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  1. bballard

    Duck Boat Info

    Looking to plan for my winter project. A vintage Aerocraft Model F D (1956 I think) Made in St.Charles, Mich. Seam an rivets are still mostly good. Small seam leak Starboard . Anyone ever work with or on one?
  2. bballard

    Funky Duck

    Knocked this one out for Covid Rig hunt...
  3. bballard

    THE CONVERGENCE

    I Stand by the stump, Goat skin leggins in place. Ready to dance in the season of fall, of harvest, of the hunt... I'll burn a little cedar, pour a little McClusky's gym floor sealer on the flame for good measure. Salute my friend, and to all the Old Bulls, who still ply the reeds and the...
  4. bballard

    Franchi 612

    Bought New for my son when he shot for our scholastic team. Been in the case since he graduated. Bringing it to Havre de Grace for the Decoy Festival, looking to trade for a smaller boat (sneak). I can email you pics of what I've got, any interest just let me know. Comes with hard case, 6...
  5. bballard

    First wooden boat

    Just got my first wooden boat (traded six old plastic goose decoys for her. Her bones are great, and she floats like a charm. Pirogue style I believe. Plywood construction (Looks like an Uncle Jon's sort of), Wonder about paint strip and sealing techniques. She has no glass on her at all...
  6. bballard

    Junior Wild Fowler ODCCA

    HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL ! The time has come to invite a youngster into your shop and make ready for the Junior Water fowler's 2017 DUCK BLIND CHALLENGE at the ODCCA STRONGSVILLE SHOW.... Willy McDonald and The DUCK BLIND are fired up and ready as our gracious Sponsors of this great event. Prizes and...
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    Willy McDonald is HOOOOOOOOOME!

    "CRY HAVOC, AND LET SLIP THE GET WELL CARDS AND WISHES OF JOY"! And if those cards happen to be taped to a bottle of Crown Royal,...EVEN BETTER! Don't worry it will be used for medical reasons only!
  8. bballard

    GREETINGS ALL ! Willy McDonald Update

    SEASONS GREETINGS ALL ! Been a month of Sundays since last I trod these venerable digital halls. Miss you old guys a bunch. Things are cool here in the Big Mitten. If you have not heard Willy McDonald fell ill just before Thanksgiving and had to be hospitalized for some surgery. That...
  9. bballard

    Hull canvas shopping... WHOA

    Man, who new. Treated, untreated. Pre- shrunk, un-shrunk, ten weight choices, vinyl coated or virgin... Then there the fillers. I have a lot of reading to do ! B
  10. bballard

    CANVAS BODIED DUCK BOAT

    Headed out to pick up a Mead Glider Corp. Canvas bodied duck boat tomorrow P.M. This is my first ever project boat in a bijillion years of ducking. It is a 1940's era home built and from the original owners son. The canvas was replaced with rubber cloth. I am thinking about undertaking the...
  11. bballard

    TBT LEE

    TBT. Ya had to be there to understand. Don't know how many of us who new him are still around...
  12. bballard

    IT MUST BE SAID, FOR SPRING HATH ARRIVED

    For those of you new or newish, you may be left in the dark. For those of you who hath weathered the storms, times, and tide... DON THOU GOAT SKIN LEGGINGS, CLIMBITH THINE STUMPS, and DANCE ! ! ! for it hath returned kinda sorta. To you, the original Druid. Spring greetings old friend...
  13. bballard

    STRONGSVILLE 2014 Yutes

    Greetings all form the big frozen mitten ! Happy to announce that Willy and THE DUCK BLIND have again stepped up to the plate to sponsor this years youth pool gunner contest ! Remember to bring along a kid or at least their gunner !
  14. bballard

    PINK DEVIL

    Been a while since I've swung by. This one is for you DB OG's who where here with me when Jesus was in grade school. THIS IS HIM, WINGED WARRIOR, Satan in a pink boa. the one who forever changed my life and made me the winner of every scar contest I've ever entered. The S.O.B. is still alive...
  15. bballard

    The Real Harbingers of Spring

    THE RED WINGS ARE BACK ! !
  16. bballard

    Looking for help in ID'ing boat

    I'm looking sat taking on my first ever project (If a aquire this one that is), Any Ideas on what model?? Size stats are 8'9" with 26.5x47.5 cockpit hull 36" Beam 40" Glass over ply construction with brush straps. Sort of looks Sneak boxy to me. Any help would be great. Regards, B
  17. bballard

    Strongville Launch

    WE ARE AT T MINUS 74 MINUTES ! Gettin anxious ! ! !
  18. bballard

    Strongville aka "THE VILLE" for the cool kids

    Greetings all, Fore score and a butt load of years ago four of your decoy fathers, and several real muthas sat down post ODCCA, put their feet up, took a long draw from several bottles, and set small pieces of duck flesh and bacon ablaze ( in Garveys case with 20 foot high flames). And thus...
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