The Mason Decoy Factory was making thousands of wooden ducks each year at its Detroit factory in the early 1900s. Waterfowl hunters could buy the company's best decoys for a buck apiece. Dusty, dirty ...

Should you find an old duck decoy in PawPaw's shed, don't take it to the lake, give it to the kids or, heaven forbid, let the dog play with it. It could be junk, worthless as the cracked cane pole ...

CHARLESTON S.C. (WCBD) – While they may be in the store window at Grady Ervin & Co., the antique wooden decoys are not for sale. According to the Owner and Buyer, Chip Ervin, they are simply for ...

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 ...

"If you look on my Instagram page, in that little place where they give you three sentences to say who you are, it says, ‘I use my artwork to advocate for the conservation of wild bird habitats,’” ...

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it’s a duck! Right? Not this time, it’s a duck decoy. Actually, it’s a collection of 70 on exhibit at the Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum. Mark Cromwell, ...

Don't be misled by the modest moniker. Curt Soine, this year's featured artist for the Meander, creates works of art and sells them under the brand Curt's Decoys. Many also happen to be ...

MOUNT VERNON — Marty Hanson began carving decoys when he was 10 years old. Some 41 years later, the Hayward, Minnesota, resident is a world-class carver whose decoys are highly sought by collectors ...

J.P. HAND sits at his workbench placing a freshly painted rig of 10 brant decoys into a slot bag while we get ready to hunt in the morning. He constructed each brant from three pieces of Atlantic ...

Who could blame the ducks? Try putting your beak within a few inches of an elegantly crafted decoy, with feathers so fine and skillfully painted it’s hard to believe it’s actually made of wood. How ...

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