22 THE BOOK OF DUCK DECOYS. 



Decoyman ever behind and even approaching them ? * {See illustration 

 facing page 34.) 



Finally, instead of escaping, poor deluded birds ! they are taken in the 

 tunnel net that forms the tail of the pipe, panting and exhausted. 



IlKCOVMAN TAKING BIRDS OUT OF TUNNEL NET. 



How all this is achieved without another bird in the Decoy being 

 alarmed will presently be seen. 



The Methods used by the Decoyman to Decoy the Ducks out of 

 THE Decoy Pond into the Pipes, and the Reasons why he is 



ABLE to bring ABOUT THIS ReSULT. 



We have just seen what occurs ivJien the ducks are enticed far 



enough up the pipe for the Decoyman to drive them into the tunnel net 



* It was the custom long ago for a Decoyman to sport a scarlet coat, believing that 

 therein he was an object of greater terror to the fowl when driving them. 



