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Good morning, Brady~ As others have said, these birds look like they might be ready-to-hunt as they are. Black cork decoys do have a tendency to dry out over time and so may need to be re-sealed, If there is bare cork showing - especially around the tail and the "chines" - the edge of the body...

Gents~ This argument has smoldered since my earliest days as a waterfowl biologist - when my task was to explain the science and reasoning behind the 1-bird/day Black Duck limit to Long Island gunners. (It had been 4/day when I started shooting in 1965). I hunted under the 1-bird restriction...

Good morning, Scott~ I just found - and ordered - a copy of Catch a Line on eBay. I'm not sure how many more vessels I will measure up - but I am always interested to learn how others approach the many different "chores" that are part of boat building. My first attempt at "taking off lines"...

Good morning, Ed~ Well...just pop the files into a 3D printer and then I'm all set to go hunt virtual Mallards! Very cool stuff - thanks! I have been thinking of finding someone to scan one of my sleeping duck "hood ornaments" (bow handles) - for eventually casting some from bronze. A real...

Good morning, All~ Dax Hinton recently asked me how difficult it would be to draw plans to build an existing gunning boat - specifically the sweet "Midwest Gunning Skiffs" (my term) he found recently in a museum (?). The short answer, I suppose, is very difficult. It is usually the province...