Join master carver Timothy Griffin at the Wendell Gilley Museum on two consecutive Saturdays, March 28 and April 4, from 9 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 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.

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 ...

The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center is in the business of showcasing creatures in settings that imitate their natural environments. The harbor seals have a pool, where they dive and sunbathe ...

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 ...

In the scene, Bacon picks up a dead duck, while another hunter aims his gun at an incoming duck, and a third watches from the top-forward edge of a blind stacked with what looks like small cedars.