What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 451
fasten an uprightY - shaped stick, or asharp pointed one tohold the dead duckshead in place. Twopointed sticks fastenedin the sides will keepthe bird in place.Fig. 310 shows a side view of the duck-frame. A string isattached to one end with a stone for an anchor; it keeps thehead of the decoy to… … Decoys.— Taxidermy. 423 Shingle Snipe and Plover Decoys. The diagrams, Figs. 312, 313, 314, explain the constructionof these decoys so well that it is only necessary to say that theycan be made of shingles by the aid of your pocket-knife, and,with some paint added, will look enough like the real…
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