[David_Aaron_Sercel]

Here is a Wood Duck decoy that I finished today.

[jamesfa]

very nice wood duck,will he stand alone or are you planning another base like your other one.
how long do you spend on each duck(hours.)

[David_Aaron_Sercel]

I'm going to leave this one decoy style with no base.

This duck took about 15 hours to carve and paint(that dosen't
include reasearch/pattern making). The miniature wood duck on the
water took about the same amount of time due to the base. Birds
that I woodburn in the feathers, like songbirds and some ducks,
take between 20 and 25 hours because of the amount of detail.

[Colin_Partridge]

David nice woody boy I wish I had your talent. To carve a bird in 20 hours is great it would probably take me 20 years and it would look like a chicken. I admire your talent you are a fine artist. Some of the bird carvers I know have 80 hours plus into some of their birds. I think I have ADD my attention span would never last that long. All kidding aside a wonderful carving.
Colin

[dart]

Beautiful! Wish I could do the same. Very nice David.

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Really nice decoy!!