It’s no secret that decoying geese is a thrill. They are big birds and noisy in the air. Seeing geese close in on the spread and hearing them get louder as they come into range makes any waterfowler’s ...

Around 1910, when Newburyport cabinetmaker Charles Safford was carving his wooden decoy of a sleeping Canada goose, the idea it could one day sell for a king's ransom probably never crossed his mind.

Finding the X (the spot where geese are feeding) is easy; getting access to hunt it usually is not. In the last decade, it’s become increasingly difficult to hunt the agriculture fields that waterfowl ...

Around 1910, when Newburyport cabinetmaker Charles Safford was carving his wooden decoy of a sleeping Canada goose, the idea it could one day sell for a king's ransom probably never crossed his mind.