agreed - our carving of the body is the same style

the pattern I used was from an old boxed set of full sized plans for working decoys I found in an antique shop by a Charles Murphy - big pattern sheets I think will eventually look great framed in the shop. there are 6 different birds in the set - i have a set of heads cut out for woodies - they are next

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=9531

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I've shown them before, but my birds now have one season under their belt, and will get wet next week
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Looking at the draketail curls, I saw a neat trick by using black fiberglass strapping tape which is used to strap stuff onto pallets. It's about the right width, and if you heat it, and bend it to shape, it looks great. Not sure of it's durabilty, however

neat John

this will be the second year for my mallards as well, unfortunately they and the new blacks have a month to wait for getting out

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them decoys look like the real deal..very nice scene....charlie

two pairs of blacks ready to go for into the rig for the new two bird limit-

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In the spirit of Black Ducks and those of Charles & Edna Perdew here's my Po' Man's Perdew counterfeited by Charlie Moore of Illinois.

Finally something to contribute
 

Love the forum and Parkers but typically there's nothing I contribute. At least I can show a deke I carved.
Kirk

And another

Well done. Gotta love those baldpates

Very nicely done