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Recent Cork Decoy Pictures
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:08 pm
by bamahunter
Here's a group of 6 cork/basswood bluebills that I started sealing tonight.
Here's the first half-dozen that I completed earlier in the summer.
Hopefully I can finish a couple of mallards and buffleheads before season starts.
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 5:34 am
by DuckDeke
as always, nice work.
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:48 am
by Quack-killer
You offering lessons for me to learn how to make'em?
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:05 am
by Ducks be us
Man...those look GREAT!!!
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:20 am
by teul2
Ducksbeus wrote:Man...those look GREAT!!!
Ditto.
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:29 am
by Dog's Eye
man those look great.... are you carving all of that? or buying a kit?
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:19 pm
by Spoonallard
Dog's Eye wrote:man those look great.... are you carving all of that? or buying a kit?
What he said and asked.
Spoon
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:47 pm
by bamahunter
Thanks for compliments but feel free to tell me if something doesn't look right. To answer Dogseye and Spoonallard, they are not kits. I buy large sheets of cork (something like 37"27"by4"thick) and cut out top profiles with my bandsaw. Then I draw the side profiles on the bodies and cut out with hacksaw before carving and sanding. With the heads, I buy large blocks of rough-cut basswood and plane. Then I cut out top and side profiles on my bandsaw before carving/sanding/etc.
I guess that's a long way of answering "are you carving all of that? or buying a kit?".
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 1:03 pm
by teul2
Bama, I really have to say, tose are some of the best looking cork decoys I have seen. I have been looking at a lot of them lately and those are probably the best looking bluebills I have seen.
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 1:18 pm
by Dog's Eye
to be honest I would hate to drag em out in the mud ... I would rather have one in my office.
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 1:48 pm
by iron grip
Dude your a freaking artist!!!!
That's awesome!!
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 2:44 pm
by Double R 2
Love 'em, great job! Reminded me to see if an old page was still around. Finally quit it (too much sugar for a dime) but still carve for hobby every now and again.
Kinof like going back in time and seeing yourself in plaid bellbottoms
http://justducks.tripod.com/double-r_decoys_features.htm
Anybody know how I can nuke this tripod page?
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 3:12 pm
by bamahunter
Several of them will be christmas presents this year so they won't be going on the water. I probably won't be buying cork decoys to hunt but I'll hunt my own for sure. I like the head position of the resting mallards on your page Double R. I've been wanting to try some like that. Looks like some Grayson Chesser influence.
Here are a few canvasbacks from last year as well.
This picture is some of my first half dozen... You can see lots of flat spots on the bodies an the heads don't look that great.
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 4:21 pm
by Broke Ducker
man i got to say that these are great!!
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 4:53 pm
by ducman77
thats some good work