Abstract: A rod has a region at a selected place between its upper and lower ends formed into a helical spring in one embodiment. A part of the rod extends upwardly from the spring through a decoy body and a part of the rod below the spring is pushed into the ground to support the decoy. A spherical bead on the rod, even if the helical spring is not formed in the rod, serves as a thrust bearing allowing the decoy to swing about the vertical axis of the rod like a weather vane to simulate natural body and head lateral and frontal movements and to tilt when a mild breeze impinges on the body of the decoy.

Abstract: A heating device useful in ice fishing includes a housing having a retractable heater core which carries a self-contained heating substance and a reservoir filled with an evaporable liquid. The heating substance is cooperable with the reservoir to provide vapor and liquid droplets to prevent freezing of water within a hole cut in the ice and is further operable to furnish convectional heating of objects placed at the top of the housing.