Decoy damage

This is what my new dog (Maxx-A-Muck) did the first time he got a hold of a cork decoy. I think he had only seen plastic before he came to me. Everything you see that is tan is a result of him, ripping some large hunks of the cork out for fun, and yes he is still alive and has only done this once. New dogs and friends are hell on good decoys.
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You bringing Maxx south in a couple weeks? I'll board him if he don't smell too bad.
 
Thanks for the responses. Coolest part is that you can see 3 different bb's stuck in the decoy (cork bird by the way). This post was totally in fun as I wouldn't be hunting them if I was scared of them getting shot! lol. It came at the expense of a drake canvasback and the culprit also shot another decoy today as well so it was more of a rub than me actually worrying about the decoy.
 
In my personal defense, I will say that if the decoy had been alive, then it would be dead now. We had a live bird that swam around that particular decoy 3 different times looking at it. I do not get all of the credit for the other decoy kill. I would say that our northern friend helped out there. Awesome red head decoy in hand and on the water.
 
Is that why the costilows aren't coming down they are afraid you will shoot up there dekes!!!lol. I was at the challenge with them. I didn't know you were on here.
 
When someone accidentally hits one of my carvings, I have them sign and date the bottom, with the spot where it happens, adding a little history tot he decoy.
 
I got a feeling that wasn't a very good looking decoy BEFORE it was shot. It is absolutely gorgeous now! Haha. I used to tell my father-n-law, "every decoy you shoot, you owe me a dozen." He just got old and quit hunting. I think he owes me close to a million dollars......yeah, that would just about make it even. Great memories are made from holes in decoys! dc
 
That is perfect! Most of the folks I've hunted with have only used plastic before and are afraid of doing exactly that to any of my decoys. I always tell them to keep shooting until the bird is down regardless of where it is...I can make a new decoy but we're here to KILL birds not wound them!

I like the idea of patching over the holes so it has the BB's inside for the x-rays by collectors when we're all long gone, character indeed!

Brian
 
He got two free cork birds out of it.
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Man, i hope they had holes in them, like the one he was kvetching about--Jason, you have a real low guilt thing.Gotta get tough--remember, they are, after all, HUNTING TOOLS, otherwise, you would have caught a lot of mouth about shooting up the coffee table, too!
Feliz ano nuevo, hombres y muchachas!
 
george - They are molded cork coots that are probably 10 yrs old. You've probably had your hands on some just like them.
 
That is perfect! Most of the folks I've hunted with have only used plastic before and are afraid of doing exactly that to any of my decoys. I always tell them to keep shooting until the bird is down regardless of where it is...I can make a new decoy but we're here to KILL birds not wound them!
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That's what I tell all of my non-decoy-carving hunting partners. Repairs are a lot easier to come by than a nice drake Geye or can.... or hen ringneck, whatever happens to hit the water nearby. lol! I've never seen a shotgun do as much damage as my first dozen cans with bottom boards that I didn't seal correctly. You've never seen such badly cracked paint and wood swelling... but what a great lesson I learned.
 
Speaking of decoy repairs (sorry if I posted this several years ago, can't remember). Here's a previously billless mallard that Jason had been hunting over for years. Finally, he got tired of me making laughing at it and after a hunt decided to "repair" it with a clothespin (metal spring attached) off his clothesline in the backyard. We hunted it the next morning with 4 or 5 more mallard decoys and it worked just fine.

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Aha, sound like Bill Kell's experiments--Have seen some of the molded stuff, and even contributed scraps to him, but do not possess any in my rig.
 
Here is the what the sacrifice was worth. Kyle's was not the only casualty of the day. Scott's hen Can decoy took one for the team as well. I'd like to take this moment to thank Jason Russel and Kyle for a most memorable day. I have not seen a Canvasback since I was 18 and joined the Navy and never shot one until this last week end. Its a rare sight in MN for certain.
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Find a Cajun, get a recipe for decoy Jambalaya, give both to the shootist & make him eat it. Even with the custom treatment, that's one pretty deke. Happy New Year, bud. Hit me on IM sometime.
 
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