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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A world champion duck decoy carver from Terrebonne Parish has a new masterpiece in the middle of his living room. It’s a life-sized bald eagle. Curtis Fabre has lived most of ...

Every time I attend a local auction, my wife accuses me of bringing home a hand-carved wooden duck decoy. We have a bunch in our collection scattered around the house. Most of them are probably not ...

Lawrence Pyne joins hunter Dave Greenough for a day of duck hunting. Then, we spend time with Tim Bombardier learning about useable duck decoys. Also, we learn about the annual Goose Roundup every ...

Bill Browne graduated from Lincoln Southeast High School in 1972 and he went on to go to get a degree from the UNL College of Law and after he graduated and shortly after he passed the bar, Bill had a ...

Randy Root is a master of mallards. As a kid, he grew up on the south side of Chicago, but in 1960 his family bought several acres along the east side of the Illinois River not far from Peoria. Root ...

Chris Linn had been painting decorative waterfowl decoys for more than two decades when this winter she decided to try something a little different. Working from a studio in her home in the hills ...

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, and, of course, historic guns. We hope you enjoy. Stay classy, everyone._ Until he carved his first decoys, Jerry Talton was, by his own description, a “wild-ass redneck surfer dude” from the North ...