Squaw Lake, Minn. – When Minnesota's duck season opens Sept. 21, hunters hunkered in darkness will wonder what the dawn will bring. One thing is certain. Bill Gombold will be hunting over one of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Freeport, Maine — It’s a battered old bird– ...

A free duck decoy painting program will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 16 at the J.B. and Johnelle Hunt Family Ozark Highlands Nature Center, 3400 N. 40th St. in Springdale.

Andy Schoneich isn't a duck hunter, but he loves wildlife and does the occasional woodcarving when he gets the time. Developing a passion for the old wooden decoys that duck hunters used before the ...

Hand-crafted wooden duck decoys, with their intricate carvings and painted designs, attract more than just unsuspecting ducks that mistake them for the real thing and end up getting bagged by hunters.

The duck motif dominates the front of Harvey Pitt's home on a quiet street in southern Du Quoin, Ill. The license plate on his pickup reads "Decoys." The doorbell is a decoy silhouette. Push the ...

It’s pretty calm and quiet around Russ Dedekind’s West Lawn home, even though he and his brother share it with hundreds of wooden ducks in various stages of becoming decoys. They must be pretty good ...