Gary Lipham has carved just enough wooden duck decoys to understand how much skill and creativity the craft demands. “I wanted to have an appreciation for carving, so I carved a little bit,” said ...

The lifelike feathers on Robby Matherne’s female mallard almost fool a person into thinking he used real feathers for his intricate decoy carving. He didn’t. "No, it’s all made out of wood," he ...

Hand-crafted wooden duck decoys, with their intricate carvings and painted designs, attract more than just unsuspecting ducks that mistake them for the real thing and end up getting bagged by hunters.

NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - Hand-carved duck decoys can be works of art and collector's items. But for a couple of New Orleans men, it's more about a passion for carving the lifelike decoys and seeing ...

Everyone dreams of making a living doing something they absolutely love. For Jeff Duxbury, it’s his life and has been for the better part of forty years. He’s the owner of Dux’ Dekes Decoy Company in ...

WAUSAU - Growing up near the Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois, Mike Pierce of Wausau developed a deep and abiding fondness for duck hunting. First, it was calling that struck his fancy. His ...

EAST GRAND FORKS – “Making sawdust” has been a passion for John “Jack” Donelan for more than half of his 87 years. It all started back in the ’60s, when Donelan began carving “working birds” – wooden ...

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 ...

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