There were still things to do. We scattered a dozen decoys around the tumps of marsh grass dotting the little opening before us, then pushed the duck boat close to the bank to take advantage of ...

OCEAN CITY — Decoy carver Larry Tawes Jr. has a sure-fire way to test how accurately he’s crafted a wooden duck: He takes it out to his aviary, where he has 44 real ducks. He puts the decoy ...

Today, duck hunters can run a variety of name brand spinners, ripplers, swimmers, and splashing decoys. The result is the ability to build an ultra-realistic decoy spread that can draw ducks from a ...

Duck decoy making and collecting are longtime traditions ... Wanting to be like his father, Rigby says he began drawing ducks at age 5 and later graduated to carving. He employs traditional ...

Drawing from objects belonging to traditionally “masculine ... My current body of work explores this gendering through the papier mâché replication of duck decoys and various hand tools. Rosario ...

I draw a lot right on the decoys as I’m carving.” Huener’s daughter, Sarah, put together a website with photos of his decoys and other carvings. Besides ducks, he’s carved fish ...

Decades before the hit reality series "Duck Dynasty" debuted on A&E, waterfowlers flocked to the Ocean County Decoy and Gunning ... fests in the country, drawing crowds of 20,000.

Owning a spread of the best duck decoys that are perfectly suited to your hunting style certainly helps as well. I’ve spent years field testing and experimenting with different decoy models and setups ...

After receiving a call from a woman claiming to have hundreds of rare, hand-painted, hand-carved duck decoys, Fiel knew they’d be perfect for auction. What he didn’t know at the time was how ...