CONSTRUCTION OF A DECOY— THE TUNNEL NET. 



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The ditch under the netting with the water in it ends 6 ft. short of 

 where the fixed pipe terminates, and is sloped up dry with sods into the 

 mouth of the tunnel net. 



Then comes the tunnel net (14 feet to 15 feet in length). 



It takes on and off easily, so that when it has captive ducks in it, it 

 can be at once detached and each bird fished out and killed separately and 

 safely. The head hoop of the tunnel net, it will be seen, slides into upright 

 posts, with deep cut slots, placed at the end of the fixed pipe. Its hoops, 

 all of a size (2 feet in diameter), are made of ^-in. iron. 



The tunnel net is pegged out straight when in use. 



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TUNNEL NET. 

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IND Of TUNNEL N tT . 



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mONT VIBW OF END OF FIXED PIPS . 



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 Jwi'p irt'Uie tiuinel net drops uUo . 



SIDE VIEW. 



The netting of a Decoy-pipe is usually in three pieces, viz. : the Screen, 

 the Elbow, and the Tail Net. The netting when beine tarred, can have 

 some lin.seed oil added to it to keep it soft and pliable. It will require 

 tarring every three years. 



It is a convenient plan to run a low board three or four inches above 

 ground on both sides of the pipe from hoop to hoop, and secured to the 

 latter, from the last screen to the end of the pipe. To this board the net 

 can be readily and securely hitched, if angle hooks be driven into it at 

 short intervals. It can then too be easily removed for repairs, or to put 

 in store during the summer, as should be done, and will not so soon decay 

 at its edges. 



