Recent content by KeithH

I had two accounts with them and deleted both after the notice. They want $399/year for me to be able to share my photos to the world. All of the forums where we post are going to have to figure out a way to start storing and hosting their post images now. I went back and looked at some of my...

http://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Types_of_Tools/Files/Dragon_Hand-cut_Rasp.html Get the fine. If you are working large blocks, you need the long rasp. It is excellent for wood too.

Photography has really changed a ton over the years from film days to the current digital bodies that can track a bird in flight with little problem. I shoot Canon gear and have found the 100-400mm zoom to be about the ideal lens for general wildlife. For boat and blind I find I usually shoot in...

Was riding the Swan Quarter ferry in from a 2 day hunt in the curtain blinds off of Ocracoke. We had a decent hunt and the 3 hour ferry ride gave me plenty of time to think and recall the hunts. As I was being hypnotized by the endless waves slapping the hull of the ferry, I noticed out in front...

Nice read on a cold rainy New Year's day. Thanks!

Don't worry about the water slap too much if you are hunting over plastic blocks...the noise from all of them slapping against the water will help drown out your hull slap. ;) Hunting in a large stake blind pretty high up over the water this year I noticed how noisy all the plastic decoys...

Here's an ash urn I started back in the spring but didn't get the ashes till this month. Got on it then...

The advise on the paddle is a good one. You will use your paddle for everything from paddling to shoving to retrieving decoys and ducks. There are some brands out there that even come with small hooks in the blade for just such things. I will make this suggestion on size or length. Most kayaks...

I hunt, fish, and photograph out of them and have been for decades. I actually have been shooting photos of them for the manufacturers and magazines since back around 1984. I currently rep for 2 kayak companies and moderate a kayak forum for a large kayak dealership here in NC. With waders on...

Chopped these guys out and finished them this weekend. It actually takes a few weeks to do all the antiquing/aging process. Lee Dudley is my favorite old school carver and the history behind his work is pretty interesting. I know a collector that has most of his original birds and he was...

^^^ The Ward World Championships start this Friday the 22nd through Sunday at the convention center in Ocean City. There will be thousands of decoys and carvings there along with various carving demonstrations. Friday the gunning category birds will go out into the bay and will be judged...

Really enjoying the build...can't wait to see the finished boat and the water tests.

My buddy and I have been hunting out of them for a good many years now. He uses a Jackson BigRig sit-on-top and that boat is incredibly stable. I use a Native Watercraft Ultimate FX15. It is also a very stable boat...you sit in it like a kayak but it is totally open like a canoe. Both are...

I've had guides go all out making sure the decoys are set for the wind, pick you up, take you out, cook your meals, call and retrieve your birds....and I've had guides take me out and dump me in the blind at 0'dark thirty and pick me back up at sunset. I think they all expect tips but some get...

Had a buddy back in high school back then that had one. I had an old Crosby Sled. The ox's were built like tanks. There was actually a government program that would provide needy fishermen with one and a 25hp to keep them off of welfare back in the boat's heyday. That's why you see so many of...