As most of you are well aware I am an avid hunter. I have come to the conclusion that my next attempt at a hobby will be to carve my own duck and goose decoys. I am looking for recommendations for any books on the subject and any place that may sell a kit for this purpose.
I don’t want to spend a lot of money on the initial startup. Based on my artistic ability(or lack there of) there is a high likelihood that I will suck at this hobby and will end up with the ugliest, most god awful things ever created from a block of wood. Nonetheless, I wish to give it a try. I have to be a natural at something right?!?
Herter’s did not appear to have anything(they have their own line of deke’s so that makes sense). I still need to check a couple oddball catalogs I have at home but I have a feeling the wife already recycled those catalogs.
So any carver’s out there? Any tips? If I try to do cork deke’s am I asking for trouble?
Sorry, can’t help you myself on the decoys, but let me check with a friend back north - he’s a carver, and he may have some info. I’ll be off-boards until the 2nd (I sneaked into work to use the computers today).
