. Pheasants : their natural history and practical management . Pheasants. MOCK PHEASANTS. 63 the head is easily made out of the upper end of the pole, where too small for the body. Daub over with some oil paint (burnt umber), bore a hole through the body for the nail, and nail on the tree with a chisel-ended nail, that you may not split the branch. What the cost is you may judge, as a 12ft. pole costs fourpence, or less. Place them pretty thick where. pheasants roost. By boring a hole lin. diameter from the underneath to within half an inch of the back, they will, if placed on a nail, move wit
. Pheasants : their natural history and practical management . Pheasants. MOCK PHEASANTS. 63 the head is easily made out of the upper end of the pole, where too small for the body. Daub over with some oil paint (burnt umber), bore a hole through the body for the nail, and nail on the tree with a chisel-ended nail, that you may not split the branch. What the cost is you may judge, as a 12ft. pole costs fourpence, or less. Place them pretty thick where. pheasants roost. By boring a hole lin. diameter from the underneath to within half an inch of the back, they will, if placed on a nail, move with the wind. My experience of them is that the deception is perfect enough, as they are diflBcult to distinguish from a pheasant, even in daylight. Whatever kind of mock pheasant is employed, they should not be placed too near public roads or footpaths, and in those cases in which they are liable to observation during the day, they should be moved frequently.^' Alarm guns set in coverts with wires leading in different directions are most valuable as alarming poachers, and indicating the locality in which they are pursuing their, depredations. One of the best, and certainly the cheapest, alarm guns with which I am acquainted, is that devised by Captain Darwin, and described in his useful manual on â Game Preserving, which has been too long out of print. The author writes : " I have constructed an alarm gun which combines the desiderata of cheapness and simplicity more completely than any I have yet seen. I do not lay claim to the invention of this gun^ but I certainly find I can adopt materials in its construction that will come to a tenth part of the money usually charged; in fact, any tolerable mechanic. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tegetmeier, W. B. (William Bernhard), 1816-1912. Lo
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