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"Scullers" are a very tight lipped and wide spread type of waterfowler. They make dedicated Ruffed Grouse Hunters seem like very social blabber mouths if ya know what I mean. They hunt when most other waterfowlers have gone home for the day and specialize in being as mobile as possible. They...

I bought a dozen of the Mallards and a half dozen of the Canada Geese in the late 1960's. Both were notorious for flipping over in high wind and waves until I weighted the keels. I heated a screwdriver to make a clean sealed hole in the plastic keel then I hung keel weights to the keep the...

I have LL Bean, Eddie Bauer, Filson, Woolrich, Pendelton, Orvis, Columbia, and other quality makers items that are older than many members on Duckboats. With proper care and hard use over many year they Still Do the Job. When each of those companies branched out to more "non hunting & fishing"...

STORMY KROMER, cannot beat em far as I'm concerned and GUARANTED FOR LIFE. I own several. I purchased the Rancher well insulated hat for deer hunting in 2021. Somehow the brim of the hat material broke in the middle back to front. I sent in photos last year, never heard a word except that they...

My my.... All this discussion over how it was done, and how to improve something that was ingenious and created in quantity in 1920. Makes me smile. For many a year decoy carvers and makers have Tried to figure out the methods and the paint on the old decoys. Few have succeeded and the ones...

" The anchor cord was wound around the anchor weight and the weight then slid into slots cut so that once the lead was in place, it held the head into it's cut-out." "When the anchor cord was pulled through the hole, the head popped right into it's proper location and remained there as long as...

K-D Decoy Specialty Manufacturing Company St. Paul, Minnesota. 1920 Undersize decoys, body made from 2" White Pine. Made for small water and creeks. Mallard the most popular decoy model produced. Do not let what appears to be Simplicity fool you. What one may think is easy to reproduce it...

Nothing compares to Brant Hunting. I chased em for many a year up and down the East Coast. New Jersey the best place by far. Never made to to the West Coast to hunt em but wanted to. They are pure Joy to see and hear. What a experience and one every true Waterfowler should enjoy. When they...

My goodness I've not heard the term "Mickey Mouse Boots" or seen a pair in many years. In the 1960's & 1970's the local Army Navy Store sold them. Those boots and Felt Pacs were the only option to really keep ones feet Warm. My cousin was a Navy Vet and he swore by the Mickey Mouse Boots. They...

DARN TOUGH MERINO WOOL. Best socks I've ever worn in 61+ years of hunting and fishing. Why? Cuz they keep my feet warm and Socks stay put and do NOT bunch up at toes like all other socks I've owned. Hand wash with Woolite and good to go in Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring. I walk a lot all year...

Winter begins for real Dec. 21st. So it's late Fall here in western NY. HHHEEeeeeHHHEeeeeeHHHHEeeeee I'm hunting for deer especially now that we have some Snow (feet of it not inches in some areas). Duck season comes back in Dec. 7th. By then most still water might be locked in ice if the cold...

The rear decoy rack design of the BBSB went hand in hand with NJ style decoys. Decoys that are/were hollow, light weight, not over size, and No Keels. In other words the racks and decoys were a perfect match. Study the old photos of the boats with the decoys and the artistry of both. How well...

There is rain in the forecast for tomorrow and into next week with possible snow. I'm looking forward to that as the inland fly fishing has suffered from low water. The deer hunting has been Fun. Duck season is out at this time. Grey, Black & Fox Squirrels aplenty with the .22 . Meat in the...

1st impression. Michigan. Very similar to the work of Jim Kelson.... Very sturdy Balsa (hard coating) decoys with good craving, and keels. Mighty fine Big Water tollers made to work hard. my 2 cents