Ernie Mills: Decoy Maker

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Ernie Mills, who moved to Perry, Georgia, in 1978, is one of the few working decoy makers who still use a hatchet to hand-chop each decoy. Mills talks about decoy making.

Video by Darby Carl Sanders and Josh Borger, New Georgia Encyclopedia

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