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...
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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...
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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...
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parts of Britain Dogging, a method of catching wildfowl using a duck decoy (structure) Dog (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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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...
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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...
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employee at Duck Commander since 2002, mainly building duck calls, managing supplies, and overseeing the shipping department as well as being the decoy technician...
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Duck netting is not considered particularly difficult as ducks tend to be slow when taking to the air. Duck decoy (structure) Kooikerhondje "Duck Netting"...
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Military dummy (redirect from Decoy weapon)
Dummies and decoys are fake military equipment that are intended to deceive the enemy. Dummies and decoys are only one aspect of military deception. During...
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Observatory) at Rybachy, Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia, on the Curonian Spit. Duck decoy Woodford, James; Hussell, D J T. "Construction and use of Heligoland traps"...
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stamps on which an artist has personally drawn or painted a dog, decoy, lighthouse and/or duck. The artwork is obtained by commissioning the artist for their...
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List of scheduled monuments in Cheshire since 1539 (category Lists of buildings and structures in Cheshire)
sites, and churchyard crosses and also include a dovecote and a duck decoy. Structures dating from the Industrial Revolution include the remains of a mine...
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television series Duck Dynasty. The series is set in West Monroe, Louisiana and stars Willie Robertson, CEO of Duck Commander, a duck call company, and...
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Hunting in New Zealand (section Duck shooting)
ducks in, a variety of decoy ducks and duck callers can be purchased commercially, although some hunters prefer to make their own. Duck species which may be...
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(1950s) – decoy cruise missile RIM-2 Terrier (1951) – surface-to-air naval missile RIM-24 Tartar (1962) – surface-to-air naval missile XGAM-71 Buck Duck (1955)...
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Internet -. "Decoys at Auction - Americana | Eldreds Auction Gallery". www.eldreds.com. Retrieved 2017-08-10. "Peter Peltz (1915-2001) - Baldpate Duck, Preening...
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arrangement of nets and poles to lure ducks into a closed area of netting is a duck decoy located within Abbotsbury Swannery. It was originally installed to provide...
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List of National Trust properties in England (category Buildings and structures in England)
Hamlet Westbury College Gatehouse Ascott House Ashridge Estate Boarstall Duck Decoy Boarstall Tower Bradenham Village Buckingham Chantry Chapel Claydon House...
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exhibits. It houses the largest public display of vintage Louisiana duck decoys, donated by the late Charles W. Frank, Jr. The education building (newly...
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Museum. Cheshire portal List of listed buildings in Hale, Halton Hale Duck Decoy "Area profile for Hale". Office for National Statistics - Census 2021...
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selfish actions, but Nambu tells him that the destroyed base was only a decoy. The Science Ninja Team was the bait to attract the enemy's attention. The...
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the other side. Episode 69 The Duck, its powers augmented by the negative energy of the line and obsessed with a decoy the party have created and placed...
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Plane Daffy (category Daffy Duck films)
Tashlin. The cartoon was released on September 16, 1944, and stars Daffy Duck. The cartoon is a World War II propaganda short that depicts Daffy as a messenger...
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of food, the use of decoy birds, the use of calls, or owls that may induce mobbing. Male birds of some species are used as decoys during the breeding...
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provides structured recommendations for defending against brute-force attacks by implementing strategies such as network traffic filtering, deploying decoy credentials...
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a detailed account of his travels. He installed the Dutch system of duck decoys on his lands, leading to disputes with his neighbours, who claimed it...
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that swept through Dunsland in 1967. An ancient duck decoy pond remains at the location SS 4080 0545. Decoy ponds have arms covered with nets into which...
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bounded by Lake Pohatcong, which features a duck decoy-shaped billboard advertising the annual Ocean County Decoy and Gunning Show held in September at nearby...
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indeterminate time. FOXDIE was also the cause of death of Liquid Snake, Decoy Octopus (impersonating DARPA chief Donald Anderson), and the ArmsTech president...
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used in force only once, on 11 November 1940, when five were used as a decoy (without bombs or guns) to draw RAF fighters away from the main Italian...
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