Nekkid decoys.

Yukon Mike

Yukon Mike

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It was sealer time at the casa del Prawdzik this weekend. I'm sending a bunch of these out to Donald as is as a project. He and his son are going to paint them together. I think that is such a great idea. It got me thinking that other guys might be interested in trying the same thing. Not neccessarily decoys from me, but I bet everyone has someone near them who could make them some naked blocks all sealed up a ready to paint? I could be talked into selling a few more like this if anyone is interested. It might also make a good gift for someone who likes to paint, but not to carve.



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The body on this one is made from Sitka Spruce with a red cedar bottom board. When I'm carving it, I can't tell the difference between pine and spruce. All our local wood is tight grained like that. The cedar in the head is like 60 rings per inch, and it came from a tree that was 6 feet in diameter from down near Eric Caswell.

Mike
 
Mike,

I don't care what all those other guys say about your decoy whitt'lin....I kinds like it :^)

Where was it that you were heading fer Spring Break? BTW there was a show on the Outdoor Channel today that showed the guys from Stateside getting off the plane in Whitehorse. It was the guy's second trip bear hunting on the Yokon River 2 hours run by boat up the Yukon. Anyway the huntewr stopped in town to get a bite to eat at a cafe that had a Harley Davidson motorcycle inside on display.....do you know the place?

Dave
 
Thanks guys,

Hmmm... you got me on that one Dave. Two hours upstream on the Yukon from town would get you to where you could be in about 1/2 driving on the highway, and damn near at the start of the Yukon River - no bears there. That's my best GE hunting spot. Maybe they fibbed? If I was going bear hunting on a river I'd pick the Teslin or the Pelly over the Yukon. More bears and less traffic.

There is a restaurant in town with a Harley in it at the Westmark Hotel. I'd love to see the clips.

Some French guys made a movie here a couple of years ago called The Last Trapper. It is pretty corny but the places they picked to shoot were great. Most of it was filmed near town here, and as we were watching it we could recognize places we'd been too. We actually found a can of their film on the trail when we were going fishing. It must have jumped out of their skimmer.

Mike
 
Mike, nice winter work! Is your decoy wood air dried or kiln dried? I am sick of white cedar and it is going to take me time to set up and rotate into white pine (the cedar will probably fuel the shop stove), if I can't use kiln dried. Some swear by the kiln dried and some swear at it. I may have return to the dark side (black cork) for a few years if I have to wait to air dry. I only have enough white pine for 3 dozen decoys. Mike
 
Most of the large white cedar is gone from this part of the country, leaving us with mostly split center cut at best. Leaving the center cut towards the bottom, it splits over over time, even if hollowed. Cedar for me also has a tough time with temperature variables from the inside to the outside, thus causing splitting. I don't have this problem with white pine. Mike
 
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