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Here is everything you need to know to produce decoys that are truly lifelike in shape - proportion - texture and color!

Written by the master craftsman whose Making Wood Decoys became the definitive book on the subject (and a bestseller) and a professional carver whose decoys are unsurpassed in beauty and value, this masterwork features:

- Close to 300 photos (dozens of them in brilliant full color) plus diagrams that reveal the important techniques that make the perfect decoy.
- Details you can't find in other books - about the types of ducks (both male and female), their anatomies (and how they differ), the positions they take (so you can get tremendous variety into your work), their actions (so you can catch them in movement), their markings, their feathers, their unique features, and their coloring.
- Hard-to-find facts for the serious carver about contests - how to enter them and how to prepare your decoys. And here, too, is practical how-to information about creating the decoys in wood: the kinds of wood to use; the tools; what equipment is best and where to get it; how to produce a smooth carving; how to carve head and feathers; and how to shape, texture and paint to match nature's own designs! With the tips and pointers here - many of them in no other book - you'll want to keep this manual by your workbench for a lifetime.