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Gathered a bunch of ringbill carvings for a picture on the hearth. I have eight more down on the basement racks. Perhaps when I get back on the River, I'll do a hunt with all combined (y)

What a moment for you and your dad! May you make some great memories in it.

Might have mentioned that I had Spinal fusion surgery back at the end of July followed by a second procedure when recovery did not go well. Last few months have been a blur of constant pain & discomfort, leaving me without being able to do much of anything. Have finally hooked up with a pain...

Good on you Tod. What's the lad been up to?

Sorry to hear of Jim's passing. Some years back Jim approached me about doing an "antique restoration" on a battered & worn old pair of bluebill decoys that he had found and wanted to gift to his dad. This was the result. A fun gift for Wiz Boz: Good people!

Now have another wood duck drake ready for painting. Also have a ringbill hen from earlier in the year, that I never got back to. Stockpiling a few for after upcoming spine surgery this Friday. Hope to be ahead of the curve on recovery, but figured I'd have some stuff ready to work on the...

Sent you a p.m., Bill. Hope I'm still at it at 85!! I'll be 76 when the regular season opens this year, and both the dog and I have set the goal of being out in a slough somewhere off the Ohio by then -- she after her comeback from TPLO surgery and me from an upcoming spinal fusion ( July 25th)...

Hey Bill, Last remember seeing you in Easton way back in 2014 when we had NEA / Ward Foundation grants as regional instructors for the carvers' seminars they used to sponsor. Jode Hillman was with us, along with Heck Rice, Del Herbert, Patrick Eubanks, Vic Kirkman, and others who don't come to...

Doing some wood ducks this summer. This one has a pose I really like. It's sealed, self-rights, and has been texture-coated. Ready for paint. A pair of 1/16" steel reinforcing rods runs the length of each of the dropped primaries.