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One of my permissions i have a very good few flight lines that are busy all day long, they fly across a field to another farm onto the rape stubble back and forth all day , but they seem to aim to one point across the other side where i can't really shoot due to live stock and horses , so no chance sitting under it and cashing in. so my only option is to sit the other side and hope they come within range. so what i was wondering is there anyway i can draw them over my position? maybe put my flapper out to give a small amount of movement ???

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Get as close as you can to the flight line and use flapper/decoys to try and bring them close in. I shot today on a flight line just using decoys and flapper where the birds were flying over to a distant field. Worked ok and worked even better when I had plenty of dead birds on the stubble in front of me.

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get as close as poss to the flight line and put a few decoys out with either a flapper OR magnet,

 

they will come for a nosey, but a little tip is when you do shoot one, swap it for one of the decoys so you end up with just dead birds in ya pattern

 

atb Evo

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Sorry forgot to add the fields they fly across of mine are grass fields for hay, so they have no interest in them , plus the grass is far too high for decoys..... any suggestions?

It IS possible to decoy birds into short grass but in your case just do away with the deeks and put a hide right under the thick of it, a whirly or flapper won't hurt but it sounds like your only bet is flighting them.

 

The other option might just be to approach the farmer whose ground they're flying too :) ?

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I would stick a hide up in the middle under the flightline I certainly wouldn't have a roof and probably wouldn't bother with decoys it depends on the situation, sitting under a flightline shooting 40 to 60 yard pigeons is in my opinion the best kind of shooting, you will not get a huge bag but the sport can be excellent if you get it right.

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