East Carolina Wildfowl Guild

08/18/2021

The Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild is excited to announce a new addition to the Annual Core Sound Decoy Festival Decoy Competition!

Sponsored by The East Carolina Wildfowl Guild, and held at the 2021 Core Sound Decoy Festival, the competition will be in memory of John Elliott and will be an IWCA Style Decorative Smoothie Ruddy Drake in summer plumage.

The awards will be:
First Place: $500, plus ribbon
Second Place: $300, plus ribbon
Third Place: $200, plus ribbon

10/11/2020

John Elliott passed away Friday evening at home surrounded by his loved ones. The service is Tuesday October 13, 2020 at Paul’s Funeral Home in Washington, NC. 12-1pm visitation at Paul’s before the 1pm service. Face masks and social distancing required. His obituary is forthcoming. He is dearly missed.

05/23/2019

It appears as though there will *not* be a Decoy Carving Competition hosted by the East Carolina Wildfowl Guild as part of the 2020 East Carolina Wildlife Arts Festival.

While the East Carolina Wildfowl Guild is committed to continuance of the art form, negotiations with Arts of the Pamlico (organizer for the 2020 ECWAF) have failed to reach consensus. If you would like any additional details please contact us at [email protected]

Thank you

05/05/2019

East Carolina Wildfowl Guild is hosting Walter Gaskill on June 8 for a carving workshop on Canvasback Drake head. All our welcome to join us. We will start at 10 am. Burgers and sides will be served at 12. Please RSVP to let us know if you are coming so we can have enough food for everyone.

02/15/2019

Boy, are our faces red! We got the dates wrong in the Columbia Flyway Wildlife Show & Competition ad that ran in Competition 2018. The show will take place on the weekend of September 14-15 in 2019. It's a great show in a beautiful part of the country, so get there if you can!

02/14/2019

02/10/2019

If you attended the Decoy Championships at 2019 ECWAF, we would love to have your feedback by completing the brief survey below. It will only take 2-3 minutes to respond. Thank you!

Please take the survey titled "2019 Decoy Championships Feedback (ECWAF)". Your feedback is important!

02/10/2019

Additional details about our show if you want to download the results and print them out!

Summary of Best of Show Winners:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SeLgsJlm48hfEca4XhQzv_MVV9N3H091

Summary of Results sorted by Winning Carver:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1j6bnDXaO-2xl6YNMkThfGF-btjtBIg6b

Summary of Results sorted by the Competition Divisions:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kBQFdtGU6kPDJu-rri8wJhiCFVuE29IO

02/10/2019

Complete competition results from the 2019 East Carolina Wildlife Arts Festival.