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I always enjoy trying new things. This month I just finished up some hummingbirds for a friend. A male ruby throat and a female Rufous. And the flowers are carved wood as well.

Here's the latest addition to the fleet. I'll have it with me at the Tuckerton Show this weekend. 1920s to 1940s Van sant feather edged sneak box. It's never had a motor on it just a set of oars! It has some old fiberglass on the bottom that needs to be removed. Couple frames and deck beams...

My new website is just about finished. I thought some of the Duck boat members might enjoy reading the blog I am writing. Sometimes it is sales related, but most of the time it is just musings and stories I have experienced in the outdoors. Hence the name "The Meadows Edge. For those...

Looks like a pretty complete sailer, I'm guessing by Chadwick https://www.facebook.com/share/1FdDtvQE5M/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Since nobody else started the June thread I figured I'd kick it off. Did a little bit work this past month for a customer. Extended the transom on an Alvin Beal built 12 foot sneak box. Constructed sometime in the 1960s the new owner wanted to add a longshaft motor. I brought the transom up 5...

I took a few days this past week and made a trip to my friends grandmothers near Cherokee North Carolina. I've stayed in the areas a few times before, but always on family vacations. This was a dedicated fishing trip and I had some hikes planned into the upper reaches of some local streams. In...

New month, and around here that means turkey time. A few decoys in the works, and calls fresh off the bench.

One of my favorite days of the year! Pulling the rail skiff ( circa 1920, restored 2018) out of mothballs and giving her a nice thick coat of warmed up linseed oil. The oil helps keep the water out of the wood and really brings it back to life. She will be on the rice looking for Sora soon...

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Thought I would get this months thread started. I've been working on some wintertime ruddy ducks Plus a little bit of wrenching on the old CJ. It's been 20 years since she's had a good going over. Rebuilding the carb, distributor, and water pump.

It's been an average season for my part of New Jersey. Today was our last day and the recent cold snap had almost every boat ramp locked up solid. I managed to find open water at a local fishing port, and was able to use that to access the Marsh. Unfortunately there was salt water ice...

It’s great to be live on the new site. Thanks Eric for all the hard work you’ve done to keep us up and running. I thought I’d share something a little bit not Duck related. I killed this buck back during our muzzleloader season 10 days ago. I do all the processing myself and although it can be...

With the remnants of Ophelia still hanging around, and the full moon it's just about as good as it gets for sora right now. We had a couple hour push this afternoon and we were in birds right from the start. It was significantly better than average with the flood tide making it much easier to...

Good evening guys and gals, I thought I would share a few pics of the work I have been doing over the past month or so. It is on a double ended skiff built by bordentown Carver and boat builder Tony Bianco in the early 1950s. The boat needed an entire restoration,including a new cedar plank...

This duck season has been fair to average. The large contingent of Greenwing teal that we normally winter throughout January departed our shores during the deep freeze of Christmas. Since then it has been slow picking at black ducks and Gadwall. I headed out yesterday in hopes of just giving...

A big day in the life of a young pup Happened yesterday. I had my nearly seventh month old yellow Labrador Bree out for her first real duck hunt. We have worked in the yard, on ponds, and in the field most of the spring and summer. She has taken to her training well and I was just hoping to get...

It must be, I've been locked away in the shop for so long I've almost forgotten what it looks like outside. Laughing out loud. This is what I have been working on.A Seven bird rig of Suitcase Turkey's. They will be headed out the door later this week.

I've been a happy Roy boat owner for going on 15 years. Both high and low boxes suit the majority of my hunting and fishing needs.However I have built plenty of boats in the past, including several Devlin designs. When I saw Rich Ambile advertising his recently built Scaup for sale it tempted...

Normally I completely skip the early split in NJ. Warm weather and lack of birds are the general rule. This year has been the exception. With a nice cold snap in late September, than a warm up, a lot of birds came down and stayed. So I decided to make the best of it. I am glad I tried. Pics...

With the state wide lockdown I planned on doing a good bit of turkey hunting this spring. I am fortunate to have a few hundred acres to access outside my back door. So no travel necessary. However it ls mostly mature hardwood, great for deer but lacking much of the open edge habitat many...