Everyone dreams of making a living doing something they absolutely love. For Jeff Duxbury, it’s his life and has been for the better part of forty years. He’s the owner of Dux’ Dekes Decoy Company in ...

NEW VIENNA - Steve Kerper's passions for waterfowl and trees find expression in hand-carved wooden ducks that he calls decoys but which are actually objects of art. “I'm a duck nut and a tree nut,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Master decoy carver, Bill Perry, from Kennebunk, is handed an unpainted wood carved duck decoy that is already remarkable for its accuracy in size and shape. The student studies Bill's face as he ...

Jim Kasmarek, the owner and artist behind Wood Duck Nation joins us in studio to showcase his wood ducks and tell us more about the process behind carving wood ducks from golf clubs. Jim says the wood ...

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 ...

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ASTORIA, Ore. — This week, we travel to where the ducks and geese are always at hand — because they are made by hand! If a region’s wealth can be measured by its wildness, Oregon is one of the richest ...

DRY PRONG - There’s a lot of wood carving talent gathered around this table at New Prospect Baptist Church. And just as much witty banter as there are wood chips. “Each individual here has their own ...

The tale of Louisiana’s triumphs and tragedies along its fading coast could begin in a million different ways. It just so happens that this one started with some wooden ducks. It became something much ...