And look they did. The judges at the World Taxidermy & Fish Carving Championships, held earlier this month in Missouri, gave close inspection to the 16-inch wooden fish as they scrutinized its ...

Villarreal took first place in the open, natural finish category of the World Taxidermy and Fish Carving Championships in Springfield, Ill. held in May. His natural wood carving is of a two-foot ...

“I can do anything I see in my mind,” he said in his suburban house, as we toured his taxidermy, fish carvings, paintings, tackle collections and binders of photos and stories. He’s not kiddin ...

Consisting of a crudely engraved creature with the head of a goat and the body of a fish, the image has been identified as Capricornus, the mythological figure representing the constellation ...

When he was starting with carving, a friend from church introduced Harper to Mike Ford, a master carver. In turn, Ford connected Harper with Fred Kinne, a local master fish carver. Kinne helped ...

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 ...

“It’s going to be a feather-oriented setup there. No fish carvings, things of that nature,” said Simpson. The festival highlights the historical importance of waterfowl and decoy carving in ...