I was a keep-it-natural skeptic. The thought of adding a buck decoy to my bowhunting setup made me cringe. I’ve always had to learn things the hard way, and my cautious attitude cost me several big ...

Over the years we have discussed on these pages the use of decoys, whether they be for ducks, geese, deer, coyotes or turkeys. Each hunter has their own way of setting decoys. There are basic rules to ...

Nevertheless, I set out three large, hand-carved pigeon decoys, then placed a spinning-wing dove decoy off by itself. Distant from both of those I rigged a half-dozen small dove decoys that were ...

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 ...

MANISTIQUE, Mich. Making fish decoys started out as just a hobby for Manistique resident Walter Welch, but it's turned out to be much more than that. Welch's pastime brings peace and tranquility to ...

The U.S. decision to equip frontline F-35 fighters with a new generation of digital decoys marks a quiet but consequential ...

Over the years we have discussed hunting with a deer decoy. From the shores of Lake Erie to the farmland in Kennedy, Chautauqua County has plenty of deer to chase. But for archery hunters — the season ...

WINNECONNE - Part of George Schmidt’s identity vanished Feb. 11 when the Appleton resident drove his spear into a lake sturgeon on opening day of the Winnebago System’s spearing season. That feat on ...