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Going tomorrow 6 pm till dark my first time over stubble, taking 20 decoys with me, hopefully bring some in, any particular patterns work best over stubble or is it just the same approach, I.e horseshoe etc, any tips welcome. Sorry for the hijack

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Ok just an update if helpfull to anyone, as you guys are so good at responding, done 3 sessions 2-3 hours between 3-8 different times each session , each over stubble birds in vicinity but not where I set up. But due to roads etc and following safe run off areas, can't always set up where the birds are. 36 birds in total, 16 my best which was tonight, got most action over two random patterns with a gap in the middle started at 20 yards but slowly increased , and real birds in the pattern made a massive difference to getting birds to commit, reckon if I could hit a barn door, and resisted trying to shoot pigeons outside my ability probably could have had triple the number easily , lots of rookie mistakes but I'm learning slowly. Got some spring sticks for the neoprene shells got to say think there brilliant, work really well with a bit of wind proper life like nice bit of cheap movement in the pattern.

 

In regards to hide I set up under a tree used two nets one lower so extra cover to waste height and found if you put straw between the nets blends in great.

 

Had two doubles which was great and furthest paced to 45 yards, think that was a fluke though, as rarely hit anything further than 35 yards.

 

Question to you guys I got a lot of high birds flying over the pattern, that I tried to shoot missed everyone one, before I worked out to only shoot lower birds that were interested in pattern. Is that the best approach?

 

Thanks, this is addictive!

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Ok just an update if helpfull to anyone, as you guys are so good at responding, done 3 sessions 2-3 hours between 3-8 different times each session , each over stubble birds in vicinity but not where I set up. But due to roads etc and following safe run off areas, can't always set up where the birds are. 36 birds in total, 16 my best which was tonight, got most action over two random patterns with a gap in the middle started at 20 yards but slowly increased , and real birds in the pattern made a massive difference to getting birds to commit, reckon if I could hit a barn door, and resisted trying to shoot pigeons outside my ability probably could have had triple the number easily , lots of rookie mistakes but I'm learning slowly. Got some spring sticks for the neoprene shells got to say think there brilliant, work really well with a bit of wind proper like like nice bit of cheap movement in the pattern.

 

In regards to hide I set up under a tree used two nets one lower so extra cover to waste height and found if you put straw between the nets blends in great.

 

Had two doubles which was great and furthest paced to 45 yards, think that was a fluke though, as rarely hit anything further than 35 yards.

 

Question to you guys I got a lot of high birds flying over the pattern, that I tried to shoot missed everyone one, before I worked out to only shoot lower birds that were interested in pattern. Is that the best approach?

 

Thanks, this is addictive!

At the moment, you may struggle to judge range effectively. You may be shooting pigeons that are way out of range. You may be better to stick to pigeons you are comfortable with for now, and shoot more difficult birds as your ability increases.

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The best approach is to shoot the birds that you know you can consistently hit .

 

If you are missing birds flying high over the decoys you need to work out if you are( A) missing them because they are beyond your skill level or ( B) missing them because you are shooting at birds that are too far away.

 

A can be put right with plenty of practice B will always be the same !

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