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How? Did they not float right? Mine's real low in the water. It's not a bad thing, I guess, since it's a diver, but I had to add more white.
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08-25-2012, 02:03 PM
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They floated well. They were just ugly, in the eyes of the stupid, blind, uninformed judges.
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08-25-2012, 03:53 PM
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Dallas,
If I could paint decoys that looked like that I'd actually be a decoy carver. I've had good luck shaping and making a good form but my painting is strictly hunting style meaning very basic and plain. Destry
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08-25-2012, 05:35 PM
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I agree. The paint doesn't look like that of a working decoy.
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08-25-2012, 06:03 PM
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My working birds are cork-bodied, and have a lot less detail
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08-25-2012, 06:59 PM
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"Working Decoys" for contests are a lot different than working decoys for the water. I don't know what the exact qualifications. But I believe they pretty much just have to be keeled and weighted as part of the judging is how they ride. I think they can be painted as detailed as the artist is able to do it.
DLH
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08-25-2012, 09:36 PM
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You have a Crowell on one side and a white milk jug on the other. Both have been known to attract the birds.
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08-25-2012, 10:27 PM
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Eh. If they do attract birds, I think a spread of even plastic decoys would look better than that
 but what do I know? I'm not a duck
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if it's brightly colored that's ok, but shiny=bad. Ducks have white, but they don't shine
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