I've forgotten the rules for the contest, except that the birds had to right themselves when thrown in the tank. As a result, they had elaborate or outsized keels. Also, there could not be any raised wingtips. There may have been other restrictions, (ie no feather carving) but i don't remember

That's weird. They look good to me, at least :) shoot anything over them?

Not this pair. They have never been in the marsh. They reside on top of a bookcase in our cabin. The cork birds - yes. Am now working on another set of cork birds which will be made with a denser grade of cork

I have several dozen L. L. Bean corks. They're nice.

I have not hunted ducks since my retriever passed away in the very early nineties, been back to upland dogs and grouse/woodcock ever since. But the 12 bore D has me thinking about waterfowl again. All the decoys and stuff went to my son, But I still have the patterns (I did a few for decorations) and was thinking the patterns should work on cork. I found a couple of supplier online, so - there is another project for the list.

I might start making corks