Brandon Yuchasz
Well-known member
We show lots of pictures of decoys on our benches I thought I would make and effort to take pictures of my decoys doing their work this season.
These first three are all Jode Hillman style decoys. I was able to attend his SW Michigan class this summer and it was big influence on my carving and painting techniques. Small details make the big differences is one of many lessons I took away from that weekend. Thanks Jode and Paul for the class!
They were very effective at their job and we as hunters did our part as well.
Jode's style of decoy carving and painting will no doubt leave a mark on my work in the future. I am in the process now of working through a few more done in this style cleaning up the paint work and blending and have plans to experiment more with variations of the style.
These six make up a small rig of solid cedar birds with the two hens being Great lake style bobtails. The remaining four drakes are Connecticut River style obvious influences would include Shang Wheeler and Keith Mueller whom I was also lucky enough to spend time in class with a year ago.
These pictures are from my opening weekend spent with my son.
and this from the same weekend some of the other assorted decoys in the spread. You may notice the lack of the teal decoy sadly She was lost in Canada my hope i someone finds her and either hunts her or tracks me down off the name plate on the bottom and returns her. Either one is acceptable in my mind.
These first three are all Jode Hillman style decoys. I was able to attend his SW Michigan class this summer and it was big influence on my carving and painting techniques. Small details make the big differences is one of many lessons I took away from that weekend. Thanks Jode and Paul for the class!
They were very effective at their job and we as hunters did our part as well.
Jode's style of decoy carving and painting will no doubt leave a mark on my work in the future. I am in the process now of working through a few more done in this style cleaning up the paint work and blending and have plans to experiment more with variations of the style.
These six make up a small rig of solid cedar birds with the two hens being Great lake style bobtails. The remaining four drakes are Connecticut River style obvious influences would include Shang Wheeler and Keith Mueller whom I was also lucky enough to spend time in class with a year ago.
These pictures are from my opening weekend spent with my son.
and this from the same weekend some of the other assorted decoys in the spread. You may notice the lack of the teal decoy sadly She was lost in Canada my hope i someone finds her and either hunts her or tracks me down off the name plate on the bottom and returns her. Either one is acceptable in my mind.
