WHAT IS THIS - Cambridgeshire

11 May 2010 08:08 #1 by PETERTHEEATER
WHAT IS THIS - Cambridgeshire was created by PETERTHEEATER
I'm irritated that I cannot find a positive ID for this object.

Cambridgeshire posters, please help

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11 May 2010 19:59 #2 by Peter Kirk
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I think it is/was a duck decoy. Slap bang between the Whittlesey No1 and No2 bombing targets.

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11 May 2010 20:06 #3 by WJT
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Duck decoy was my first thought. Got one in my home village in Lincolnshire, although the layout is a little different.

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11 May 2010 20:29 #4 by REF
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What is a Duck Decoy?

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11 May 2010 20:38 #5 by Denis
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It is a man made water feature. Specifically for decoying ducks to alight on, or towards, for the sole purpose of despatching an ounce and a quarter of Eley's finest shot at!

Wildfowling Richard, wildfowling!

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11 May 2010 22:35 #6 by WJT
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Traditional pastime in the Fens. Dummy/model ducks are floated on the water/ponds to lure passing ducks onto landing to feed. Ducks then despatched by said Eley Kynoch or with nets fired over the ponds with rockets.

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12 May 2010 01:14 #7 by kebecker
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Punt guns! I am allowed to say that?

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12 May 2010 06:58 #8 by PETERTHEEATER
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Are you all quackers? As PNK points out it is between the locations of two WW2 ranges which is why I spotted it. I dismissed it as a duck decoy because it looks too ornate but the location is right.

Kebecker, punt guns are not very sporting, Denis and I as gentlemen prefer the dawn skirmish with the Purdeys and bespoke cartridge loads (He he! mine is the military full auto with magnum loads and rate of fire 600 per minute bolted to a Motley stalk mount)

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12 May 2010 15:16 #9 by MSgtWilliamsUSAFRet
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12 May 2010 21:18 #10 by Peter Kirk
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It looks like it has been restored as the 1999 image looks overgrown. Unless GE is badly dated, which it can be in certain circumstances when using the slider.

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