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 ...

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," ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the Pacific Flyway, delicate wooden carvings with iridescent paint jobs now replace what was once a simple hunting tool. Mike Bisceglia of Flournoy began carving into a traditional American art ...

Sometimes I write about famous, or near-famous people in Weedsport’s past, and this month we’ll write about the famous Stevens brothers. The name is probably only familiar if you collect duck decoys, ...

Event is fundraiser for community foundation By JEFF NEWMAN Staff writer To your average person, duck decoys might seem spectacularly unspectacular. Blocks of wood carved and painted to resemble ducks ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — As the fall season gets underway, migratory flocks of ducks and geese will soon fill the Oregon skies. This week, we travel to where the ducks and geese are always at hand — because ...

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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 ...