What species was your first decoys?

[Jay H]

Just wondering wat species everyone chose for their first ever decoy? Mine was a common merganser, that was the only pattern I had at the time.

 

[Chuck Crump]

Bluebill, I took a class put on by the local carving club, we had a choice between that or a mallard.

 

[jim Williams]

Bluebill......wanted a dozen to start targeting divers.

 

[Lou Tisch]

First several decoys...Bluebills. I was taking a class from Ron Snow who's Dad used to carve with Ben Schmidt. Great traditional lineage for this area. I still have my #1, #2 & #4 decoys at the house.
Lou

 

[J.Russell]

Cracker Duck. Otherwise known as a mallard.

 

[Eddie Kershaw]

My first one was a Euro teal.
take care and God Bless
Eddie.
Its all about Building that Bond.

 

[Robie Gardner]

Black Duck

 

[Huntindave McCann]

Greenwing Teal out of tan cork cutouts obtained from a member of this site.

 

[Hank Yorke]

#1 was a Blackduck (headless feeder) out of black cork with a composite bottom board. It was painted with Krylon Camo "Mud Brown", I didn't even sand it... It goes out every time I do

 

[Dennis Johnson]

The rig of 8 coots I'm half done with, foamers they be.

 

[Carl]

Buffie Y-boards. Havent gotten into carving yet, one of these days!

 

[Tom D]

Brant, The best way to learn is repetition. So I carved 30 of them in one shot .

 

[Steve Froelich]

Greenhead

 

[TimJ]

Bufflehead, I think I had a lot of black and white paint.

Tim

 

[Kevin Weir]

hooded merganser from basswood block. Took all winter to whittle it down with a pocket knife. It still sits prominantly on a shelf after 20 years.

 

[Tom Scholberg]

I'll let you know. Probably a mallard. I hope this summer.

 

[Spencer]

A rig of blackducks, buffelhead, and bluepeters (coots).... most of them sank.

 

[Cas Alkanowski]

Eight cork black ducks my first carvings ,the next group was eight cork mallards 4-hens &4 drakes with two of the hens as sleepers ,then 6- foamers in canvasbacks and 8- bb's & 9 atlantic brant with two feeders am now working on a pair of blue board insulation decoys in blue bills,when I'm done I'll have 6 finished that is in between my HONEY DO LIST Yeeaahh HaHa good luck with that one,mom.

 

[Roy Weatherby]

It was a brown duck,with a yellow bill....That was before reference material

 

[Al Hansen]

In 1955, I bought six Herter pintail decoys. Sure wished that I still had them. That Herter catalog was my bible for years. Packed full of goodies. I think they were located in Waseca, MN.
Al