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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.

Messaged you. Here's one of you & your grand-dad that goes back a long way: And here's one of a sign I made for him after he'd purchased his hunting property. Didn't think I ever took a picture of it, but there it was in my files:

Blake, Always been good to see your posts on social media and follow some of the big events in your life. Hard to believe it will be 17 years come October that many of us gathered up at Au Train Lake for what turned out to be The last. Time we'd hunt together. Don't have any of his decoys, but...

Finished up another cork mallard. This one a spatter-painted drake. Juried exhibit at the start of the month went well. The organizers seemed very receptive to a piece that broke away from the usual mold.

You might try to use the "search" feature to see what's been posted about the Carsten's mallard. Seem to remember an old thread where the consensus was that it was tough to paddle, but I would think for shallow marshes & potholes you'd be OK if weight and accessibility weren't huge issues. That...