In a corner of Jane Rinker’s Ottsville home sit rows of colorful wooden ducks, perched as if they are waiting for their turns to waddle across the target range of a carnival shooting gallery. But ...

The evolution of duck decoys, from their humble beginning to the magnificently decorative birds that grace museums and fine homes, makes fascinating history. Some of the earliest examples, after the ...

The Decoy Capital of the World will host the 37th annual Havre de Grace Decoy and Wildlife Art Festival starting Friday. The festival runs May 4, 5 and 6 at the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum, Havre de ...

For Harold Haertel, woodcarving began as a hobby. Born in 1904, the East Dundee resident began making decoys as a boy to use for hunting along the river. “Then he got into making decorative birds,” ...

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