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Properly manipulated, the bleater emits a "pia" like the cry of a newborn roe; it also trills a realistic "fiep," simulating the call of a doe in rut.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bleater instruction sheet suggests that the hunter render the fiep with "trembling hands," then promptly swing his gun to his shoulder and brace himself for the charge of a romantic roebuck.

From Time Magazine Archive

The most effective device, the bleater, is a small rubber squeezer, ball-shaped and equipped with stops.

From Time Magazine Archive

If you’re a striker, strike, and if you’re a bleater, bleat!”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Whenever the wolf and the lamb lie down together, the innocent bleater is invariably inside the other's ravenous maw.

From Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. by Howe, William F.