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  1. Ronald Bock

    June workbench

    My daughter Jheri decided to do a harlequin 1/2 sized decoy. It's coming right along. She is getting better every bird.
  2. Ronald Bock

    Duck boat ideas

    Okay I'm a crazy duck hunter. I saw this on another site and instantly thought " add a blind and brilliant!" I look at boats of various types and figure out how to modify them for various hunting applications. It's an illness. Ha ha
  3. Ronald Bock

    Northern ducks returning

    We spent a cold rainy morning cleaning and inspecting goldeneye/bufflehead nesting boxes. Part our summer is volunteering to USFWS study of goldeneyes here in AK. Ice isn't completely out of ponds but we have quite a few boxes with hens in them. The rest of the study team and graduate students...
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    April workbench

    We started this month off by finishing some birds. My daughter finished painting this drake spoonie and I finished his mate. My daughter is trying her hand at minis. She just did an old squaw, a pintail, and is painting a Buffy drake today. What a way to start the month.
  5. Ronald Bock

    Summer Project

    My daughter and I got together with USFWS and AKDFG and volunteered on a summer project. Due to budget and personnel cuts their long term duck studies are at risk. Up here in the boreal forest we have lots of small ponds, lakes, streams. They have 150 nesting boxes for goldeneyes and...
  6. Ronald Bock

    March work bench

    Working on this hen to get my pair of pintail preeners completed. She's got a few coats of sealer and is ready for a final ight sanding this evening and then some paint. I'm fairly pleased with how this pair is coming along.
  7. Ronald Bock

    Vermiculation technique

    I'm tinkering with different ways to do vermiculation. Just tried the Sharpie extra fine paint pen. Interesting result.
  8. Ronald Bock

    January Workbench

    Well. We're intoa new month and new year. Work continues here in North Pole ( feel like one of Santa's underpaid elves). My daughter and I are turning out birds. She's painting goldeneyes and I'm working on pintails and wigeon.
  9. Ronald Bock

    Converting existing hulls into sneak boats

    I built a nice sneak boat when I was younger. It started as plans for a nice little skiff. It morphed into having a top with splash rails, hatches, etc. It putted around using a 5hp Sea King motor ( getting idea of age?). Simple little boat that I killed hundreds of ducks out of. I just ended...
  10. Ronald Bock

    Alaskan winter

    Took a long break from the duckboat page. Been carving alot each winter. A couple years ago I started collaborative work with my daughter. I carve and she paints. Her paint jobs are incredible. This winter she just finished a harlequin. I am rounding out a bunch of goldeneyes for her next...
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