“Every now and then I fall off the wagon and I have to buy one,” he said. “People have passion for different things or activities. I like buying and making duck decoys. “My wife is very tolerant. I ...

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 ...

EDINA, Minn.—Doug Lodermeier was bursting with stories about Minnesota duck-decoy carvers. We were in Lodermeier’s basement office in early December, thumbing through a computer copy of his new book, ...

It was an ordinary log from a paulownia tree, a seasoned slice of timber that, in another life, might have gone up in smoke in the fireplace of the Carson home in Havre de Grace. But Dan Carson had ...

Doug Lodermeier was bursting with stories about Minnesota duck-decoy carvers. We were in Lodermeier’s basement office last week, thumbing through a computer copy of his new book, “Minnesota Duck ...

The eyes of the waterfowl world will be on Stevens Point on Sept. 15 and 16 as UW-Stevens Point hosts the 2017 Federal Duck Stamp Art Competition and other activities, including the Wisconsin ...

In those early days, waterfowl hunters often marked the base of their decoys for identification. Included in the show is a redhead duck branded RBH, confirming it was a presidential deke from a string ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — As the fall season gets underway, migratory flocks of ducks and geese will soon fill the Oregon skies. This week, we travel to where the ducks and geese are always at hand — because ...

The Louisiana Wildfowl Carvers & Collectors Guild will hold a decoy show, featuring demonstrations of carving and finishing, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at the Lake Pontchartrain Basin ...

Decades before the hit reality series "Duck Dynasty" debuted on A&E, waterfowlers flocked to the Ocean County Decoy and Gunning Show in Tuckerton. The real duck hunters of New Jersey have been ...