Steve and Troy. Thanks for the kind words. Hopefully it brings us some luck in a few months when we come up. I'll be sure to post them up when painted.
Bill, that pile was a shop day with the Greens-- Now tht the Giants have been scored on by atlanta( sniff, sniff), i shall spend some time grinding on a few of those palomas.
Cooking up a very special pair of frond birds, but nothing to post until both are complete. Then I'll have a nice start-to-finish pictorial.
Meanwhile, here's a call done last week from wood with a story of its own.
This is an inlaid goose call turned from a piece of Pecan from a tree that had been recorded by arborists from OSU as Ohio's oldest & largest pecan tree prior to being splintered by a lightning strike in 1973. Stood 96' high, had a 110' crown spread, and measured 5' DBH (Diameter at Breast Height).
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Not a whole lot of this wood remaining in my "wood library," so it's good to think that it will be put to use for many years to come with some of the calls that are out there......and, of course, there are quite a few decoys "floating around" that have pecan keels as well
Working on hen techniques. Wish I had painted hens from the get-go, it's like starting over. Less concerned with layout and color than with blending and softness. Painted three days apart, latest is the BW on the right side.