[Magnet technique]

I have owned a magnet for a few years now and have to say that I find the best place for it is in the back of the van !!!!!!.

They just seem to make the shooting harder in my eyes, I much prefer a couple of dead bird flappers to add movement I run 1 on a timer and have a second on a remote. The magnet for me is a last resort when things are getting desperate.

[pigeon head stakes]

I just use old aluminium welding rods cut into sections about 8 inch long with a sharp point ground on one end then sprayed with grey primer.

I keep aboy 40 in a old 500ml drinks bottle to save sticking them in my hand when delving into the bag.

[new to the forum]

Hi All

I am new to the forum and reside in the lincs/cambs/norfolk border area, i used to pigeon shoot quite a bit a few years ago and have a best bag of 220,for about the last three or four years I have not gone as much as i would like mainly due to dwindling permissions and lack of time.

But after looking though this forum it has wetted my appertite for it again so I decided to dust the gear off and have a go, I am lucky enough to have a poular sitty tree just a short walk from my door so after setting out a few shells and knocking up a quick hide against the tree I sat back and awaited my first customer,he duly arrived about ten mins later and I promptly missed with 2 shots !, after that birds came quite regular and seemed to decoy quite well onto the wheat that I had placed the decoys I started to get the odd one between missing and eventually started to shake off the cobwebs and start knocking them down on a more regular basis anyway to cut a long story short I ended with 38 birds for 53 shots so I was quite pleased at the end result,I certainly have the bug again now and intend to get out and try and find some more permissions.

 

Fenboy