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Unread 09-24-2017, 01:51 PM   #41
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Not working decoys but nice, got them quite a while ago. The Loon by John Penney is real nice.
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Unread 09-25-2017, 09:02 PM   #42
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I just love both Greenwing and Bluewing Teal, but the litte Bluewings are my faves . . . here are a few from my collection:
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Unread 09-25-2017, 09:23 PM   #43
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The Mrs. & I, along with Winston, have a 15' Thompson Bros. Guide Boat that we like to putt around with on Northern Wisconsin lakes viewing lakeside cottages and wildlife. Virtually every lake will have at least a pair or two of Common Loons on it. The Loons provided the inspiration for this carving.
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Unread 09-25-2017, 11:13 PM   #44
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very nice birds.......charlie
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Unread 09-26-2017, 03:41 PM   #45
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Not wooden - These are cork bodied, Basswood head Greenwing drakes I recently completed for my rig. Bluewings leave our area during the first week of the season, but the greenies stick around, I don't shoot the greenies, but I sure like to see them zooming in like little fighter planes
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Very nice John

With the bump in black duck limits this year I have some cork blocks that I just sealed


I will post some pics in the next week or so once they are wearing their paint


here is one still neeked

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This is the highlight of my very small collection. It's an Ira Hudson Bluebill. It was a gift from an uncle when I graduated from college. When he was a young fellow he bought a string of working decoys from Ira Hudson himself. In his older years he enjoyed taking them one at a time to auction at the Wildfowl Festival in Easton, Md, and then telling me all about it.
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Rick - Great looking bird. It looks like the tail plate is inlet half way through the body. Interesting
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Rick - Great looking bird. It looks like the tail plate is inlet half way through the body. Interesting
yes - I may tone that down in future ones- but that was the way it was in the old pattern sheet I had - a 1/2 cedar tailboard way into the body -

a 1/4 lag screw goes through that tailboard into the back of the keel ( the dowel from the head ties the front together) - it may be overkill- but it sure as heck should hold up to use

and won't show much when painted
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Same design as mine, but my tail boards are only about 2 1/2" long
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