2025-26 Calendar of Events

December

6-7

37th annual Core Sound Decoy Festival to be held at the elementary school on Harkers Island, North Carolina. Contact: Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild at (252) 838-8818 or info@decoyguild.com.

 

 

January

17

Mattamuskeet Waterfowl Festival to be held in the Mattamuskeet School gym in Mattamuskeet, North Carolina. Contact: Chase Luker at (252) 995-2203.

 

31

17th annual Susquehanna Flats Vintage Hunting & Fishing Collectibles Show to be held at the Level Fire Hall in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Contact: Pat Vincenti at (410) 734-6238 or Chuck Usilton at (410) 378-3528.

 

 

February

4-7

48th annual Minnesota Decoy Show to be held at the Minnesota Airport Marriott in Bloomington, Minnesota. Contact: John Southworth at (651) 455-7114 or Jim Krebsbach at (612) 325-3557.

 

6-7

4th annual Eastern Shore of Virginia Decoy Show to be held at the Pearl Event Center in Cape Charles, Virginia. Contact: Tommy O’Connor at (757) 620-8520 or ducknut52@icloud.com.

 

13-15

44th annual Southeastern Wildlife Exposition to be held throughout the town of Charleston, South Carolina. Decoy dealers exhibit at the Charleston Marriott. Contact: SEWE at (843) 723-1748 or visit www.sewe.com.

 

14-15

Barfield’s Mid-Winter “Sportsman’s Auction” to be held at their gallery in Hallwood, Virginia. Contact: Josh Barfield at (443) 783-9423 or visit www.zebsauctions.com.

 

20-21

The Winter Sale by Copley Fine Art Auctions to be held virtually with phone and absentee bidding. Contact: Copley Fine Art Auctions at (617) 536-0030 or visit www.copleyart.com.

 

21

Jim Pierce Decoy & Sportsman’s Show to be held at the Minker Banquet Hall in Perryville, Maryland. Contact: Gary Armour at garmour@singerly.com or (667) 365-0268.

 

 

March

7

54th annual Antique Decoy & Sporting Collectibles Show sponsored by the Long Island Decoy Collectors Association and held at the IBEW Union Hall in Hauppauge, New York. Contact: Tim Sieger (516) 384-0728, Dick Richardson (631) 475-4199 or Jim Jankowski (631) 721-6914 or visit www.lidecoycollectors.com.

 

13-14

Back Bay/Knotts Island Waterfowl Festival to be held at the Creeds Ruritan Club in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Contact: Chris Ludford at (757) 663-6970 or Jimmy Coppedge at (757) 408-1942.

 

19-22

The Great Lakes Decoy Association and the Ohio Decoy Collectors & Carvers Association will hold their annual shows at the Holiday Inn Cleveland South in Independence, Ohio. Contact Marty Hanson at (952) 210-9377 or Dwayne Ong at (734) 934-2548 or visit www.greatlakesdecoyassociation or www.odcca.net.

 

21-22

2nd annual Northern Neck Waterfowl & Wildfowl Expo to be held at the White Stone Volunteer Fire Department in White Stone, Virginia. Contact: WSVFD at nnww@gmail.com.

 

28

32nd annual Decoy & Hunting Collectibles Show sponsored by the New Jersey Decoy Collectors Association to be held at Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey. Contact: clarence Fennimore at (609) 405-4376 or John Shores at (732) 691-3278.

 

 

April

9-11

East Coast Decoy Collectors Buy, Sell and Swap Meet to be held at the St. Michaels Motor Inn in St. Michaels, Maryland. Contact: Kevin Peel at (410) 937-2218 or kevin.peel1@gmail.com.

 

17-18

8th annual Ocracoke Island Waterfowl Festival to be held at the Ocracoke School gym in Ocracoke, North Carolina. Contact: Vince O’Neal at (252) 921-0112.

 

21-25

North American Vintage Decoy & Sporting Collectibles Show to be held at the Westin Lombard in Lombard, Illinois. Contact: Jeff Seregny at (586) 530-6586 or seregny@gmail.com or visit www,nadecoycollectors.org.

 

23-24

Spring decoy auction by Guyette & Deeter to be held in conjunction with the North American Vintage Decoy & Sporting Collectibles Show at the Westin Lombard in Lombard, Illinois. Contact: Guyette & Deeter at (410) 745-0485 or visit www.guyetteanddeeter.com.

 

 

May

2-3

44th annual Havre de Grace Decoy Festival to be held at the Starr Center in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Contact: Havre de Grace Decoy Museum at (410) 939-3739 or visit www.decoymuseum.org.