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I am starting with bill repair. Two of them were damaged and the third was broken off. I experimented with epoxy sculpt on the two and was happy with the result. I used a nail and a larger amount of the material and so far seems to be getting very hard and well attached. I tried to pull the...

My second cork decoy. I wanted to carve in the wing pockets and tips. I’ll be honest I don’t think I’ll do that again until I get more experience. It restricted the way I painted it which I thought I would like but didn’t since I didn’t put the shapes in the right spaces. Will do the rest of...

You are very kind Don. Means a lot given your skill level. I am really enjoying getting back into it.

Thanks. Blue ribbon patterns met Steve Sanford paint scheme. Oldsquaw are not the brightest ducks so I have resisted the urge to go crazy over the tails by adding long thin pieces of plastic. Though a couple of black zipties…..

Having had a drake redhead on my bucket list for a long long time I’m not actually sure they exist.

And yes, I painted the tail on the butt too. However in taking this picture I see that it is crooked. Now I need to fix it.

After an unhealthy obsession I completed my repaint. I don’t want to try to come off as an oldsquaw expert. My experience has been what it is. As soon as we started putting 6 off by themselves they started coming in feet down instead of buzzing the decoys. Singles and flocks alike. We...

Don- I’m getting ready to do some repainting on that hen oldsquaw. Will post when completed, I have some limited experience with oldsquaw having hunted them in Maine and the Virginia shores. We put them behind the boat when floating offshore. They will decoy very readily to a short line of...

I quickly figured out what was bothering me about the head. I missed a step on Steve Sanford’s tutorial and finished the cheek.

Added a lady to my longtail rig today. I might put a little more fading of the brown on the head but want to let it rest a bit first.

Yeah I’ll keep my pictures to myself after seeing these!!!!

Don Mintz usually starts this thread, but I wanted to show off Sundays effort. My son’s Eagle Scout project was to build benches for the local air history museum. They are 6’ long and weigh over 100 pounds each because of them being made with pressure treated lumber. It was a long day but...