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Category: Contests

Published Date

1. Decoys must be made of wood, cork or stretched canvas.  Machine duplicated decoys will be disqualified.
2. Decoys must be carved to accentuate decoying capabilities, not necessarily realistic qualities.
3. Decoys will be judged on simplicity, practicality and durability.
   1. Decoys must be carved in the traditional hunting decoy style - no detailed or fragile bills, necks, wing tips or tails.  **No raised primaries, No carved details in bills, slight mandible separation will be permitted**
   2. Decoys must be painted in traditional hunting decoy style - brushing, ragging, stippling, combing, scratching, blending or burned cork.  No feather definition other than outline will be allowed.
   3. Flocking is NOT permitted.
   4. Paint must be non-fouling and must be able to withstand the day to day rigors of hunting - careless handling, bagging, ice, heavy seas, taking shots, etc..

PRE-JUDGING

Decoys will be staged at a pre-judging station after entry forms are accepted with payment in full.  Chairmen and or Co-Chairman will pre-judge using the rules as printed.

JUDGING

1. Judges will NOT be allowed to touch or handle any decoy before or during judging.  A predetermined distance will be set by the Chairmen of the Wildfowlers contest in the spirit of - LOOKING FOR THE BEST DECOY THAT INCORPORATES ALL THE QUALITIES OF A TRUE HUNTING DECOY..
2. Decoys will be tossed into a large body of water and must self-right from the position that they land.  Decoys will be disqualified for failure to self-right.  Keels must be practical and non-fouling.
3. Decoys will be judged by species. First, Second and Third place birds in each species will receive ribbons.  Only first place birds of each species will be entered in Best of Class.
4. Best of show will be judged useing the replacement rule.

Only Birds listed in each class will be judged

• Marsh Class:  All species of black duck, gadwall, mallard, pintail, shoveler, teal, widgeon & wood duck
• Diving Class:  Contains all species of blue bills, bufflehead, canvasback, golden eye, mergansers, redhead, ring neck & ruddy ducks
• Sea Duck Class:  All species of eider, long tail & scoter
• Goose & Swan Class:  All species of brant, geese & swan
• Confidense Class:  All species of coots, grebes, gulls, loons & terns
• Stretched Canvas Class:  Contains all species listed above in all classes.  All species entered will be judged as one class

1. Decoys entered in the IWCA Style Hunting Decoy contest WILL NOT be eligible to be entered in Wildfowler's or shooting Stool competition.  Carvers may not move decoys from the Shooting Stool Contest into the Wildfowler's Contest, or from Wildfowler's Contest into the Shooting Stool Contest.
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Registration Times:

• Sunday, March 17, 2012 - 7:30-9:15am - Pool Side
• Saturday, March 16, 2012 - 8-9pm - Pool Side

Entry Fees:

Awards for Wildfowler's:

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