In a corner of Jane Rinker’s Ottsville home sit rows of colorful wooden ducks, perched as if they are waiting for their turns to waddle across the target range of a carnival shooting gallery. But ...

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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 ...

For Harold Haertel, woodcarving began as a hobby. Born in 1904, the East Dundee resident began making decoys as a boy to use for hunting along the river. “Then he got into making decorative birds,” ...

Leonard Rousseau of Kneeland recently won the World Championship title in the decorative decoy pairs division at this year’s 48th annual Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving and Art Festival in ...

The evolution of duck decoys, from their humble beginning to the magnificently decorative birds that grace museums and fine homes, makes fascinating history. Some of the earliest examples, after the ...

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Everything decoy returns to Havre de Grace this weekend for the 35th annual Havre de Grace Decoy & Wildlife Art Festival Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The festival runs 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 ...

The first of the 2019 Wisconsin waterfowl hunting seasons is more than a month away, but the next week will see a flurry of decoy preparation as hunters and artists finalize their entries for the ...

The Decoy Capital of the World will host the 37th annual Havre de Grace Decoy and Wildlife Art Festival starting Friday. The festival runs May 4, 5 and 6 at the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum, Havre de ...