The two activities often go hand-in-hand. While on these beach walks, Testu says he often sees shorebirds. It’s one of his ...

A woman who creates life-like wooden sculptures of birds has won a national wood carving competition. Maggie Port won first place in the bird of prey category at the British Decoy and Wildfowl Carving ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — John Maddox loved business, and he loved the outdoors. One let him indulge the other. When he died in December 2011, he left a large, complex estate with collections of property and ...

The exhibit of bird decoys on display at the MAFAC gallery in Marshall doesn’t only have ducks and geese. There are a variety of birds from around the country, like a carved blue jay. MARSHALL — There ...

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 ...

NEW VIENNA, Iowa | A long, 180-degree glance at the inventory at the Washington House Antiques store overwhelms the senses. "Got stuff?" asks Steve Kerper, with a smile. "I'm the biggest pack rat in ...

In the swamps and salt marshes of Louisiana’s Lafourche Parish, where Cajun culture runs deep, waterfowl are part of the heritage. For Jett Brunet, this landscape and the ducks that depend on it ...

Duck hunters are cut from a rare cloth. The sport is expensive and time consuming, pushing marriages and work to their brink, and the birds we pursue move best in the very conditions that keep most ...

EAST GRAND FORKS – “Making sawdust” has been a passion for John “Jack” Donelan for more than half of his 87 years. It all started back in the ’60s, when Donelan began carving “working birds” – wooden ...

To the untrained eye, the rows of ducks on display at the Charleston Marriott during the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition just look like a cute collection of wooden waterfowl. But the decoy exhibit ...

Personius carved his first few decoys for personal use when he went duck hunting with his dad. He turned the hobby into a career after graduating from college in the 1980s, and spent a decade selling ...

Once seen as mere hunting tools, duck decoys have waddled their way into the world of collecting hobbies. It’s easy to see why: These handcrafted works of art are painted with intricate details and ...