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Marge and I just returned from a guided seven day birding trip to southern Florida. We were in a group with eight other birders. It was excellent! The trip started in the Miami area, and went south to Key West. From there we took a day trip out to Dry Tortugas and Fort Jefferson. I was able to...

For anyone interested in Dave's prints the following might be helpful: For many years I had and sold all the remaining prints of Dave's. It is important to know that I started out asking $100 per print. Nearly none sold at that price. So Dave suggested I drop the price to $50. The sales were...

Dale and Mike, Thanks for the information. Can you supply phone numbers so that I can pass those on? Best, Worth Mathewson

The guy who is loading some 8 bore shells for me is interested in trying a scull boat. I haven't seen one for sale in awhile. He would be interested in the one man, Humboldt style. Anyone know of one for sale in the Northwest? Thanks. Worth Mathewson

A guide in Scotland, Scott Cruickshank, does most of his business with shooters from various European countries. He would like more from the U.S. He asked me to mention him on this site. His web page is:SAC Shooting. Scott is located in the region of Scotland with the largest wintering...

Great looking shirt! Please put me down for three. All blue, two 2X, one X large. Thanks for the effort. Any chance for hats? Best, Worth Mathewson

I am very happy to report that the Argo worked perfectly. I was able to drive Marge out to the blind this morning with almost no problem. There was one place I came to a stop, but once the wheels dug down to hard pan I was moving again. We are both at the age that the Argo is a big help, and...

Gary, Welcome back! You have been missed, greatly! Hope to touch base with you in the coming years. It has been much too long. Best, Worth

Has anyone on this page had experience with an Argo? Especially getting one stuck? My wife, Marge, age 73, has increasing problems with tearing leg muscles while trying to wade in mud. On our 20 acres below the house the mud isn't good, making it nearly impossible for her to reach the blind. It...

Brad, Thanks for your remarks regarding nut grass. We have two places here at the house. One is 20 acres that floods directly behind the house. I plow it up each spring and generally plant millet. The other location is a quarter mile to the west, and is 9 acres. That area is surrounded by a...

Does anyone on this page have any experience with nut grass? The plant grows a tuber about the size of a popcorn kernel underground. Several years ago a friend told me it was tops as a waterfowl food. Several weeks ago I shot a mallard drake that was stuffed with the tubers. I looked it up on...

David, His phone number is: 757 824 9666. If you get in touch with him be certain to ask him about the rocket blowing up in Virginia a few months back. It is a remarkable story. He called me a month or so ago to tell me. Apparently he was only a mile and half away when it blew! At the time he...

In reading the post about Browning vs CZ guns gave me trouble. The fact that some people have had bad luck with the CZ. As some know I gave a CZ to the first place winner in the 2014 Delta Youth Decoy Contest. I am planning to do the same for the 2015 Contest. (The species will be greenwing...

George, You have me puzzled. In my field guide to the Birds of Argentina and Uruguay there is no oven bird listed. I have seen an oven bird in North America. Are you talking about the same bird? But if it is the same, wouldn't it be in North America during the time frame you are hunting in...

This May I didn't make my trip to Australia for waterfowling for the first time since 2002. Several reasons: It reached the point I couldn't stand the air trip down and back. Some people can sleep on a plane, but I can't. But more important, while I truly think they have some of the best duck...

Ken, Thanks for the photos of Wes's brant rig. I couldn't tell for certain how many were made by Wes by looking, but will say that several (many?) were made by others. Best, Worth Mathewson

Matt, Actually, Ron Rau just published a new book. It is: As The Gurdy Turns, A Salmon Toller's View of Southeast Alaska. It is also $25, available from Ron at Box 703, Sitka, Alaska 99835. As you might guess, it is the wild writing of Rau. Good read. When Hewitt and Rau teamed up as Hiram and...

Some of you are aware of John Hewitt. He was a long time writer for GRAY'S SPORTING JOURNAL. Several years ago he was struck by a very bad stroke, which left him without the use of his right leg. Also he had to teach himself to read again. Even so, he wrote me it takes him 4-5 hours to read a...

Ken, Just returned from turkey hunting and found your very interesting post. (Did well with the turkeys, Marge got two, I got one) I found it amazing that you got that many decoys from Wes. I would be very interested when he gave them to you. When I started branting in the early 1970s, Wes...

Mold for iron canvasback decoy. Made from Ron Saylor decoy. Used to cast solid iron decoys. Needs to be taken to a foundry to cast decoy. Finished weight about 25 pounds. I once sold these solid iron decoys as anchors for duck boats. The last time I had decoys cast, the foundry charged about $35...