When spring returns, mallard ducks are a common sight on the water. In any season, you can find them in duck decoy collections and auctions.

EASTON — Decoys have long been used in hunting communities, but to the crowd at the Waterfowl Festival, the wood carvings serve more than just a utilitarian purpose. According to Cooper Rossner, a ...

Shohei Ohtani may be rewriting the record books, but it’s his four-legged sidekick who just made hobby history. This week Ohtani shared a one-of-a-kind surprise on his Instagram: a custom Yu-Gi-Oh!

When spring returns, mallard ducks are a common sight on the water. In any season, you can find them in duck decoy ...

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Once seen as mere hunting tools, duck decoys have waddled their way into the world of collecting hobbies. It’s easy to see why: These handcrafted works of art are painted with intricate details and ...

For the first time ever, the Great Lakes Fish Decoy Collecting and Carving Association brings the Fish Decoy Carving World Championship to Cadillac. Starting Friday, at the Lake Cadillac Resort, ...

EDINA, Minn. -- Doug Lodermeier was bursting with stories about Minnesota duck-decoy carvers. We were in Lodermeier's basement office in early December, thumbing through a computer copy of his new ...

Randy Root is a master of mallards. As a kid, he grew up on the south side of Chicago, but in 1960 his family bought several acres along the east side of the Illinois River not far from Peoria. Root ...

Judy Harmon's husband, Ted, was only a teenager, living on Cape Cod, when he discovered his first duck decoy while hunting. "He just thought they were pretty cool, pretty neat looking," Harmon said.

According to Deeter, pricing on decoys depends on a variety of factors. Vintage decoys made between 1850-1950 tend to be more valuable than contemporary decoys made after 1962. Additionally, the ...