This story was originally featured on Outdoor Life. These five homemade decoys are perfect for the waterfowler on a budget. The economy is bad, but the duck hunting this season should be good—real ...

Though Jefferson City borders the Missouri River, it is not, at least in this era, considered as a major site for waterfowl or duck hunting. Jefferson City was, however, a major center for wooden duck ...

In honor of Earth Month—and Earth Day later this week—we’re celebrating the best way we know how: with a series of stories that are all about getting outside and getting your hands dirty to benefit ...

Wood ducks are a common sight on Louisiana waterways during winter and spring; however, they were not always so common. According to The TECHE Project in the early 1900s, the wood duck population was ...

Who could blame the ducks? Try putting your beak within a few inches of an elegantly crafted decoy, with feathers so fine and skillfully painted it’s hard to believe it’s actually made of wood. How ...

MINERVA, Ohio — On a snow-covered and wind-tossed day in the rolling hills of Columbiana County, caught in Ohio's winter breeze, are the sounds of a wood carver at work. Although he is grounded in his ...

Cool water flows. Yellow leaves tumble downward. Decoys bob and sway in the current. A camo-clad hunter hides in a creek side blow down, soaking in the dwindling rays of evening sunlight. As shadows ...

Bob Metzger makes bird decoys. The decoys are mostly models of ducks, but also of swans, geese, sandpipers, puffins and other birds. He carves most of these decoys from bass wood, but he also makes ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. HOUMA, La. — “Sometimes I call myself the ...