A Decoy Corner Article By Bruce Urben, WWA President All photos courtesy Wisconsin Sporting Collectibles/Gene Davis Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was a waterfowling hotbed during the early 1900s. With Lake Winnebago on its shore and…

A Decoy Corner Article By Bruce Urben, WWA President All photos courtesy Wisconsin Sporting Collectibles Several excellent decoy carvers worked at the Milwaukee Public Museum in the 1930s. Owen Gromme was considered the…

A Decoy Corner Article By Bruce Urben, WWA President All photos courtesy Wisconsin Sporting Collectibles William Hoberg Mallards William Hoberg was born in 1882 in Kaukauna, WI, and was one of eight…

Thank you to all of the carvers who participated in our 2025 Decoy Carving Contest and Exhibition. Results of the 2025 Contest may be downloaded here: DCCE Carving Contest 2025…

A Decoy Corner Article By Bruce Urben, WWA President All photos courtesy Bruce Urben The author’s Marcks decoy In my experience, the most interesting part of decoy collecting is conducting research to…

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…

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…

A Decoy Corner Article By Bruce Urben, WWA President All photos courtesy of the author from his private collection Walter Struebing redhead decoy ca.1920, Urben collection For the last seven years I…

A Decoy Corner Article By Bruce Urben, WWA President All photos courtesy of the author from his private collection Peter VanKauwenbergh, Jack’s father, immigrated to America in 1886 from Belgium. Peter was…

A Decoy Corner Article By Bruce Urben, WWA President Van Dyne, Wisconsin is a small village located in the Town of Friendship in Fond du Lac county. Some may call it an…