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 ...

Larose, La. (WAFB) - Duck carving began out of necessity as a way to make wooden decoys for hunting. But in the last couple of generations, it has turned into works of fine art. One of Louisiana’s ...

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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A world champion duck decoy carver from Terrebonne Parish has a new masterpiece in the middle of his living room. It’s a life-sized bald eagle. Curtis Fabre has lived most of ...

On a nearby table are fish, duck calls and duck carvings along with ribbons Jimmy Crooks won from the Louisiana Wildfowl Carvers & Collectors Guild this year. A carving he did of two fish won first ...

MOUNT VERNON — Marty Hanson began carving decoys when he was 10 years old. Some 41 years later, the Hayward, Minnesota, resident is a world-class carver whose decoys are highly sought by collectors ...

Most hunters know that waterfowl decoys floating on a small body of water can lure ducks to make them easier prey. What may not be as obvious to both hunters and nonhunters alike is the fact that duck ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — As the fall season gets underway, migratory flocks of ducks and geese will soon fill the Oregon skies. This week, we travel to where the ducks and geese are always at hand — because ...

LOCKPORT, La. (WVUE) - Duck carving started out of necessity, as a way to make wooden decoys for hunting. But in the last couple of generations, it has turned into a form of fine art. The Cajun ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Did you that Thursday, January 18th is National Peking Duck day? Abraham Merchant, the owner of Philippe Chow in DC, and Philippe Chow, the restaurant's executive chef, joined ...

Members of the Baton Rouge-based Pelican Wood Carvers’ Guild are often surrounded by piles of wood shavings, but on Saturday, they collected piles of soap. It’s a great teaching tool for children, ...