Two area men are passing on their artistry and skills to help continue the art of decoy carving. Master decoy makers Ross Smoker, of Selinsgrove, and James Romig, of Middleburg, were selected by ...

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 ...

Bob Mathews, of Fair Oaks, poses with a partially craved bird decoy in his wood workshop in Fair Oaks on July 7, 2016. Mathews has been carving for 42 years and has won numerous awards for his art.

J.P. HAND sits at his workbench placing a freshly painted rig of 10 brant decoys into a slot bag while we get ready to hunt in the morning. He constructed each brant from three pieces of Atlantic ...

Decoy carving is a quintessential American art form. Native Americans were creating hunting decoys for centuries before white man came to our shores. Today, decoy carving is big business. Hunters use ...

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 ...

The increasingly rare art of duck decoy carving is celebrated at The Louisiana Wildfowl Festival this weekend in Mandeville (Photo by Liz Artists from across the country, as well as England and Canada ...