Decoy for Hunters.

Otago Witness, Issue 2396, 1 February 1900, Page 66

Decoy for Hunters.

With the Perfect Outward Semblance ob a Cow. As deceptive and dangerous as the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing is -a patent cow just brought out by an inventive genius. The device presents the perfect outward semblance of a most peaceable and amiable cow, but the fore legs and the hind legs are, in fact, the legs of two men. These two men are armed with guns, and have a splendid supply of ammunition. Tbjr device has a flexible outer shell of canvas or other suitable material, decorated externally to represent the animal in imitation of which the decoy is constructed; and the said shell is adopted to be supported or held in its distended position through the medium of a

collapsible metal framework, which allows the covering and framework of the decoy to be folded into a small piece for transportation. In the sides of the frames, at suitable points, are windows or openings, protected by outward swinging flap blinds, and through these windows the sportsman in the rear may discharge his fowling piece when the game has been successfully stalked. For the firing of the hunter in the front of the decoy here is provided a downward swinging portion, which includes the head and neck of the animal, so that by simply releasing a small catch from the inside of the framework, this swing front portion drops by gravity, and thus leaves the sportsman free.