New home made gear

[Muthagoose]

Well Its a start.I figure by the time I get to #3 it will be a smoother procedure with better results. They are actually easier to paint than I though thats not saying much considering theres a lot for me to improve on....

So from this

To my

first fuzzy goose.

[Muthagoose]

Done with Bear hunting shot a nice one with a blaze.So its GO time on the decoys...

Heres the remaining mini Honks painted.LOTS to learn yet.. Its all FUN and GOOD...

[Gordie]

congrats on the bear and the decoys only one word mutha WOW

[bogwalker]

Excellent. Look like the real deal.

[Muthagoose]

Well Lots to learn. Its getting easier to put feather detail in but I wish I would have put detail in the carving.. old bobtails revamped with flocking...

Im not sure yet what I want to put on the drakes for feathers but im sure these will work as is.. Lots to learn but thats the fun of it..

Well let me know what ya think..

[Gordie]

now those are something I want to hunt over!awsome mutha totally awsome

[luckycrank]

extremely envious right now nice work!

[Muthagoose]

Hope I dont get in trouble for posting this but I dont know how else to get intouch with ya Elwood.. drop me a email muthagoose@hotmail dotcom

We gotta do this...

[crawler harness]

Muthagoose awesome work. I was looking back on the other page and you said that you will be teaching a class on decoy carving at VCC. Is that still a go and evidentally it must be taking place this spring semester, I was looking forward to the taxidermy novelties class that you where suppose to have this fall and was disappointed when i opened up my email last month to see that they had dropped the class. Once again awesome work and I am looking forward to your classes and seeing all your decoys.

[Gordie]

Hope I dont get in trouble for posting this but I dont know how else to get intouch with ya Elwood.. drop me a email muthagoose@hotmail dotcom

We gotta do this...

you got mail

[Muthagoose]

Well my schedule changed this week so instead of trying to do more work I decided to play..

Nothing set in stone the wingtips,Tails and feet need to be postioned ect.

First it was to try and do one of those roll overs like Don. Then I realized I need a foot and wingtips for each. The foot part was easy to rough in,my next mold is a wingtip/section..

Not having the ability nor patience after attempting to carve ""a"" foot I made a mold off the roughed in foot.. This way I can keep the carveing down to a minimum or add color the resin when I pour them even alter their shape with a heat lamp and ice water.

Simple Wally world mold method and pourakast with LQ paint mixed in.

For my first attempt at something out of my comfort zone I am fairly happy with them.....

[Surface Tension]

Muthagoose , this is one of the best threads in HSO.

I really enjoy looking in to see what you've done.

[mws4dux]

Keep up the GREAT work! Looks amazing

[Gordie]

Muthagoose , this is one of the best threads in HSO.

I really enjoy looking in to see what you've done.

DITTO in anotherwords What he said

simply Amazing Mutha

where you huntin next weekend

[RumRiverRat]

Simply awesome.

You can tell that you do a lot of work in your shop.

It is in a state of organized chaos!

[Muthagoose]

Thanks for the very kind words.

Lots to learn. I cleaned off a few shelves to make drying room.

Would like to carve 1-3 a day this winter. Asked the wife to pick 5 birds off a picture of rafted bills....

Might even get the swans carved..

I bought a Kayak already started on ideas for that. They sure ride nice and talk layout for shallow water ...

Yep chaos but fun....

[Muthagoose]

Yep they got the test last week. Sat in shallow ponds while hunting out of Xlanders...

My camera had problems with the cards I bought found out today it wasn't the camera which is a good thing.

Well heres the results of a couple days in ND...

Heres what I have..

Ate the first days limits then collected the 10 roasters in 2 days that are now plucked and waiting for the family feed this week.. Wildrice and mushroom stuffing on my bench. Also shot a trophy GW teal,bull pintails and wigeon

Nothing like fresh mallard wrapped in bacon grilled with a cold beer...

Almost sold all my decoys so I have to carve new.Lots of new positions concepts rolling in my head. Im off to hunt mergansers for the next 2 days.I'll try and get some footage and pics of them working my lawn dart spread....

[Muthagoose]

Im gonna be busy this winter. I have sold nearly ALL my decoys in less than 2 weeks so if anyone wants to still get together and carve we should find someone with a large enough work area to set somthing up... I dont mind showing people how its all about persistance,patience and practice.. Simple hand tools are all ya need.. I have gone to using my foredom but I we can stick to useing sureforms, rasps and sand paper..

What do ya think Elwood??

Heres a few pics of my G eyes and darts on the water... Not a good day for hunting to calm...

Ill get some better but the different head positions really help so does the full flocking...

[HugoBox]

Wow!! The pix on the water really are amazing!!! The different positions really add to a realistic look.

Nice work!!!

[Gordie]

Mutha how did you get those ducks to sit so still for that pic.

dont need wind when the decoys look that good..

[JimBuck]

Very nice decoys. The various head positions are a great touch.

[Muthagoose]

I redid a couple of my divers and carved new puddlers. A couple got dropped just prior to takeing the picture which is why there spot putty on them. I sold all that I had last fall now need to make a new spread for next fall..Got some new ideas on packing in decoys.Lighter and keeping stability will be the challenge on the puddlers but the divers Im keeping the river keel they swing side to side and ride well...

Working on Cans,Redheads,Buffs and Bills next.

For me cast heads are the ticket lightweight,no matinence,easy to balance and if ya trash one easy to repair.

All will be cast with steel insert the fuil length of the bill and possibly casted in main bill color to add to the durability.

[Quackaddict9]

Looks good!! Keep us updated as your progress goes on.

[Gordie]

mutha looks great and hunting season sure did fly by this year was really wishing I coulda met up with ya for a hunt may be this spring Ican get ya in the boat for a little kitty cat action on the river.

We will have to set a date for a hunt next season for sure..

I gotta start saving my pennies for some new decoys

[Muthagoose]

I didnt like the big flat heads on the tallest mallards after I got a couple pours out, so it got the foredom.The drake widgeon got it also and I altered a cast from that into a greenwing. Also have the new widgeon done and ready for molding. I learned a long time ago that inside every bad mallard theres a gadwall or wooduck waiting to come out..

I will end up with 4-5 new molds at this rate.

Other than that the rest are ok for now.

Been pouring and will be for the next 3 days.Then its body cut'n time....