Duck-hunting season along coastal Massachusetts closes in a few weeks. Until then, gunners will flock to inlets and marshes wearing waders and wielding decoys. These life-like working replicas are ...

Lest you think that collecting duck decoys is, well, quackery, think again: Despite being off the radar for most urban dwellers, this is a surprisingly dynamic area of collecting. There are dozens of ...

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 ...

All expert waterfowl hunters are good at the same four things: scouting, calling and decoying, hiding, and shooting. No matter which species you chase or which flyway you’re hunting, these four skills ...

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 ...

Looking at the realistic duck he had spent weeks carving, burning and detailing, Vic Fortwengler marveled at what his hands had done. “You work everyday to retire,” the 65-year-old Annapolis resident ...

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 ...

It was an ordinary log from a paulownia tree, a seasoned slice of timber that, in another life, might have gone up in smoke in the fireplace of the Carson home in Havre de Grace. But Dan Carson had ...