Decoy carver Bill Ethington will be the featured carver at the New Jersey Collectors Association’s 31st annual Decoy, Art, Hunting Collectibles Show and Sale on Saturday, March 29 at Stockton University.
Known by peers as one of the last scull boat hunters, Ethington has been carving Delaware River-style active hunting decoys for the past 43 years. He lived in Bordentown during his teenage years, where there were “more duck hunters than any other town on the Delaware River,” he said.
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