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I was looking at some of my old shooting books , and a couple of things made me chuckle , like cutting the eyelids off shot pigeons before using them as decoys , and my favourite , don't shot the first pigeon of the day , as it's the scout bird , and needs to return to the flock .

One of these books that contains such myths was written in the 80s, long before Archie Coats published his classic book, which does not contain such silly things .

 

Does anyone else know of any more shooting ?myths.

 

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I think if archie thought the eyelid thing worked , he would have put it in his book .

I know a chap who recons that , crows cannot be killed with a shotgun, as their feathers are too tightly packed for the pellets to penetrate, I have dispelled that one many times .

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One of these books that contains such myths was written in the 80s, long before Archie Coats published his classic book, which does not contain such silly things .

 

Does anyone else know of any more shooting ?myths.

 

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I chose Archie Coats book as a course prize in 1965. Do you mean 1880s?

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I am sure it was Archie coates that advocated cutting the eyelids off the decoys , as for the scout theory , there are those on hee that still believe that is the case , I am not one of them :)

I may be wrong, but I think Colin Willock quoted Kenzie Thorpe as cutting eyelids off pigeon (my favourite book, re-read many many times)

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I may be wrong, but I think Colin Willock quoted Kenzie Thorpe as cutting eyelids off pigeon (my favourite book, re-read many many times)

 

Who ever it was they were bananas :lol: and this is back in the day when they were supposedly easy to decoy !

Seen the scouts in action, many times.

 

So have I , when I was a cub they were round the back of the hall having a crafty fag .

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I love hearing of some of the strange beliefs that people have. One of my favourites, too, is the scout pigeon theory.

Some others are ; Pigeons know that we're shooting at them, a hide won't work in the middle of the field (it MUST be erected a few days before to allow pigeons to get used to it.), pigeons will spot us from over a mile away, pigeons can tell the difference between dead birds and plastic decoys, you can have decoys too close to the hide, you can have too many decoys out, etc etc

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pulled off the eyelids of many a pigeon.....that was years ago....dont do it now.....also heard the "scout" theory......always thought it was a load of old tosh.....

 

the latest one i heard was ....put a stick up the dead pigeons bottom....and the incoming birds get confused...thinking they have taken the wrong turn and have ended up at Stoke-mandervile-hostpital............

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You have all failed to notice that a 'scout' pigeon wears a neckerchief complete with a woggle !

 

 

dib-dib-dib.................oh brown owl !

 

 

next thing is someone will have us beliving that if you whistle or sing "king gang goulie, golie, goulie...watcha ya doing .....".....the birds will come flocking in ...

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two of my favs are

 

1. when shooting branchers in a rookery , two of you need to walk in and then one needs to walk out so the crows think your leaving hahaha **** ***** !

 

2. Hares are boy rabbits ................ give me strength :rolleyes:

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One myth that often rings true for me is - If you have not see a pigeon for the last hour break out the flask and pour yourself a cup of tea or coffee better still a cup of soup and you can be sure a bird will come into your decoys. It works almost every time pigeon shooting or wildfowling. In the haste to grap your gun you can be sure you will spill the hot drink all over your jeans , kick the cup over or if you do manage to get a bird by the time the dog has found and retrieved it when you pick up your drink you will find its stone cold.

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