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Bill, Thanks for the email. No, they weren't old ones. I use to have them made when I had Sinkbox Waterfowl Supply. Best Worth

I still have three iron canvasback decoys. They are 28 pounds. Make a very good boat anchor. $50 each, postpaid. Worth Mathewson

George, Thanks for the message. I know him. In fact he was the one of told me about John Byers. And it was Brian who started John making decoys. During one of my trips down I had Brian make me a pinkeared decoy. Neat little duck! Best, Worth

Randal, Not sure what the problem is? The link worked for me? You might try: Dixie Down Under 2018 in Youtube. Best, Worth

Something more on the duck hunting in Victoria, Australia. My friend, John Byers, the duck call maker and top waterfowler just sent me a link to a video. It was made by Brad Sanders, from North Carolina, who owns a decoy company. Brad is currently in Australia and hunted with John and several...

Don't know if anyone on this page has any interest in the history of duck decoys in Australia. But if so, John Byers (the top waterfowler in Australia) has published a book on the subject. John is also a skilled call and decoy maker. He makes his calls from various types of wood. Information...

Well, I certainly didn't expect this to happen: Old Wildfowling Tales Volumes I II and III were best sellers. Volume i went into a 3rd printing, Volume II a 2nd and Volume III largely sold out within a year. As for Volume IV? I had 1000 printed and have sold less than 100. And that was after an...

My first duck was a black duck. Shot it on Smith River in Virginia on Christmas afternoon, 1953. What made it better was that I was using a Fox Model B 20 bore that was under the tree that morning. Still use that gun. In fact yesterday for snipe. Best, Worth Mathewson

Brad, Thanks for sharing the photo. Brings back very good memories! Where were you hunting? Any success? And I will ad my voice to wishing you the best in your retirement. Best, Worth

Perhaps I missed it, but I haven't seen a post on a new waterfowling magazine. At any rate, it is Take 'Em! Waterfowl Journal. They have a web page. I haven't seen a copy yet, but plan to take it. Hope all has an excellent upcoming season! Best, Worth Mathewson

I have 17 Hagerbaumer pencil drawings that were used in my book Best Birds, Upland and Shore. At age 75 it is time to start passing on some of my stuff. To that end, I have in my will that guns, art, decoys, books will go to Delta Waterfowl. But I am starting to move certain items, with money...

Al, Wanted to tell you that your excellent photographs of hummingbirds over the past several years made a deep impression on me. In fact, they set the ground work for my plans to bird in Arizona. A few weeks ago I was with a group on a 10 day birding trip in south Arizona. It was a great...

One of the first Fat Boys made. Good shape. Comes with a Mud Buddy 3 horse Honda long shaft. Motor only used four times. $1000.00. Boat and motor in Oregon. Not certain about shipping? Phone: 503 843 2767. Worth Mathewson

I have the first two years of Shooting Sportsman magazine. Numbers 1-12. Best offer. W. Mathewson. slpress@macnet.com

Things got interesting around here last week. Marge was down in her tree blind for deer along the creek. She saw something coming her way that wasn't exactly the color of a deer. It certainly wasn't! It was a very large male cougar. It walked below her tree blind and she was so scared and...

In the discussion on sandhill cranes I made mention of the coming season being a good one due to the lower number of ducks. Actually, I was only half kidding. Last season, when we were told there was a very good hatch, the hunting here in western Oregon was slow at best. Or at least where I...

Vince, Yep, sorry to say I know all too well about herons and small ducks. I too read the article in DU about herons and small wood ducks. It hit me like a hammer. At one time I left water in our 20 area bottom until mid-May. Along the creek behind our house I have a number of wood duck boxes...

Hello, I will ad my bit about how dangerous cranes can be. My wife and I hunted them for nearly 20 years in Sask. We made certain we never had our dog with us on crane hunts. And if cranes came over while goose hunting with our dog, we made sure we didn't shoot at them. I once had a cripple...

I have one of the Decoy Unlimited small molds if anyone is interested. I will sell it for $40, post paid. Worth Mathewson 503 843 2767

Tim J, As for eating pigeons there is a very large difference between squabs and adult pigeons. Squabs are killed between 27-30 days old. Prior to leaving the nest squabs pack on a lot of fat. The adults stop feeding the squabs just prior to leaving the nest, and the squabs use the fat before...