Last year's winner in the World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition's Decorative Lifesize Wildfowl category, "Livingstone's Turaco" by Thomas Horn. Ward Museum Last year's winner at the World ...

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," ...

The lifelike feathers on Robby Matherne’s female mallard almost fool a person into thinking he used real feathers for his intricate decoy carving. He didn’t. "No, it’s all made out of wood," he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 22—EAST GRAND FORKS — "Making sawdust" has been a passion for John "Jack" Donelan for more than half of his 87 years. It all ...

In an age of high-tech hunting gear with the latest bells and whistles, some hunters choose to get back to the basics. That’s certainly true for long-time waterfowl hunter and decoy carver Randy ...

EASTON — Decoys have long been used in hunting communities, but to the crowd at the Waterfowl Festival, the wood carvings serve more than just a utilitarian purpose. According to Cooper Rossner, a ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. – As they sit side by side at their dining room table, whittling pieces of wood into fish, Mark and Cole Bethel are carrying on a family tradition and engaging in some ...

There's something almost ethereal about the humble duck, says Eliot, Maine, resident Jim Higgins — its beauty, its wanderlust, its calls, its many hues. From the time he was a young man, he has been ...

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 ...

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