2017 Core Sound Held December 2 & 3 - Complete Results

The complete results for the 2017 Core Sound Decoy Festival held on December 2nd & 3rd can be viewed and downloaded in .PDF form using the following link...

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Congratulations to all of the winners!

2016 IWCA Working Decoy Championship Results

The 2016 IWCA Working Decoy Championship was held at the Core Sound Decoy Festival on December 3rd & 4th at Harkers Island, NC. Congratulations to the winners!

DIVISION B – IWCA Working Decoy Championship

Best of Show: Steve Cogar - Common Eider - $300.00, plus plaque and ribbon. 

Second Best of Show: Steve Cogar - Ring-necked Hen - $200.00, plus ribbon. 

Third Best of Show: Patrick Bearden - Long-tailed Duck - $100.00, plus ribbon.

2015 Core Sound Best of Show Results - All Divisions

These are the Best of Show results for all divisions of competition at the 2015 Core Sound Show. Complete results will be available soon on the DecoyGuild website... http://DecoyGuild.com

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Division A - IWCA Style Decoy Competition
BEST OF SHOW		Species	Male/Female
1st	Jon Jones	Mallard	Drake
2nd	Jon Jones	Canvasback	Drake
3rd	Brother Gaskill	Wood Duck	Hen
Division B - IWCA Working Decoy Competition
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Pam Morris	Redhead	Hen
2nd	Pat Bearden	Bufflehead	Drake
3rd	Pat Bearden	Widgeon	Drake
Honorable Mention
Division C - IWCA Gunning Shorebird Decoy Competition
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Jerry Barkley	Red Knot
2nd	Ivie Elliot	Golden Plover
3rd	Jerry Barkley	Long Billed Dowwithcer
Honorable Mention
Division D - IWCA Decorative Life-size Floating Competition
Open
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Jack Cox	Silver Teal	Drake
2nd	Jack Cox	Wood Duck	Drake
3rd	Mark Strucko	Shoveler	Drake
Honorable Mention
Intermediate
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Warren Brown	Scaup	Drake
2nd	Dennis Crumpler	Blue Wing Teal	Drake
3rd	Paul Varga	Canvasback	Drake
Honorable Mention
Novice
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Maxine Brown	Horned Grebe	Drake
2nd	Robert Jones	Wood Duck	Drake
3rd	JB Bartholomees	Pintail	Drake
Honorable Mention
Division E - IWCA Decorative Life-size Non-floating Competition
Open
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Karen Hess	Kestrel	Male
2nd	Richard McCarty	Bluebird
3rd	Jim Carpenter	Red Tailed Hawk
Honorable Mention
Intermediate
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Richard Keatly	Carolina Wren
2nd	Richard Keatly	Canyon Wren
3rd	Warren Brown	Red Shoulder Hawk
Novice
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Wayne Martin	Saw Whet Owl
2nd	Stan Rule	Red Breasted Gross Beak
3rd	Maxine Brown	Titmouse
Honorable Mention
Division F - IWCA Decorative Miniature Competition
Open
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Billy Crocket	Fish Hawk
2nd	Brother Gaskill	White Heron
3rd	Bill Cowen	Short Eared Owl
Honorable Mention
Intermediate
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Marc Gottlieb	Canvas Decoy
2nd	Keith Kelley	Lesser Yellow Leg
3rd	Keith Kelley	Lesser Yellow Leg
Honorable Mention
Novice
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Wayne Martin	Blue Heron
2nd	Stan Rule	Cranes
3rd	Bill Boudreau	Pelican
Honorable Mention
Division G - 2015 IWCA Canvas Decoy Competition
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Robin Oliver	Bufflehead	Drake
2nd	Robin Oliver	Common Merganser	Drake
3rd	Robin Oliver	Pintail	Drake
Honorable Mention
Division H - H. Curt Salter Core Sound Hunting Decoy Competition
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Casey Arthur	Canada Goose	Drake
2nd	Tyler Wood	Green Wing Teal	Drake
3rd	Graham White	Redhead	Drake
Honorable Mention
Division I - Root Head Decoy Competition
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Stan Rule	Willet
2nd	Stan Rule	Pelican
3rd	Lee Scripture	Dowwitcher
Honorable Mention
Division J - Contemporary Antique Decoy Competition
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Ben Hieneman	Ruddy Turnstone
2nd	Mike Amaral	Brant
3rd	Ben Hieneman	Merganser
Division K - IWCA Young Guns (Youth) Decoy Carving
Youth Class A 15-17 years of age
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Austin Ramer	Scaup	Drake
Youth Class B 12-14 years of age (Bench class)
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Micaiah Eagle	Scaup	Drake
Youth Class 12-15 years of age
No Entries
Youth Class D (YD) Bench Class
No Entries
Division L - Kent Hood Traditional NC Championship
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Robbie Robertson	Bufflehead	Drake
2nd	Robbie Robertson	Pintail	Drake
3rd	Robbie Robertson	Wood Duck	Drake
Division M - Decoy Painting
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Kelley Nelson	Scaup
2nd	Gail Gaaringer	Scaup
3rd		Scaup
Division N - Head Whittling Competition
BEST OF SHOW	Carver	Species	Male/Female
1st	Davis Springle
2nd	Jerry Talton
3rd	Dale Robinson

2013 Core Sound Results

2013 Core Sound Decoy Festival

Harkers Island, NC - December 7th-8th, 2013

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2012 Core Sound Results

2012 Core Sound

Harkers Island, NC - December 1st-2nd, 2012

Joey Eubanks Redhead - 2012 Core Sound Style Decoy - Best of Show

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2011 Core Sound Decoy Festival Results

Core Sound Decoy Festival

Harkers Island, North Carolina - December 3rd & 4th, 2011

Ken Stuparyk - 2011 Best of Show In Decorative Life Size Floating - Open

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