Joe and I saw lots of ducks through North Dakota on our drive up to Saskatchewan this year. Our hunting was good in Saskatchewan even though it was unusually warm. Several days it was in the 80's and sunny with no wind. Although the harvest was well on its way when we arrived, most farmers planted canola and oats because of high contract prices in the spring. There were few wheat and barley fields and hardly any pea fields. That combined with lots of new potholes formed by lots of winter snow meant the birds were spread out with little feed to hold them. Click on photo below to view slide show of our trip.


Past slideshows can be view under archived slideshow link above

To view individual the slide shows click on the photos. If you slide your cursor to the center bottom of the slide show you can move to full screen and pause to read captions.

At the last MDCA decoy show some of the calls collectors asked to see better images of the calls in our collection. I figured this is a good time to start. So please take a moment to check out Game Call link above. Figured the best place to start is with some of our Perdew carved calls. Check out my new page Fancy Perdew calls for more coverage of game calls

along the same topic... Joe had a neat experience last week at out local Antique Mall: He and a friend, Chris, went over to the Mall to pick up a duck call Joe had purchased from an old friend's booth. As he and Chris were walking down to the end of the aisle with one of the employees. Joe stopped dead in his tracks by a booth full of glass. Joe had probably walked passed this same booth several times because he will stop the mall often 'just to see if anything came in'. He turned to the employee and asked him to open the case and pulled out an item marked "$33 cigarette holder". "I'll take this" he said. "Do you know what it is Chris?" "NO, but I know it's not a cigarette holder, if you want it!" The cigarette holder is pictured here

For fellow turkey call enthusiasts here is a link with photos of our Henry Gibson paddle turkey call made for his childhood friend, J.C. Jonson here

Got lots of good feedback on the virtual tour of our collection. Hope everyone has a chance to view it under our collections link above. For those who commented that the slide shows move too quickly, I have been playing with a new program that will let you view the slides at your own speed. Use Slideshows link above. Now anyone can stop the slide show for a closer look and restart the show again. I will be adding slide shows as I can develop them. Hope you enjoy the show!

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Just a quick reminder my collectibles books are available here and make great gifts. Each has a broad selection of sporting collectibles featured in high quality full color photography. Use my Books link for information on all of my books on hunting and fishing collectibles. There is a printable order form for all my books under BOOKS link. I always have books on hand and will personalize one for you. Remember books make great gifts. Surprise your sportsman with a copy. Even if he isn't a collector, he will still enjoy it! Sorry I'm not set up to accept credit cards; paypal, personal check or money order will do.

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The History of the MDCA This will be an ongoing series of articles beginning in the beginning with the first show held in Ottawa Illinois, May 7 1966. I have gathered together lots of photos and information from this show that I think you will find interesting

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