Everyone dreams of making a living doing something they absolutely love. For Jeff Duxbury, it’s his life and has been for the better part of forty years. He’s the owner of Dux’ Dekes Decoy Company in ...

NEW VIENNA - Steve Kerper's passions for waterfowl and trees find expression in hand-carved wooden ducks that he calls decoys but which are actually objects of art. “I'm a duck nut and a tree nut,” ...

Master decoy carver, Bill Perry, from Kennebunk, is handed an unpainted wood carved duck decoy that is already remarkable for its accuracy in size and shape. The student studies Bill's face as he ...

It’s pretty calm and quiet around Russ Dedekind’s West Lawn home, even though he and his brother share it with hundreds of wooden ducks in various stages of becoming decoys. They must be pretty good ...

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," ...

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SPALDING — The three tiny, feathery curls on the miniature mallard duck’s tail are proof Spalding resident Joe Jonas uses a light-as-a-feather touch with a heated razor blade as he carves and shapes ...

God, Don Huber of Folsom likes to say, created every winged fowl. The best we can do is try to duplicate them. Huber has been doing just that for almost 40 years now, carving colorfully realistic ...

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 ...

DRY PRONG - There’s a lot of wood carving talent gathered around this table at New Prospect Baptist Church. And just as much witty banter as there are wood chips. “Each individual here has their own ...

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 ...

VAIL, Colorado –During the Ward Brothers decoy carving world championship, contestants are given a year to carve one duck decoy out of wood. Joe Jonas –who’s at work in the Vail Valley until Sunday ...