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 ...

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 ...

Tom Boozer's workshop looks pretty much like you would expect of someone who makes working hollow body wood decoys. Boozer's decoys are not only pieces of art; they also are made and expected to be ...

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 ...

Brett Staschke is competing in Artfields for the first time. He’s entering a pair of hand carved working duck decoys, a passion he’s enjoyed since a teenager, and it shows. His love of duck hunting ...

MIDDLE RIVER, Minn.-Joel Huener says he's always been "kind of a rabid do-it-yourselfer," a trait that also rubbed off on his hunting and fishing. "I tie flies, I make rods and I load my own ammo," ...

Tom Flemming grew up on a dairy farm in west-central Minnesota, where the great outdoors was just outside his door. "I'd go waterfowl and pheasant hunting with my dad and friends,'' Flemming said. "I ...

The world of wood decoys is slightly nutty. It's mostly a man's world of eccentric, compulsive, impulsive, ingenious, acquisitive, adventurous, generous, meticulous, gregarious and likable fanatics.

BAY CITY, MI — Meet Gary Ebel, 65, of Bay City, assistant vice president of indirect sales at Independent Bank, member of Noon Optimist Club, a board member of the Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Bay ...