My name is Joe Brewer, I'm a husband to my wife Brenda and a father to 5 children Logan (19) Garret (17) Jaxson (10) Lillian and Griffin (3). I have been an avid waterfowler for the past 18 years. I grew up in north central ohio about 15 miles from Lake Erie. I absolutely loved hunting the breakwalls for divers and late season puddlers. I also hunted the cornfields for Canada geese and mallards. I now live in Northern Michigan and hunt the beaver ponds early for puddlers, and the straits of mackinaw for divers late in the season. I began carving decoys back in 2009. I always thought if how great it would be to make a rig and shoot birds over it. That is what started the whole obsession of decoy carving for me. In 2011 I was fortunate to win Best of Show in the ODCCA 6 bird rig competition in Westlake, Ohio. I have also won several ribbons in various shows including the St Clair Flats waterfowl show, the Chesapeake Challenge, The Pymatuming Waterfowl festival, Maumee Bay Decoy contest. Waterfowling and decoy carving is my passion and look forward to putting out the very best product I can for my customers.

Special gift to our long-time guests!

Guests that have been hunting with Birdtail Waterfowl for over 10 trips will receive one of our custom Joe Brewer working decoys as a thank you. These works of art are a tribute to traditional waterfowling. As great conversation or display piece, Joe Brewer decoys have a tonne of detail and unique features. Each oil painted decoy is made with a basswood head, cork body, glass eye and weighted curly maple keel. They also showcase a Birdtail Waterfowl and Joe Brewer logo. These decoys are of model and practical quality, which are vital requirements when you are on a bucket list diver hunt!