planing hull. Also, I liked Devlin's Scaup, but then it's not the flat bottomed boat I needed. So, I designed and built my own boat, which I posted most of that on this site. I call it the Peregrine. It's a great boat. I have...

Well, I very much enjoyed the process of designing and building my own boat. Plus, it worked out. It is a great duckboat. I encourage you to go for it. Ed.