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Steve, Jack Sweet founded Decoys Unlimited (named to resemble Ducks Unlimited) in 1953 and remained in business in Erie, PA until 1976. Jack produced various commercial grade hard balsa /wood headed /keeled hunting decoys in different sizes on a twenty four capacity duplicator, then hand...

Jake: I'll send you out a PM. Ken Zaborski

Kevin: I have some clear glass 10 mm eyes on wires which will work well for most diver/puddle ducks. All you have to do is paint the backs of the eyes with the correct color, the black pupils are already there. Send me a PM with your address, I'll mail them out to you at no charge. They will...

Bill, I'm a big fan and enthusiast of Jim's decoys, like so many others on this site. I started collecting Jim's birds back in the early 1990's. Jim would bring a few (6 -8) of his decoys from his rig to the Ohio decoy show every year and sell them from his room to cover his hunting expenses...

Tom, My hat's off to you. Great diver rig!

Roy: There is a website ( stonycreekprints.com) that used to sell prints of Leo's flat art and also has a nice selection of Leo's decoys for viewing. Also as Vince stated, H & FC mag did a two part article ( Nov-Dec 2010 and Jan-Feb 2011 with a two page photo follow up in May-June 2011...

Recently received the latest issue of "Decoy Magazine" (Sept-Oct). Thought I'd give a shout out to duckboats member, Kevin Wharton, who has an article in the issue featuring his decoys. Kevin: Congratulations - enjoyed the article - great looking birds. Ken Zaborski

Farrukh: Enjoyed seeing your dog at work + nice decoys + good harvest = a great memorable hunt! Thanks for posting your video. Ken Zaborski

Willy: The decoys you are refering to are actually from the "Hudson Manufacturing Company" , (Pascagoula,Mississippi) circa 1925-1941. They were called the DUO-STA model with two round holes drilled in the solid body from the tail toward the head. Air was supposedly trapped in the holes which...

Paul, I got a good laugh from your joke - thanks. Ken

Al - A prayer of a good outcome to you with your procedure tomorrow. One of the highlights for me on this site is viewing your pics. Best wishes. Ken Zaborski

Mr. Bosanny (wis boz) - A very happy 88th birthday to you sir, and I also sincerely thank you for your service to our country. Ken Zaborski

Pat, Very impressed with the continued output of the one man "Pat Gregory Decoy Factory" . Regarding your last pic - Are those Schmiedlin decoys on the two shelves just below your award ribbons ? Ken

Mint condition, never been in water. Probably carved @ 2005-06. Both heads turned slightly right, raised cross-carved wing tips and carved tail flutes. Very lightly hollowed. Beautiful detailed feather paint. Leather ties and lead stamped weights, hand signed in pen under tails. Will include a...

Steve, That's a beautiful, awesome crow decoy ! Ken

If anyone can attend this Sun. at the Utica, IL show, please stop by and say hello. I'll have a table there. Info @muddywaterdecoys.com. Click on "blog" . Ken Zaborski

Bob M - Nice job on your spoonbill. I like the animated pose. Ken

Came across this 8 1/2 min. video documenting recent CA duck-goose hunting. Sorry I'm unable to post a direct link. Go to website "westcoast-decoys.com" and click on CANA OUTDOORS icon on main page. It took a minute or so to upload video. Ken

John - Beautiful mount and what a great idea to couple your trophy with a Sean Sutton decoy! Impressive and unique. Thanks for sharing. Ken

Dani, Outstanding! Certainly worthy if not better than any PBS nature show I've ever seen. Thank you. Ken