Michael R Braun
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Josh I can carve you one any time.
Whats in your rig???
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Pete McMiller
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Bill,
I got a hen and a drake GE from Marv (the two on the far right in front). I always see him at the Oshkosh show and the 3-4 times I went to St. Charles he was there. Still pretty reasonable for a wood decoy. You should contact him directly and he will make you what you want. There have been times in recent years when he was almost sold out during room to room trading before the show even opened.
Pete
I got a hen and a drake GE from Marv (the two on the far right in front). I always see him at the Oshkosh show and the 3-4 times I went to St. Charles he was there. Still pretty reasonable for a wood decoy. You should contact him directly and he will make you what you want. There have been times in recent years when he was almost sold out during room to room trading before the show even opened.
Pete
Lee Harker
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I've got a Yukon Mike Ringer..and a Yukon/Harker Bluebill..McAdam,McCullough,Giacamuzzi bluebills..Yeoldducktoller Gull,Mike Fischer pair of Ringers(drake and hen),a Beeler Hen Mallard,Brooks Hen Mallard, Huffnickle Wigeon(won't see water)Rutgers Redhead, Brian from OZ Pacific Blackduck(What ever happened to him?)..hafta go out to the shop and see what else is bagged up... and a bunch of my own stuff.
harry whitley
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These are some great looking Dekes. I would be proud to gun over any of them. (maybe that's a hint)
Best,
Harry
Best,
Harry
Robert Van Sant
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Looks like it has been removed. I saw an offer to share a pattern. I can't remember whose bird that was. I sure would like to do a couple of those. Any help????
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Steve Sutton
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started by Jon Espuy..the birds you are thinking of are by Mark Vanderhoof....contact him for a pattern.....
Steve
Steve
Robert Van Sant
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Thanks!
Steve Sutton
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where you use them, how you carry them, do you want them life sized or magnum, and how much you want to pay for them.
Hollow wood will be the lightest, (in general), and the most expensive. Cork will be cheaper and will ride better in rougher water....(again in general)...
Several good carvers on this site that carve in both mediums that sell their work and that could do birds for you, Jason Russell and Mark Vnaderhoof come first to mind and there are others as well on the site...
The carver you choose is going to be determined in large art by what you want to pay per bird....I know an EXCELLENT young carver that sells oneo fthe best birds around for $75.00 a bird. Start there and work your way up people whose birds sell for over $300.00 a pop....
Steve
Hollow wood will be the lightest, (in general), and the most expensive. Cork will be cheaper and will ride better in rougher water....(again in general)...
Several good carvers on this site that carve in both mediums that sell their work and that could do birds for you, Jason Russell and Mark Vnaderhoof come first to mind and there are others as well on the site...
The carver you choose is going to be determined in large art by what you want to pay per bird....I know an EXCELLENT young carver that sells oneo fthe best birds around for $75.00 a bird. Start there and work your way up people whose birds sell for over $300.00 a pop....
Steve
Steve Sutton
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410-827-8933. Tell him I said hello....
Makes a really nice Mallard and he'll make them either life sized, magnum or even hollow if youu want....
Tan cork, oil paint, lag bolts the heads though the keels and then epoxies them so you never see the neck cracks that carvers who don't do that blame on picking the birds up by the heads. Epoxies the keels so they won't come off after the first season of us.
Ifyou hunt timber and can control the the abuse of handling you might talk to him about hollowing for you...I have some of his hollow birds, (cork with a 1/4" plywood bottom board and no keel just a lead pad for stability and self righting), and they are not much heavier than a plastic bird. Ue has shown that they won't stand up to the abuse that cork decoys get in a boat with mulitple hunters and dogs but if you walk in, or just carry a few bird ina boat and can be careful, you'll love his hollow stuff....the hollow birds will cost you more but not substantially so...
I talked to him last week and he told me he still had some spaces available in his schedule for additional birds.
Steve
Makes a really nice Mallard and he'll make them either life sized, magnum or even hollow if youu want....
Tan cork, oil paint, lag bolts the heads though the keels and then epoxies them so you never see the neck cracks that carvers who don't do that blame on picking the birds up by the heads. Epoxies the keels so they won't come off after the first season of us.
Ifyou hunt timber and can control the the abuse of handling you might talk to him about hollowing for you...I have some of his hollow birds, (cork with a 1/4" plywood bottom board and no keel just a lead pad for stability and self righting), and they are not much heavier than a plastic bird. Ue has shown that they won't stand up to the abuse that cork decoys get in a boat with mulitple hunters and dogs but if you walk in, or just carry a few bird ina boat and can be careful, you'll love his hollow stuff....the hollow birds will cost you more but not substantially so...
I talked to him last week and he told me he still had some spaces available in his schedule for additional birds.
Steve