Search results

Thanks. I gave up plucking and waxing swans after the first few. Start on them when they are still warm if you must pluck and its much easier; same with all other birds of course. There are over 300,000 feathers on one of these beasts! Would be a real luxury to have a plucking machine good...

Agree. Would be nice to see about two dozen riding in a bed of sago on a mid October day and hear the sound of a flock dropping in!

Trying again. Top Ducker D 506 was made in 1947, the first year of production.

Thanks for the tip on foam. I will try it. Do you drill a hole first? I am 70 and used to order from Herter's in Waseca. Mostly their shotcups and decoy paint. I thought they moved to SD towards the end, but could be thinking about another company. I still have some of their old catalogues.

Count me in. 1955-59. Good old Ike kept us out of the bad shit!

I have some of their miserable hollow plastic decoys. Has anyone ever found anything that will seal the cracks? I have tried tar, PVC cement, and about five types of epoxy. Please email me at halka@hughes.net as I don't get on these boards too often. I have 15 of the damn things to patch.

I forgot to mention. After your big dinner of roast swan, cut the carcass into smaller pieces, bones and all, and boil out the meat for swan soup. Delicious!

I have cooked and eaten 9 swans now and highly recommend largest size Reynolds baking bags. I fill cavity with apples and onions (not to be eaten later) and cook 6 hours at 275F. Follow bag instructions. Meat will fall off bones. The mildest and best eating waterfowl outside of canvasbacks...

Sorry could not find "edit" button or how to switch to HTML and paste using Adobe. email me at halka@hughes.net if you want pics.

And another pic showing one in use last fall. Does anyone know of any original aluminum oars for sale?