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I'm getting fed up lugging all this gear around with me and am trying to lighten my load somewhat on each outing. The cartridges are in fact the heaviest but I guess I can't do without them! Will camouflage gear work as well as a hide with deacoys? It would be great to be able to leave the hide behind as I usually only have a couple of hours at a time - four young kids to look after! The hide entails the three poles, three metal spikes to go into the ground and a hammer! What is the minimun I can get away with? Also how many deaks do you guys use to start the ball rolling. I only have 7 woodie shells and 3 full body crow decoys, would more make a difference? Paddy
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Shooting on Sunday morning about 8am I shot my first. I dispatched the bird, laid it out in the landing position and returned to the hide. As I returned I heard wing beats and a bird landing on the dry pea stalks. I grabbed my gun and popped my head over the hide. There, about 25 yards from me was a buzzard trying to grab the pigeon I had just shot! Needless to say I put the gun down and shooed him off! He perched in a local tree and sat and watched for a while. I noticed that there were a number of patches of feathers in the field where I am now presuming the bird had made a few kills earlier! Have any of you had similar experiences?
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James I bought a new Lanber last year for clays - it's the 30" mc O/U and it's a great gun. I've out about 2,000 carts through it and expect it'll do for another few million, it just does'nt want to stop! One important thing though I had it fitted for me by a gunsmith - who also happens to be a retired cabinet maker who took 3/4" off the stock and shaped it for me. The difference was unbelieveable. I bought a S/S Sarasqueta ej. second hand, at the right price - 300 euros (less than 200 quid) and it's great for pigeons. I also had it fitted for me. I bought the cheaper gun for field work as I felt the Lanber may have been too heavy to lug around fields and I didn't want to damage it! Good luck with your new gun and do think to have it fitted for you. Paddy
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I had my first real afternoon decoying on Friday and had 12 for two hours. The first hour I was the best pigeon scarer ever I had 20 shots for no birds! Then all of a sudden I couldn't miss. I had 12 birds for 15 shots and even one pair for both barrells! Anyway how do you butcher these birds? Any suggestions are welcome! Paddy
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Hide for 30 quid Got a 10x5 camo net from Westcliff Army and Navy Surplus for about 25 pounds, three 2 foot long steel bars about 4 mm thick by 1 inch or so from a local welder for free and three 6 foot long wooden poles from a local wood shop for 2 pounds. Tied the camo net to the wooden poles with cable ties. I put sections of plastic trunking - the small rectangle stuff - two per pole about 8 inches apart with a stop made from so called "modesty blocks", on the wooden poles. The steel bars go in the ground and I slide the steel poles up the trunking until they hit the modesty blocks, to give a very solid fit. I can even rest the barrells of my gun on the poles if my arm gets tired! So a reasonably good hide - it works anyway - for under 30 quid
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Sorry Guys I had this in the wring topic area - here it is in the proper place! Well guys I did it. Killed my first pigeon on Sunday morning! I had two hours in the field 7am - 9am and had 7 deeks, no hide - just backed into the ditch. It's amazing how good their eyesight is. Although I had plenty of "visitors" only one landed and he did so as soon as I put the deeks down and I hadn't even loaded the gun! It was raining fairly hard but I still had lots of interest but only one kill - he flew in over the ditch I was in and about three feet from landing decided there was something fishy and began his upward flight, at which time I took him out clean, with one barrel. The main flight line was coming towards me. No matter how much I tried to hide from both the pigeons and the rain they saw me well beyond my shotgun range - although I did use 20 shells just in case they were hitable - and they scurried off. I guess I'll have to invest in a hide! Any suggestions as to what to get? And what about other camo gear - is it all necessary?
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What does everyone do with what you shoot? You can't possibly eat hundreds of pigeons and bunnies?
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Well guys I did it. Killed my first pigeon on Sunday morning! I had two hours in the field 7 - 9am and had 7 deeks, no hide just backed into the ditch. It's amazing how good their eyesight is. Although I had plenty of "visitors" only one landed and he did so as soon as I put the deeks down and hadn't loaded the gun! It was raining and I had lots of interest but only one kill - he flew in over the ditch I was in and about three feet from landing decided there was something fishy and began his upward flight at which time I took him out clean, with one barrel. The main flight line was coming towards me. No matter how much I tried to hide from them and from the rain they saw me well beyond range - although I did use 20 shells just in case they were hitable - and they scurried off. I guess I'll have to invest in a hide! Any suggestions as to what to get? Pads.
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So I guess I wasn't far off then! I hope to undertake my first outing this weekend. Just received my insurance and am meeting my "kind farmer" this evening, I have the deeks and with the wealth of knowledgd I have gained over the last few weeks reading the forum I hope to bag a few! Thanks for the help guys. I'll let you know ho I get on!
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Hi Guys. I'm new to this pigeon shooting lark- excuse the pun! I'm normally a clay shooter and have an O/U for the job and have just bought a S/S for rough shooting - it's a Sarasqueta solely 'cause it was relatively cheap! Was I right or wrong to go for the S/S as the Lanber I have for clays is too heavy to lug through fields?