9/29

Well, Here are some shot of some Green-winged Teal that I finished for a local hunter...

Cork bodies.. wooden head and tail...

Fun projects... carved these bird this summer and got to finishing them before our early season..

Going to Maine to sight see and do a little hunting...

My sister Jeri will be the guest blogger while I'm away... she has some idea what she is doing.. (be kind)...

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9/25

Well, Back from Canada ... I was on the yearly fishing trip to the wilds of the north Canada... had a good time.. caught some fish and ate too much.. slept and just relaxed on the lake... fishing was a little off this year we boated 520 fish for the week.. that was four of us...

but always a good time... already started planning for next year...

here are some shots of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that I finished... fun little bird to carve and paint... also a shot of the Raven head that I'm working on...

need to finish some Teal before hunting season...

9/10

Well, here is the next project.. another big bird. hopefully this will be a Raven...

made a pattern and did some research... got a study bill from Tony Finazzo... glued up some white pine... started removing wood...

This will be the last of the big birds until I start my world rig when I return from Maine in Oct...

Have a couple of ideas going around in my head... will start putting them on paper soon...

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9-1

Well, been working in the paint room... just finished two set of mini Swans...

Swans are about 4" long and all have different head postions...

Fun little projects... mounted on a old barn board....

Doing some other painting on a Goldeneye and another Woodpecker...

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