It’s never too late to start a new hobby. In Brian Shallbetter’s case, he started two around the age of 50. In 2008, he brought a flat, inexpensive spear out to Pelican Lake by Monticello, dropped ...

Duane Steinkopf's motivation for carving his own spearing decoys was hardly storybook stuff, far less romantic than good old-fashioned German frugality would allow. "I started because I wasn't going ...

For the first time ever, the Great Lakes Fish Decoy Collecting and Carving Association brings the Fish Decoy Carving World Championship to Cadillac. Starting Friday, at the Lake Cadillac Resort, ...

Don't be misled by the modest moniker. Curt Soine, this year's featured artist for the Meander, creates works of art and sells them under the brand Curt's Decoys. Many also happen to be ...

BAXTER -- Bob Johnson said he felt confident when he went to Perham two weeks ago for the John Jenson National Fish Decoy contest. Since the first time the 40-year-old Baxter carver had competed in ...

Peter Winch of Nisswa has been spear-fishing for three years. He bought three or four fishing decoys at a sporting store and off he went. Now Winch can make his own decoys. The Brainerd High School ...

A collection of 108 fish decoys, crafted by Lidgerwood carvers Rick and Connie Whittier, will be featured in the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery exhibit, "State Fairs: Growing American Craft." The ...

, and, of course, historic guns. We hope you enjoy. Stay classy, everyone._ Until he carved his first decoys, Jerry Talton was, by his own description, a “wild-ass redneck surfer dude” from the North ...

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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