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A Museum in Honor of Decoy Ducks A few people on Harkers Island still remember when hunting waterfowl for food was a natural part of life, not a recreational sport. The remember carving duck decoys to attract ducks for the table, to eat, not to decorate the mantle over the fireplace. The Core Sound Waterfowl Museum has been created to honor that Down East Heritage and encourage the carvers who practice the old art. The museum is housed, as director Karen Amspacher puts it, "in a little bitty house we rent for a dollar a year." But it attracts visitors from all over the world. The carvers--old-timers and new enthusiasts--work on the porch of the little bitty museum Wednesday through Sunday, carving, explaining their techniques, and telling stories about the long tradition of decoy carving in coastal North Carolina. Plans are in the works for a wonderful new museum, complete with nature trails and duck blinds. Some of the work is already in progress; when you get there it may be completed.
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