Recent content by Vince Pagliaroli

Chip, That's a dandy buck right there. Congratulations. Tenderloin time YUM YUM. Our deer gun season began yesterday mabbee snow tomorrow. Fun Time is Here.... Best regards Vince

Tom, That is a Mighty Fine Gadwall drake Decoy. The carving & paint show cases the wood grain just right. A very good combination between the Life of the Wood and the Subject. The Decoy has classic style and will only get better with use. Two Thumbs Way UP. Best regards Vince

Jode, I enjoyed that very much. Thanks for posting it. Best regards Vince

If you don't mind I'd like to add another thing into the discussion. My wife has brought up the subject of "What will you Do if for some reason you can no longer hunt & fish? You don't do well cooped up indoors." A valid question and one she knows if it happens will not be good and will drive...

Retired from a job? Yes. Retried from waterfowl hunting and the lifestyle? No. I have cut back due to to these reasons. 1) Access is very poor in NY compared to my many years in PA. It was easy to waterfowl hunt the way I wanted to in PA either with gunning partners or solo. Plenty of...

Tod, I really enjoyed your post and the photos. Paradise comes at a price that balances things out, it's just pretty much the way things are. Your doing as much as possible as soon as possible cuz ya can. The first years of retirement are like that. The enjoyment of everyday living where your...

Many years ago when I was younger than his age, and in a similar situation I had a family member co-sign for me. The deal was I NEVER miss a payment or my A$$ was grass and he was the lawnmower. It worked out just fine and no problems. If not, a loan would have cost me a arm and a leg from...

That's it! "Good things come in small packages." I do believe I bought it from Dean Dashner at the Ohio show in the early 1980s. Many folks would gather in that room and other rooms to meet and mingle. One would meet so many folks that it was hard to keep track of everyone. It was decoy and...

Nancy, John Tax is one of my all time favorite decoy carvers. Tax's laminated field goose and duck decoys are second to none. The booklet about his decoys Last of the Prairie Carvers, circa 1970 has been in my library for many years. Not to mention when I saw and studied his decoys in person...

Nancy, Your uncle was my kinda guy. A collector and caretaker of North American Waterfowling history and the Golden Age of hand made and crafted trappings and gear. The mashboat does have historical value for many reasons. I look at that boat and smile knowing the history it must hold. Your...

I'm rereading Robert Ruark - THE OLD MAN'S BOY GROWS OLDER. Lot of good reading there as we grow older. As a child all I wanted to do was be a artist, and hunt and fish. I'm living my dream still doing what I like to do at age 75. Many modifications had to take place to continue doing what I...

Many years ago a friend of mine was bow hunting from a tree stand. A teenager squirrel hunting mistook my friends slight movement for a squirrel and shot him in the back with a .22. My friend was paralyzed from the waist down for the remainder of his life. It does not take very long for...

Dion, 21 is a whole lotta Teal, especially for just starting to carve. I tip my hat to you. They look Good. I've made different rigs for different hunting styles, you might do the same thing. My rigs are solid & hollow pine or cedar, black cork, tan cork and Canvas covered decoys. For the...

For historical and nostalgic reasons this is very good. Those hunting garment brands were sold in every small and large hunting & fishing store, most hardware stores, and Army & Navy Surplus stores. Ya had to save yer $$ to buy them, then try to keep them for as long as they were wearable and...

The marsh boat is a variation of a Appleton Wisconsin Marshboat. I recall seeing this model but cannot recall the maker. Mine is somewhat similar and has stake ports fore & aft. Your boat has the circle indentations where the ports can be but are not. Once the boat is staked in it becomes very...