A model of the decoy carving process from start to finish is on display as members of the Maumee Bay Carvers meet to work on their decoys at Woodcraft of Toledo in South Toledo.
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A Greenwinged teal decoy carved by Steve Secord, President of the Maumee Bay Carvers, was on display during a meeting of a group of carving enthusiasts.
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Ted Fisher, of Wauseon, works on his carving as his took kit and a few other avian pieces sit out.
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Steve Secord, President of the Maumee Bay Carvers, works on carving a head. Much of the work is done with small, sharp hand tools.
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Bob Lund, President the Ohio Decoy Collectors and Carvers Association, spent the better part of a year crafting this award-winning Red-Breasted Merganser.
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Bob Lund, President the Ohio Decoy Collectors and Carvers Association, sets several of his finished pieces, including a Northern pintail, on display.
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Steve Secord, President of the Maumee Bay Carvers, left, helps Larry DeVries, of Maumee, bottom, with one of his damaged decoys during a meeting of a group of carving enthusiasts at Woodcraft of Toledo.
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Mark Langenderfer, of Grand Rapids, sands away paint on a decoy.
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Bob Lund, President the Ohio Decoy Collectors and Carvers Association, left, Karen Higgins, of Wood County, center, and Ted Fisher, of Wauseon, right, each work on their wooden decoy carvings.
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Garrett Secord, of South Toledo, works closely on his carving during a meeting of a group of wooden decoy carving enthusiasts that included members of the Maumee Bay Carvers and the Ohio Decoy Collectors and Carvers Association.
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Bob Lund, President the Ohio Decoy Collectors and Carvers Association, right, takes a look at a wooden decoy head Karen Higgins, of Wood County, left, has been carving.
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CARVERS Steve Secord, President of the Maumee Bay Carvers, evaluates a carving he is working on as finished models sit on display during a meeting of a group of carving enthusiasts Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at Woodcraft of Toledo in South Toledo. The group gather once a week to work on hand-carving a variety of hunting and fishing decoys for competition and hunting use. Most carvings are made from Basswood and Tupelo wood. THE BLADE/KATIE RAUSCH
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Bob Lund, President the Ohio Decoy Collectors and Carvers Association, left, Karen Higgins, of Wood County, center left, Ted Fisher, of Wauseon, center right, and Larry DeVries, of Maumee, right, joke as they each work on their carvings.
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Bob Lund, President the Ohio Decoy Collectors and Carvers Association, works closely on his carving as his tool kit sits nearby.
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