Half of my garage is solely dedicated to duck decoys. I have dozens upon dozens of mallards, black ducks, pintails, wood ducks, wigeon, and gadwall floaters. Then there are the full bodies, ...

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 ...

When Tom Modin of Kearney goes duck hunting, he is surrounded by his own artwork — decoys he has carved and hand-painted. Brent Frazee [email protected] Tom Modin was putting his artwork on display.

The shapes were familiar, but under dark clouds it was a struggle to see the green heads of the drake mallards in the dim light of the sprawling northern Lake St. Clair marshes. Resident mallards ...

When the pair of teal alighted a good 20 yards on the far side of the decoy spread and at least 10 yards beyond reasonable shotgun range, Mark Hooker decided to act. "I'm just going to adjust some ...

GRAND FORKS-Andy Schoneich isn't a duck hunter, but he loves wildlife and does the occasional woodcarving when he gets the time. Developing a passion for the old wooden decoys that duck hunters used ...

Hunters who use spinning wing decoys kill more ducks than those who don't, a recent study shows. The study, paid for by the DNR and conducted in 17 Minnesota counties last fall, found that kill rates ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- People collect all kinds of stuff. Coins, stamps, rocks, automobiles, you name it, people collect it. For those who enjoy the outdoors there are plenty of things to collect as well.

MIDDLE RIVER, Minn. — Joel Huener says he’s always been “kind of a rabid do-it-yourselfer,” a trait that also rubbed off on his hunting and fishing. “I tie flies, I make rods and I load my own ammo,” ...

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