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I lived in Washburn for 4 years. The waterfowling is pretty good up there. Goose hunting can be insane. They are literally everywhere. I stood in the Aroostook River one evening picking up my decoys and had at least 300 geese lift off from the field above and land all around me, close enough...

I owned one several years ago so I could be mis-remembering. It had 32" barrels and was very "swingy". Great for follow through but once you get them moving it's like trying to stop an 18-wheeler. Definitely a gun for the blind. For 3" chambers there should be a stamping on the barrel...

I've read that fruit woods (apple, pear, cherry) were used, but I've never come across one. Woods like oak and ash tend to be straight grained and split pretty easily when fully dry so would be poor choices to handle recoil. I would imagine with the westward expansion more and more guns were...

Japanese artillery shell cut off to make a bowl or ashtray. Pretty cool.

I've used a spray bottle of anti freeze. Works pretty well on frost. Won't hold up to snow.

I know that boat. Just down the road from me. I was told it's one of the boats made by Bear Creek Canoe back in the 90's. I don't know enough about them to judge myself.

The first thing you have to determine is what constitutes a decoy. To me a decoy is a carving that is used with the intent of drawing birds in to be killed. So to me any carved duck that doesn't get put in the water and shot over isn't a decoy. Therefore there is no such thing as a...

CZ is a nationalized arms manufacturer in the Czech Republic. They've produced some pretty nice guns over the years. I've never shot a ringneck but have handled them and they are IMO one of the better looking and handling "cheap" doubles. The Ringnecks I have seen seemed a little light for 3"...

Crowell did carve for some time before he started branding the bottoms of his birds. These are known as "pre-brand" in collecting circles. (go figure). As Mr. Lawrence said, definitely do some research before you buy. The decoy world is even more of a "buyer beware" environment than the...

My theory is that decoys are like women. You spend more time looking at them than anything else so they might as well be pleasing to the eye. I've had the same luck with a rig of plastic decoys painted flat brown as I have had with nice hand-carved ones. It's more placement and location...

The Sweet 16 started being produced in 1936 as the lighter weight version of the Standard weight 16 ga. A-5. The "Sweet Sixteen" engraved on the action didn't appear until around 1953. However, the pre-1953 16 ga lightweight guns had a gold plated trigger and an engraved receiver. The...

It depends on the oar. I have a Witham style oar that has a very long and broad blade that works best FSU. In fact it only really works FSU. I've also used Witney style curved oars which are used FSD. You can't use them any other way due to the curve in the shaft. Personally I think the...

Shaw and Tenny in Orono Maine makes a couple. Kinda spendy and I don't know if they keep them in stock or not. http://www.shawandtenney.com/specialty-sculling-oars.htm Nick

What I find most interesting is that if you were to go into a room full of scientists and present a case on anything OTHER than global warming, with a few years of "direct observation" as your only evidence, you would be laughed out of the room. The hysrteria surrounding this "phenomenon"...

I've used a rig of LL Bean black ducks for the last 8 years, and the rig has been in the family for at least 30. The older LL Bean decoys have a really nice silhouette. I've used a group of LL Bean birds opposite a group of some of the more expensive "hand carved" decoys out there and the...

I've been following this thread for awhile now, and I wondered when it would get to the point that you would start hitting the violin music and the waterworks. That last post was so beautiful I just might cry. Last I heard it was closer to 75% against. I guess the American people are...

OK Charlie you wanted to stir the pot so here it goes: Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Your perception of the available information shapes your opinion as does mine. I happen to disagree with you on the war thing but that's mostly because I have a different take on the entire...

Travis makes a good point I used to have VA, DE, and ME licenses w/ waterowl stamps etc. Now it's just ME. I wonder how many people simply aren't travelling as much?

Yeah I'm at my house. Give a holler if you get a chance. Leaving at 2:00

If you're willing to buy wood then I would hit a fence company or a log home place and see if they stock wood in the dimensions you want. I dumpster dive at the local fence company and do pretty well. The trouble is that fence posts are usually about 5x5 so you have to do some trimming and...