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If your heart is really set on one, post up on duckboats classifieds, or write/call/email the Duck Commander factory. If they don't make them anymore, I'm sure they'll direct you to the call currently in their line that is the best replacement for that call. The more important question you...

Re: Why not a Jon Boat for a tender? I was thinking of the potentails for some pretty big waves and rough water off of Long Island, but I did not really perform the correct thought processes. You are abundantly right. Jons make stable and great fishing platforms, duck hunting boats...

Contact Steve McCullough on this site. he doesn't use a jon boat, but his rack is similar to what I would make if I were going to put it on the front of a jon............... If you are going off of Long Island, why a Jon??????????? Even a War Eagle?

I don't use one anymore. Owned a Laskowski single station duplicator that I used little. I gave it to my son years ago, and I don't think he uses it. I found that with single station duplicators, it took almost as much time to set up and reister, and duplicate as it took to carve it with...

I use the pneumatic drum sanders with abrasive sleeves that were recommended, and they work great, on rounding large areas. the smallest of those drums is still plenty large in terms of radius, and the smaller pneumatic drums are really touchy in terms of getting the right amount of air to hold...

You will struggle with balance and vision probably as long as you carve decoys. At least a lot of the carvers I have known did. If you truly do gunners, the struggle will be with the number you want to get done, the time you have, and the quality and detail you can put into those decoys in...

A nice looking gunning head. Where do you want to go with it, and future decoys? Stylized gunners, or more realistic gunners, or????????

Like Steve, I hollow late in the process (like just before I glue and final sand). I use a drill press and 1" or 1 1/8" forstner bit. Do not scrimp on the bit. I personally like the ones with the serated edge, especially for tipping and cutting at an angle. For padding, I use several...

Although I lived in Illinois from 1973- 2000, I am unfamiliar with an "Illinois River carving knife". What the heck do they look like and how do they differ from any other carving knife???? Or is the term "Illinois river carving knife" a pejorative describing a hatchet or chainsaw???

If you can master the process of having the sanding drum be stationary and moving the head to the sanding drum, that set up may work, kind of. I am spatially challenged and do better with holding the head pretty stationary in one hand and moving the sanding drum around it on the end of a...

Make sure you have enough power in your tool to rotate the cutters you plan to use. If you plan to stay with decoy carving, get the guys (and gals) on this site to recommend what "foredom style" flexible shaft they believe in. I have a foredom and love it, but I am a dinosaur. I believe there...

I am not sure what you are carving with. If you are using a foredom type power tool, do you have one of the padded sanding cylinders sold by Willie McDonals at the Duck blind? They are really a godsend for quickly smoothing the head and seeing what you really have going on.

Tim: I am impressed with what you can do on a first effort. You do have some problem areas developing on the head in terms of the bill shape and bill to head connection. To that end, I would strongly suggest that you develop your understanding of the head anatomy before you try to do too...

What do you mean by "a few" coot and gadwall decoys? A dozen each, or a dozen total? I'd strongly consider brushing them instead, because I know I can brush them quickly, effectively, and use the paints I am used to in the consistency they come out of the tube or can, but that is just me...

Thanks to all for your great ideas and suggestions................ I will keep plugging away, and will find good instruction. It is hard at 62 to change how you have shot your entire life, but it is easier if you are motivated to change and can get a good isntructor who can facilitate that...

This year I have made a commitment to take formal shotgun training so I can be more consistent with my shooting, particularly with steel shot on waterfowl. I want to limit the number of cripples I create by bad hits, and improve the number of ducks that are head shot/dead on the water. To that...

If you don't already own one, get a copy of The LeMaster Method of Waterfowl Identification, by stackpole books. It is a great workbench reference on bill length, bill width, bill color, and nostril placement. It is also a handy reference for hunters who cannot identify all the common ducks...

It's Arkansas...............you'd be spooky too.......... especially if someone is driving a truck or even a mini-SUV... I'm just sayin'.....if it is close enough for the ducks to see the gun racks, its too late for the ducks....

Ask wife or significant other to contact or find "stampers" in your area. "Stampers" use a combination of stamping, colored paper and other items to create unique gift cards. Stamper supply houses have 1,000's of stamps of every size and type, and they are a lot cheaper than having custom made...

Ah, buckwheat. A lot of duck clubs do plant buckwheat (or did back when I had contact with them). the positives of buckwheat: 1. It sprouts, grows and produces food in a fairly short period of time (about 50-60 days). this means that a northern club that does drawdowns or has late spring...