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With all the talk of the history of decoys and their makers and where we all draw inspiration from I thought I would start a thread discussing where we all got our start. I find it interesting to learn how decoys have evolved over the generations starting out as a necessary tool for the market...

Happy veterans day to all who have served and those who still serve in our armed forces. Thank you and your families for the sacrifices you have made to protect our way of life. May it never be taken for granted and may God bless you all!

I have a collection of instructional videos from The Duck Blind on VHS (NOT DVD) that I no longer use. They are as follows: 1. Carving Hunting Decoys Mallards and Bluebills drakes and hens. 3 tape set for $40 2. Beginning Carving and Painting techniques for a realistic canvasback decoy...

I have a Badger 100-32-GM airbrush and Badger compressor model 180-11 available for sale. It is set up with the air hose and regulator and is all ready to go. Works good but I don't need it since I switched to oils and it's taking up room in the shop. Retails for over $350 and I am selling it...

Hollow cedar woodies painted in oils. 13" long and 7" wide. Never hunted but can add keels if you want. $90 each with buyer to pay shipping. Drake preener is sold pending payment. Hollow cedar bluebills painted in oils. 14" long and over 8" wide. Two have been hunted and have slight wear...

Copper enjoys the trips to the lake but he seems to enjoy when the sprinklers come on at least as much since they seem to fight back a little at least in his mind. It's hard to believe he's 10 months old already and weighs 60 pounds even.

Copper is coming into his own and I'm glad to finally get some meaningful training in now that I have my voice back. It has been a long time coming and even though I got started a little late, he is responding well. We took a break for a while and stopped by the lake so he could take his first...

I probably had the best time I've ever had at Westlake this year. I didn't have the birds ready for the pool that I had hoped to have, but floated a few anyway. I really enjoyed meeting and visiting with a lot of folks I've never met before from this site. There were a lot of youth carvers...

Hi this is Rich's son Kyle. I am selling a couple of my birds that I have done in the last year. I have a Hooded Merganser and Bufflehead both drakes. They are both painted with Rustoleum oil paints with the exception of the side pocket on the Hoodie which is painted with a tube Grumbacher oil...

Here are some more recent pics of Copper. At 7 months old he is still a fun loving pup and really enjoyed the snow this winter and running around on the ice at the lake. I had to throw in a couple pics to portray him as a little gentleman as well although we all know better.

He is officially bigger than my 8 year old Ellie but she keeps him in his place. Here are a couple pics of Copper in the fresh snow over the Holidays. He sure is enjoying himself.

I have come into some unexpected bills so some decoys must go. I have carved and painted all of these myself and have hunted over some of them as well. The decoys from my rig have some minor wear but still in very good condition. Buyer to pay shipping and 10% of the total sales will be donated...

Well, it was a long time coming and a lot of patience and missed shots, but Kyle finally got on the board this morning with a nice pair of Drake woodies. He has been busy with school and hockey this fall so this was our first chance to get out and we got an invite we couldn't turn down. We got...

Well, unfortunately I was unable to get out for our opener but thought you all might enjoy a pic of what I saw at the lake while helping my sister take her dock out. I immediately thought of Dave Robinson after seeing this Can swimming amongst a pile of coots out in the middle of this lake in...

These are pics of Brian's pup Benny which is a brother to my Copper. He sure is getting Big!!

Copper is almost 10 weeks old. He weighs just over 14lbs and is a handfull but a lot of fun. He is learning to get along with our 8 year old Ellie which means learning some lessons the hard way. Hope you enjoy the pics.

We just got a golden pup this past weekend. My daughter and I had a great trip down to Alabama to pick him up and see some new country. Even got to hold a couple of Jode Hillman decoys and see them in person which was a real treat as pics don't do them justice. Thanks to Brian and Amanda...

Finally getting around to posting a pic of the bird I got from Jim Williams in the decoy swap a couple weeks ago. I love the style of this bird and look forward to hunting it this fall with the rig I'm currently making. Awesome job Jim!

I was able to coax this turkey in one evening last week with the help of the call I got from Rutgers. It was a windy evening but that box call had the volume I needed the get this bird in from a long way off. The morels were just an added bonus.

testing the pic posting process. If this works, I'm here to tell you anyone can do it.