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- <title>
- Dec. 10, 1990: American Notes:Hunting
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Dec. 10, 1990 What War Would Be Like
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 47
- American Notes
- HUNTING
- The Buck Starts Here
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Its tail twitches and its head turns. It has antlers, a soft
- coat, innocent eyes--and a heart of steel. Meet RoboDeer, the
- radio-controlled decoy buck. West Virginia's department of
- natural resources has sent the dummy deer into the bush just
- twice--but that was enough to ensnare 11 illegal highway
- hunters. "We try to place it where an individual would be
- looking for a deer," says DNR Sergeant Kaven Ransom.
- </p>
- <p> RoboDeer is the pet creation of Pete McCuskey, owner of
- Mountain Security Specialties, who watched hours of deer videos
- to learn and duplicate genuine buck motions. "We strove for the
- most natural movement," he boasts.
- </p>
- <p> RoboDeer does have some defects. His head has blown a fuse
- or two, and his hide has been perforated by bullets. But while
- the DNR readily displays the deer, it insists on keeping one
- detail absolutely secret: the location of its motor. DNR's
- Ransom would say only, "It is in an area that typically would
- not be shot at."
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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