T.C. Albert gives comprehensive steps to recreating your own 18th century style hunting pouch or possibles bag, including dozens of detailed close-up ...

Wild Fowl Decoys is an art reference book by American collector Joel Barber, first published in 1934 by The Derrydale Press. This heavily illustrated ...

With values of hunting and fishing-related collectibles soaring the same duck decoy that sold for $300,000 in 1986, sold for $801,500 at auction in 20...

Archers long for equipment that meets their personal needs. Here are detailed, step-by-step instructions to enable them to equip themselves with perso...

Experienced bow builders and practical archaeologists describe the history, evolution, and construction of European style longbows in the revised seco...

Few possessions are as highly prized by duck hunters as their favorite calls. Skillfully crafted and highly individualized, calls enable the hunter to...

In this biography, world-class decoy carver Vincent Giannetto III comes of age in the Delaware River region. Growing up on his family's farmland in Be...

Perched on the Gulf of Mexico near the Alabama state line, Pascagoula, Mississippi, quickly became the center of duck-decoy manufacturing from 1920 to...

During the last two decades, the duck decoy has emerged as a distinctive and widely acclaimed art form. Wetland Heritage documents the evolution of th...

One of the most comprehensive studies ever written on Connecticut working decoys with over 400 photos. A table of carvers is followed by a detailed te...

This book contains a wonderful collection of fine decoys and calls from the Great Lakes region, shown in over 1100 color photographs, along with origi...

Top of the Line Hunting Collectibles contains the best of the finest hunting collectibles. Waterfowling decoys from the four major flyways; including ...

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Few possessions are as highly prized by duck hunters as their favorite calls. Enabling the hunter to attract waterfowl by mimicking their sounds, the skillfully crafted and highly individualized calls are revered for the craftsmanship and rich history associated with this uniquely American art form.

In Calling the Wild: The History of Arkansas Duck Calls -- A Legacy of Craftmanship and Rich Hunting Tradition, avid Arkansas duck call collector and author Mike Lewis chronicles the history of Arkansas duck call making and captures the spirit of over fifty renowned call makers with enthralling, evocative historical profiles. He recounts how Arkansas artisans dominated the early market and continued to influence the design and refinement of the modern duck call through the vivid combination of images and stories. The four-hundred-page book traces the evolution of call design from 1890 to 2017, featuring the work of call makers whose contributions of handcrafted duck calls are highly regarded as among the most prized in the world. Lewis includes over three hundred call makers and over seven hundred photographs that facilitate identification of the calls in this highly collectable legacy publication.

This photographic journal is an invaluable reference book and collector's guide, a treasurable accessory to waterfowling, woodworking and folk art enthusiasts and a must for collectors who will assuredly pore over its pages time and time again.