This story was originally featured on Outdoor Life. These five homemade decoys are perfect for the waterfowler on a budget. The economy is bad, but the duck hunting this season should be good—real ...

Though Jefferson City borders the Missouri River, it is not, at least in this era, considered as a major site for waterfowl or duck hunting. Jefferson City was, however, a major center for wooden duck ...

It’s a cold, snowy day when I meet Linda Jones outside of Cranberry Lake. She shovels a path from her house to the workshop, the headquarters of St. Lawrence River Decoys. That's where Linda and her ...

Wood ducks are a common sight on Louisiana waterways during winter and spring; however, they were not always so common. According to The TECHE Project in the early 1900s, the wood duck population was ...

MINERVA, Ohio — On a snow-covered and wind-tossed day in the rolling hills of Columbiana County, caught in Ohio's winter breeze, are the sounds of a wood carver at work. Although he is grounded in his ...

Duck decoys have been a part of Eastern Shore culture for generations. What started as a tool for waterfowl hunters has grown ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bob Metzger makes bird decoys. The decoys are mostly models of ducks, but also of swans, geese, sandpipers, puffins and other birds. He carves most of these decoys from bass wood, but he also makes ...