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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rick Pass carves lifelike decoy ducks from blocks of unforgiving softwood, creations which have gone on to win awards.

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 ...

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 ...

The smell of freshly carved wood is in the air at the New Village Recreation Center in Centereach. At a long table, men and women are working with short, sharp knives. Their art varies from a decoy ...

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 ...

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) - When the last of its kind died in captivity in 1914, the passenger pigeon passed into extinction. The once-plentiful bird was hunted into oblivion in the 19th century. The ...

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,” ...