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 ...

WEST ALTON — Debra McStay, the operations manager at the Audubon Center at Riverlands, referred to carving duck decoys as “the oldest form of American folk art” Saturday afternoon. The center is ...

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,” ...

Duck-hunting season along coastal Massachusetts closes in a few weeks. Until then, gunners will flock to inlets and marshes wearing waders and wielding decoys. These life-like working replicas are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...