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I'm about to hit 45 years of marriage, I think I've just figured out that a lot of things just aren't worth the fight. Our last house had plenty of mounts in it and in the main room no less, I'm not sure what went wrong at the new house. I guess I should be thankful she likes the bear rugs...

Dax, I have one 6'x8' wall that I'm allowed to display my artwork and wood carvings. I call it the land of misfit toys since they are just carvings that never sold. I'm always being asked to make shelves, countertops, various decor around the house. Lots of my stuff just stays in the shop. I...

excellent taxidermy work. I guess I'm henpecked, but my wife doesn't allow my taxidermy work in the house other than my two bear rugs that hang on the wall. The rest spend their time in the garage just to die a slow dusty death.

When it comes to decoys, I'm a minimalist. While lots of folks approach decoys with the accuracy by volume idea, I just don't like hauling lots of decoys and the older I get the less decoys I apparently need. Usually I'll only have a pair of mallards and six to ten divers. I had a lot of fun...

glass eye source. I started buying cabochons from Amazon for my glass eyes years ago. I use 12 mm and 10 mm most of the time and paint my own using oil based enamel. I'm rarely satisfied with the range of eye color available and end up needing a custom color or a size that's not available...

William gave a good description of how we do it. He's working with molded foamers, I'm working with carved and burlapped foamers. Molded foamers have somewhat of a shell, carved foamers do not, thus the addition of the burlap layers. While transitions in color is primarily a product of...