Sometimes one’s passion for a hobby can turn into a lifelong venture. Bob Jones has carved and painted wooden duck decoys for more than 60... Oct 13, 2020 — Sometimes one’s passion for a hobby can ...

Hand-crafted wooden duck decoys, with their intricate carvings and painted designs, attract more than just unsuspecting ducks that mistake them for the real thing and end up getting bagged by hunters.

It’s pretty calm and quiet around Russ Dedekind’s West Lawn home, even though he and his brother share it with hundreds of wooden ducks in various stages of becoming decoys. They must be pretty good ...

Rep. Mike Thompson has always been on the level when it comes to his hunting. As much as the Democratic congressman continues his quest for gun control, the St. Helena native has long had a passion ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Bob Jobes’ workshop is messy. Old posters pinned to the low ceiling curl down at the edges. There’s hardly a bare surface anywhere. The air smells of wood ...

EAST GRAND FORKS – “Making sawdust” has been a passion for John “Jack” Donelan for more than half of his 87 years. It all started back in the ’60s, when Donelan began carving “working birds” – wooden ...

The duck motif dominates the front of Harvey Pitt's home on a quiet street in southern Du Quoin, Ill. The license plate on his pickup reads "Decoys." The doorbell is a decoy silhouette. Push the ...