As I'm sure none of you have noticed, I've been hiding under a rock lately...actually laboring away would be a better description than hiding...anyway, I thought this deserved peaking out, saying my thing, squinting a little, gasping some fresh air and then going back to hiding...err...work.
Redemption...do I hear that an honest gunner won in the pool? Pete' Blackducks for me (albeit a non east coast guy) represents the ideal Blackduck gunner to me. Simple, elegant, just enough ticking on the head, not a lick of feathering to the body, a little bit of cork texture showing through, along with great form and workmanship. If I were in an area with a decent population of Blackducks
and had unlimited funds I'd commission a whole rig of Pete's deeks. I'm proud to have one of Pete's Blackducks in my rig, I'm proud to know Pete and call him a friend and there is not a more deserving decoy maker to take BOS in the Wildfowlers contest.
Congrats Pete! Now someone post up a photo...and watch it turn out to be a decoy with individual feathers painted, blended and split...and I'll have to eat crow.
Best
Chuck
Added picture of my Blackduck by Pete:
I still want to see a picture of Pete's deek from Sunday...and maybe a picture of Pete swimming!