Recent content by MLBob Furia

Makes me want to go down in the shop and turn a few calls. ..... but standing at the lathe would really screw up any progress I'm making. Arrrrggghhhh! Sooner or later.....

Usually my first hunt of the year is Thanksgiving morning, but no season for me this year after surgery. Last night temps dropped to the low 30's and it blew sustained winds of 15-20 mph all night. River stage is good, so ordinarily I'd have been set up in a slough off the main stem of the Ohio...

Timely question given my current state of affairs so I'd have to say the limitations imposed by health and age are going to dictate when I call it quits for good. In the past few seasons, I have cut back on days that I hunt; I leave the house at a later hour and certainly don't hunt as long and...

Gathered a bunch of ringbill carvings for a picture on the hearth. I have eight more down on the basement racks. Perhaps when I get back on the River, I'll do a hunt with all combined (y)

What a moment for you and your dad! May you make some great memories in it.

Might have mentioned that I had Spinal fusion surgery back at the end of July followed by a second procedure when recovery did not go well. Last few months have been a blur of constant pain & discomfort, leaving me without being able to do much of anything. Have finally hooked up with a pain...

Good on you Tod. What's the lad been up to?

Sorry to hear of Jim's passing. Some years back Jim approached me about doing an "antique restoration" on a battered & worn old pair of bluebill decoys that he had found and wanted to gift to his dad. This was the result. A fun gift for Wiz Boz: Good people!

Now have another wood duck drake ready for painting. Also have a ringbill hen from earlier in the year, that I never got back to. Stockpiling a few for after upcoming spine surgery this Friday. Hope to be ahead of the curve on recovery, but figured I'd have some stuff ready to work on the...