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We all have hunts that are burned into our memory banks that keep the fire burning for decades to come. I had one of those hunts this past week and had the great fortune to have my dad with me. All the time he put in when I was a scrawny 10 year old who would get upset when he would leave me...

That is a very hard place to learn on your own for the first time. Satellite maps help, but time on the water and understanding what the wind and moon will do in certain situations is golden out there.

Limited video filming lately, though I have a lot to edit from previous hunts. Double edge sword of doing that sort of thing, I have put in a ton of time to figure out areas and pattern birds and I'm not going to burn myself with putting videos out online of certain areas. As much of an online...

This past weekend we had some fun rainy and foggy weather here on the east coast and I decided to play the tides a bit and hunt once it stopped raining. I found myself in pea soup fog for most of the afternoon, but every once in a while it would lift a bit and the birds would move. Sometimes...

Every hunt is a learning session. Wild birds, as predictable as they can seem at times, are still very unpredictable. Coastal NJ is one of the more interesting and dare I say difficult places to learn to hunt due to the conditions, tides, competition, etc. I find I can guarantee birds...

Came out great Eric! I'm very jealous of your workshop. The videos on instagram were really cool to watch, nice to have the full video walk through of the project.

The proliferation of the tagging posts has definitely caught my eye, especially as someone guilty of posting 'pile' pictures. I know that my birds were all harvested within the letter of the law, but taking that 'hero shot' can definitely get you unwanted attention. I'm sure some of you have...

It's a very interesting series to watch, especially as an Atlantic Flyway resident. Everything has been a little behind this season so far in regards to migration, but the weather the next few days could change that up a bit.

Dave the flappers on the roy boats are typically 100% glass on a piano hinge. Some boats also have aluminum or wood flappers depending. Mine are glass. They fold and lay on the sides or deck of the boat, depending on the model, and do not extend past the spray rail. The ability to lower them...

Episode 2 is up now, having fun making these so far. https://youtu.be/Sn2dvo8akeE

Eric I actually have one about halfway done explaining my system. That'll be out in the near future.

Saturday was our opening day in the south zone for NJ and while I had already been out a few times for our north zone I always look forward to each zone's opening day. As a bonus I had my dad along for the first time this season, always a great time to have him along. The spot I had selected...

Not salt hay (spartina patens). What you have is spartina alterniflora, aka cordgrass. Of course in NJ I call spartina alterniflora spartina and call spartina patens salt hay.

Looking good Jode! Some good mojo with that rig.

It was great chatting with you Saturday morning Steve. Those two boxes are both by Marty Kristiansen, one is his traditional model and the other is the planing highlands box.

Very nice! My aunt and uncle have a place on Rangeley that I have yet to make it up to.

^^^ This, not sure where you're from but even in NJ finding a high box is becoming almost impossible. And they are going for 2x what they went for new due to demand. DB13 would fit the need nicely and easier to find.

Couple different varieties, old school and new school. Salt hay and spartina on my cedar boat, raffia and spartina on my glass boat.

It was a duckboats.net member who is a licensed captain. If there ever was a day you were going to do it last Saturday would have been one. Flat as a lake most of the day. Of course I used to run my 23 regulator with a single 100 miles off so I'm not one to talk.

Not on the same level as the rest of the talented carvers/artists on here, but I did my own duck related wood working recently. Wrapped up a painting project in my living room with trying to figure out how to fill some of the space that 16 ft ceilings bring... this was my idea: Multi-species...