Traveling Decoy Carving

by **jarbo03** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:15 pm

Deke is looking good. A flash drive is also good to send along. I have many, would be willing to provide it, was very cool seeing pics from everywhere a decoy had been.

by **Olly** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:24 pm

jarbo03 wrote:Deke is looking good. A flash drive is also good to send along. I have many, would be willing to provide it, was very cool seeing pics from everywhere a decoy had been.

That's not a bad idea, I'll include one and who ever as it last can mail it back to me and I'll post them up.

Sent from your honey hole.

by **JGUN** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:38 pm

Bufflehead wrote:looks good

what kind of wood? are you power carving?

White cedar. I prefer to carve tan cork and use cedar for the heads. I wanted this to be very durable so I carved it out of the cedar and hollowed it out to reduce weight. I'll give it a coat of epoxy to make sure it will handle the bashing I'm sure you guys will give it. BTW, I make working style decoys so they don't have a ton of detail and the tails, wing tips and bills are more stout than a shelf rider.
The gray you see is epoxy to fill screw holes, cracks and mistakes.

The bottom.

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by **Bufflehead** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:49 pm

JGUN wrote:BTW, I make working style decoys so they don't have a ton of detail and the tails, wing tips and bills are more stout than a shelf rider.

that's what i like

by **capt1972** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:15 pm

jarbo03 wrote:Deke is looking good. A flash drive is also good to send along. I have many, would be willing to provide it, was very cool seeing pics from everywhere a decoy had been.

To whomever has the decoy before me: could you send snacks?

by **Westie25** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:59 pm

capt1972 wrote:
jarbo03 wrote:Deke is looking good. A flash drive is also good to send along. I have many, would be willing to provide it, was very cool seeing pics from everywhere a decoy had been.

To whomever has the decoy before me: could you send snacks?

I'll take a fine cigar and a 6 pack of cold beer please.

by **Flightstopper** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:59 pm

Man that's looking awesome!

by **jarbo03** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:57 pm

capt1972 wrote:
jarbo03 wrote:Deke is looking good. A flash drive is also good to send along. I have many, would be willing to provide it, was very cool seeing pics from everywhere a decoy had been.

To whomever has the decoy before me: could you send snacks?

You might be amazed at what can show up with the decoy! Most on here have a great sense of humor, can make the novelty of it even better.

by **3legged_lab** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:58 pm

jarbo03 wrote:
capt1972 wrote:
jarbo03 wrote:Deke is looking good. A flash drive is also good to send along. I have many, would be willing to provide it, was very cool seeing pics from everywhere a decoy had been.

To whomever has the decoy before me: could you send snacks?

You might be amazed at what can show up with the decoy! Most on here have a great sense of humor, can make the novelty of it even better.

No kidding, last year Red's contribution had me laughing.

by **blackrhino** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:53 am

I'll bet our Wood Ducks would do a double take at a drake Mandrin in the spread. Very cool!

by **Redbeard** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 11:07 am

3legged_lab wrote:
jarbo03 wrote:
capt1972 wrote:
jarbo03 wrote:Deke is looking good. A flash drive is also good to send along. I have many, would be willing to provide it, was very cool seeing pics from everywhere a decoy had been.

To whomever has the decoy before me: could you send snacks?

You might be amazed at what can show up with the decoy! Most on here have a great sense of humor, can make the novelty of it even better.

No kidding, last year Red's contribution had me laughing.

with the way JGUN's got that thing hollowed out, I've got some ideas

by **TNAL45** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:18 am

Redbeard wrote:
3legged_lab wrote:
jarbo03 wrote:
capt1972 wrote:
jarbo03 wrote:Deke is looking good. A flash drive is also good to send along. I have many, would be willing to provide it, was very cool seeing pics from everywhere a decoy had been.

To whomever has the decoy before me: could you send snacks?

You might be amazed at what can show up with the decoy! Most on here have a great sense of humor, can make the novelty of it even better.

No kidding, last year Red's contribution had me laughing.

with the way JGUN's got that thing hollowed out, I've got some ideas

Humbolt county's finest?

by **Baysider** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:16 am

Good looking block man. I cant wait to see it done.

by **Flightstopper** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:37 am

Give the midgets a break man, we need more pics of progress!!!

by **JGUN** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:46 am

Flightstopper wrote:Give the midgets a break man, we need more pics of progress!!!

Sorry I haven't worked on it lately. Have to get my house painted first.
I'll have it for sure before the first season starts.

by **Olly** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:12 pm

Hey JGUN how's the decoy coming along?

by **JGUN** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:21 pm

Set the eyes last week and gave the entire decoy a coat of epoxy. Put a primer coat of paint on the other day. Probably work on detailed paintings next week. Too much fishing to do this week. :grin:

by **Olly** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:27 pm

JGUN wrote:Set the eyes last week and gave the entire decoy a coat of epoxy. Put a primer coat of paint on the other day. Probably work on detailed paintings next week. Too much fishing to do this week.

Sounds awesome and I understand!

by **jarbo03** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:55 pm

I could go ahead and send a flash drive to be packed with the decoy. Is anyone planning on using it for early teal?

by **Flightstopper** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:23 pm

And no pics?!

by **Baysider** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:54 am

Cant wait to see it man.

by **jehler** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:38 am

I hadn't seen this thread, damn JJ, your getting it.

I hate saying anything nice about a prick like jgun, but, the man knows how to carve a block. Here is one he let us "borrow as a reference", probably shouldn't be reminding him I've got it, have grown attached

I can't wait to see the finished project, may have to sneak over before he gets a pix up

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by **Redbeard** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:49 am

jehler wrote:I hadn't seen this thread, damn JJ, your getting it.

I hate saying anything nice about a prick like jgun, but, the man knows how to carve a block. Here is one he let us "borrow as a reference", probably shouldn't be reminding him I've got it, have grown attached

I can't wait to see the finished project, may have to sneak over before he gets a pix up

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very nice

by **JGUN** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 12:34 pm

I wondered where that was.

by **assateague** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 12:39 pm

I suspect if I tried to carve a decoy, it'd look like a poorly turned newel post.

by **jehler** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 1:01 pm

Did you get your paints from jr?

by **Goldfish** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 1:26 pm

assateague wrote:I suspect if I tried to carve a decoy, it'd look like a poorly turned newel post.

I doubt this. You take your time with things and obviously have some mechanical abilities to work tools, etc.

by **Baysider** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 3:31 pm

Nice GE jgun.

by **JGUN** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:37 pm

Started painting tonight. Not done but its coming together.

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by **jehler** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:08 pm

JGUN wrote:Started painting tonight. Not done but its coming together.
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is its beak supposed to look like a hawks?

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