Realistic Decoys: Carving, Texturing, Painting & FinishingFinest book on duck carving in years. Describes the bluebill, mallard, merganser, canvasback, plus other species -- their anatomy, actions, positions. Shows how to shape, carve and point the head and feathers for a lifelike texture. |
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... wood duck , which is a dabbler , has al- most square - shaped tertials . The hooded merganser's tertial feathers are the most spikelike of all and this duck is considered a diver . There is also a difference in the smaller feathers ...
... wood duck , which is a dabbler , has al- most square - shaped tertials . The hooded merganser's tertial feathers are the most spikelike of all and this duck is considered a diver . There is also a difference in the smaller feathers ...
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... ducks have crests . The most noted of these are the wood ducks and the hooded mergansers . Their crests are things of beauty and very changeable at different times . When the wood duck is alert , as in Illus . 16 , the crest is raised ...
... ducks have crests . The most noted of these are the wood ducks and the hooded mergansers . Their crests are things of beauty and very changeable at different times . When the wood duck is alert , as in Illus . 16 , the crest is raised ...
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... wood duck with head erect . Note the pointed aft of the crest . change rapidly from second to second . It would be ... duck with its primaries crossed and the tail Illus . 17. A wood duck with head at rest 24.
... wood duck with head erect . Note the pointed aft of the crest . change rapidly from second to second . It would be ... duck with its primaries crossed and the tail Illus . 17. A wood duck with head at rest 24.
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
AnatomyDivers Versus Dabblers | 11 |
Capturing an Attitude | 21 |
Copyright | |
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