Welcome to Our Website!
Come and join the Maumee Bay Carvers at our meetings and learn the craft of making waterfowl decoys, shorebirds, songbirds and spear fish decoys. We have over the past 30 years had best in the world as members! We hope that you can visit with us to continue this journey and learn why wood carving is a great past time!
Meeting and coming event dates
Weekly Carve A Long - Wednesday, 4 pm to 6:45pm Wood Craft Supply, 5311 Airport
Hwy, Toledo, OH. Never carved before, we can get you started or bring your
projects and we will help you. If you want to carve along on your own project you can do that too! We ask for a couple of bucks that we donate to a worthy organization. The
WoodCraft Site is: http://stores.woodcraft.com/Toledo
Meeting Dates and other events for the Maumee Bay Carvers
ludes the
May 11, 2013 Migratory Bird Day, Magee Marsh Migratory Bird Center 11 am to 4 pm
August 10, 2013 St. Clair Flats Show at Perch Point Rod and Gun Club
September 14, 2013 World Compion Fish Decoy and Carving Contest, Quality Inn and Suites, Monroe, MI
September 21, 2013 Maumee Bay Carvers Decoy Contest, Magee Marsh Check In Station
November 24, 2013 Fin and Feather Day, Magee Marsh Migratory Bird Center 11 am to 3:30pm
Our latest news
Jim Moore another of our very loyal supporters has passed away! Jim supported the shows by making many of aware of the local shows and then aways having that great smile and kind words of all the many carvers he had met along lifes journey!
Carolyn Wodrich who was one of our very loyal supporters has passed away! Her great song birds and miniatures were collected by her friends! We will miss her as she joins Scott to watch the rest of us complete our journey here!
Bowling Green High and Grade School Students began in December. See special section on Mentoring! Second Session photos of students work on January 9, 2013. Third Session is set for January 30 for painting the Pipping Plover! In addition the students will be given a presentation on the Junior Duck Stamp Competition to held at Strongsville in March!
Piping Plover winners are shown on the Mentoring Page!
Tee Shirts are in and will be available at the next meeting! Cost for a short sleeve is $11 and $15 for a long sleeve!
Gary Hanson Painting Seminar
21 Students attended the seminar and learned to paint a Drake Green Wing Teal! We appreciate Gary taking the time and putting another great class!
Other news from get to gether the 2013 Decoy contest will be held at Magee Marsh at the Check in Station! We hope to see you there!
If you wish to be part of the Maumee Carvers contact any of the following.
Contacts for the Maumee Bay Carvers are as follows:
Jeff Thomas, President - xuf4jt@centurylink.net
Steve Secord, Vice President - s.secord@att.net
Jim Frankowski, Treasurer - 419 836 7931
Bob Lund, Show Chair - woodcountydecoy@msn.com
Jeff Thomas, President - xuf4jt@centurylink.net
Steve Secord, Vice President - s.secord@att.net
Jim Frankowski, Treasurer - 419 836 7931
Bob Lund, Show Chair - woodcountydecoy@msn.com
