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 ...

BURLINGTON — It’s not your normal migration. Duck decoys are returning to Holiday Sports starting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Burlington for an annual carving competition. It’s the fourth straight time ...

BURLINGTON — Decoys may be fake ducks, but the artistry behind creating them is the real deal. The Washington Brant Foundation held its national decoy carving contest Saturday at Holiday Sports in ...

Carved and painted, solid-body form with high head, tack eyes, and lightly carved detail, retaining possibly original painted surface, applied lead weight and iron ring to underside of base ...

J.P. HAND sits at his workbench placing a freshly painted rig of 10 brant decoys into a slot bag while we get ready to hunt in the morning. He constructed each brant from three pieces of Atlantic ...

TILGHMAN — A rare Brant decoy, carved by Ira Hudson, Chincoteague, circa 1920-30 will be a live auction item at the Tilghman Watermen’s Museum’s sixth annual fundraiser, Splendor, to be held from 5 to ...

Pictured here in a photo by Mark Larson is Bill Pinches, whose award-winning decoys are included in an ongoing exhibit at the Clarke Historical Museum titled “Floating Sculptures from Behind the ...