Hey. Hi-Ho...Crawdads

[AlArchie]

Dave, here's the crawdad I just finished....different color scheme than the last. this is more of the green from the Manitowish River, than the rusty and brown from the Menominee watershed. I showed you mine, now show me yours! hehehe

gotta get a better dig cam.....maybe come Christmas.

Al

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Well mine is finished except for drying time...will post a picture of it tomorrow....Talking

[Ashbys]

I can hardly wait ! Nice dad AL. Cheers Ash

[carver6]

Makes me hungry just lookin' at 'em.
Garon

[kaiserb]

How long du ya have to boil dem thangs befor they good eats?

Awesome looking crawdaddy... Snorkel

Bile 'em? ya sposed to bile 'em??

[Colin-Partridge]

Wow great carving if I were I bass I would devour it very well done.
Colin

[AlArchie]

Just boil 'em till they turn red! Sure takes a bunch ta make a meal, but are dey ever good!

Dave noticed something (but he's been quiet about it). It looks like the little guy has only six legs, BUT the front two (out of sight) are in the "up-feeding" position. The big claws are used to catch and crush prey, then the front set of legs act as arms and hands to bring the food up to the mouth parts. All 8 legs show on the underbelly pic.

Good eye, there, Dave!

Al

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Not too good an eye! I didn't realize one was a belly shot til you mentioned it! LOLCoolHammer

[Kenny_S]

Ya be right on boilin' them there crays till day be nice n red. But ya be boilin' them there thungs with Tabasco sause eh?They be just baby lobsters fer shur. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM good! AH to go to Latrey Bayou ,Alabama again. Right north of Dolphin Island. Walk right out in to the ocean a coupl hundred yards and pick up oysters and crawdads. Sorry, I was regressing back.

Very nice carving Al. Ifn' I'd be a little on the lit side and saw that picture, I would be wanting to boil him for sure. I am amazed at how you captured what a crawdad looks like. So real. OUTSTANDING job of carving it.

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Not sure how to post a picture here on the thread, so I posted the finished crawdad in the gallery under animal, I also put in a hippy dulcimer player under caricatures lol, not sure what the connection is?