- A
duck decoy (or
decoy duck) is a man-made
object resembling a real
duck.
Duck decoys are
sometimes used in
waterfowl hunting to
attract real ducks. Duck...
- A
decoy (derived from the
Dutch de kooi,
literally "the cage" or
possibly ende kooi, "
duck cage") is
usually a person, device, or
event which resembles...
- A
duck decoy is a
device to
capture wild
ducks or
other species of waterfowl.
Decoys had an
advantage over
hunting ducks with
shotguns as the
duck meat...
- as a
decoy duck, to
attract wild
ducks into traps. The
first recorded mentions of the
breed are from the
Netherlands where it was used as a
decoy and known...
-
Duck decoy is an
ambiguous term
which may be
applied to:
Duck decoy (structure), a
device used to
catch wildfowl consisting of a
central pond and radiating...
- The
Boarstall Duck Decoy is a 17th-century
duck decoy located in Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, England, and now a
National Trust property. The
system took...
- Hale
Duck Decoy is a
duck decoy and
nature reserve near the
village of Hale, in Halton, Cheshire, England. The site is a
Scheduled Ancient Monument and...
- was
originally used as a
working dog,
particularly in an
eendenkooi (
duck decoy) to lure ducks.
Kooikers were po****r in the 17th and 18th century[citation...
-
trapped using duck decoys.
Because an idle
floating duck or a
duck squatting on land
cannot react to fly or move quickly, "a
sitting duck" has come to...
- Book of
Duck Decoys – Sir
Ralph Payne-Gallwey, 1886 (full text)
British Duck Decoys of To-Day, 1918 –
Joseph Whitaker (full text)
Midwest Decoy Collectors...