Illinois decoy carver Pat Gregory holds one of his creations, standing next to a poster that explains his work as folk art -- both beautiful and useful. (Photo by Timothy Collins) If Ducks Unlimited ...

In an age of high-tech hunting gear with the latest bells and whistles, some hunters choose to get back to the basics. That’s certainly true for long-time waterfowl hunter and decoy carver Randy ...

Two area men are passing on their artistry and skills to help continue the art of decoy carving. Master decoy makers Ross Smoker, of Selinsgrove, and James Romig, of Middleburg, were selected by ...

Duane Steinkopf's motivation for carving his own spearing decoys was hardly storybook stuff, far less romantic than good old-fashioned German frugality would allow. "I started because I wasn't going ...

It’s pretty calm and quiet around Russ Dedekind’s West Lawn home, even though he and his brother share it with hundreds of wooden ducks in various stages of becoming decoys. They must be pretty good ...

As a boy growing up in Fayetteville, N.C., Ed Morrison’s favorite pastime was whittling. Throughout boyhood, he whittled away on sticks to no particular end until he moved to Hampton Roads in the mid ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Duck hunters in Missouri will have to wait a few more months to hit the blinds, but anyone is welcome to attend the Cape Nature Center’s duck decoy carving workshop in ...

Duck hunters are cut from a rare cloth. The sport is expensive and time consuming, pushing marriages and work to their brink, and the birds we pursue move best in the very conditions that keep most ...

Families came out to Duck Duck Goose Day at the Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center on Saturday to learn about the art of waterfowl decoy carving. The day includes decoy carving with soap, live baby duck ...

Joey Jobes’ workshop is a small, two-story building in Havre de Grace, minutes from the Susquehanna Flats at the top of the Chesapeake Bay. The space is dominated by saws, knives, paints and hundreds ...

Until he carved his first decoys, Jerry Talton was, by his own description, a “wild-ass redneck surfer dude” from the North Carolina coast. His brother was actually the duck hunter, and one year, ...