Wisconsin Decoy Heritage

Your one-stop-shop for Wisconsin carvers!  

There is no better source of information for Wisconsin carvers of working decoys.  Scroll through the posts below, or google the name of the artist you wish to find.

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Sylvester “Swede” Swedesky

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A Neenah Area Decoy Carver and Lake Poygan Waterfowler A Decoy Corner Article By Bruce Urben, WWA President A Swedesky Drake Bluebill decoy from the author’s personal collection Sometimes, while researching Vintage…

Howard Daniel Homer

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A Cable, WI, Decoy Carver, Conservationist, and Avid Outdoorsman A Decoy Corner Article By Bruce Urben, WWA President A Howard Homer Hen mallard. Depicted in Carl Luckey’s book, Collecting Antique Bird Decoys…

Ned Hollister

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First Wisconsin Shorebird Decoy Maker, Taxidermist, Museum Curator, and Noted Publisher A Decoy Corner Article By Bruce Urben, WWA President Ned at age 16 In four spring shooting seasons in the late…
Bluebill

Joe Artin

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Oshkosh Decoy Carver, Entrepreneur and Local Hero Many of our vintage decoy carvers from the early 1900’s have immigrant beginnings – leaving their home country to leave behind political strife…
Louis Stark Blue Wing Teal

Louis J. Stark

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Lake Winnebago Decoy Carver and Sportsman All photos courtesy Wisconsin Sporting Collectibles Lake Winnebago in the late 1800’s was a hotbed for migrating waterfowl and, it seems, also a hotbed…
Bresnahan Decoys

Bresnahan Decoy Co.

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All photos courtesy Hunting and Fishing Collectibles magazine I wrote a Decoy Corner article several years ago about a Factory Decoy Co. in Whitehall, Michigan called Sibley Decoy Co.. The…