Beagle boy

Over the moon with it, just in the rite place at the rite time. Ive found with decoy crows if you get it perfect then they decoy better then pigeons. After 2 hours they stopped coming. I just put 10 decoys out and a flapper and tucked into a hedge. I just havent got the pigeons rite this year which is frustrating. Some of the guys on here have given me some brilliant advice so far so I look forward to learning more through them and my own practise Cheers rob

Its about 200 acres that he drilled so i places bangers at the very top end and I shot at the other end. Cheers for all the advice guys anything I can learn Is a positive On the plus side just shot on some maize stubble and had 60 in 2 hours so Im happy with that Cheers rob

They day before I went there was still 300 on there, in 3 decent size groups. Ive been watching them feed the seem to start at the top 3 fields and work their way down through the day. My thinking being cover the top wood with bangers and push them down to my pattern.

At least its not just me. Yesterday there was 3-400 pigeons on some drillings and theyve been there about 3 days. Set my bangers to push the birds around. Came to this morning and saw 1 crow Ive never seen it so quiet

Hi guy hope your all ok. Has anyone else Struggled with the pigeons this year? Not had a Descent day on them all year even though Ive had What I thought would be big days but turned out to be very average Cheers rob

Hay guys hope your all well. I've dropped on with some new permission, shame I didn't get it when the rape was harvested but there is still the wheat he started yesterday. I watched it last night this morning and this evening. There is one steady flight line but they seem to drop from anywhere and everywhere so to some degree it will be trail and error. The field is about 90 acre which is one of the smaller ones oddly, I've never shot in such large fields before so have you guys got any tips for shooting in large fields and how to bring them in better. I was thinking about using two whirlys to get the movement just so my decoys will be seen, but then is it over doing it? Cheers rob

Cheers guys. I've got the stuff to build a kennel and run, wdg yes that's correct mate 6-6 continental shifts. Most days I'm out doing the feeders so exercise I can't see being a problem but I don't want to have a dog and not look after it properly. My old mans usually around my way in the week since his retirement so I may ask him to pop by in the day to feed and check up on her then. Scut I've got some bars and angle left over from when I built some kennels for a pack of beagles I used to hunt with so I'll probably weld summat up out of that I guess, I was easier doing that then as we used block work for walls. Thanks for the advice lads Cheers rob

Will be in a kennel outside with a good run area. But will be inside the house st night

Cheers for the reply lads always appreciated Cheers rob

Evening all, I've been contemplating getting myself a gun dog. I put my name down for a friends pup and I'd love to have a dog again, my circumstances have changed some what now my mrs has decided to leave, I work 6-6 on shifts. I live 2 mins away from work so I can come home for a half hour then I'll be back again at 6pm for quality time with the dog I'm just worried 6 hour stints maybe a little long. I've read 8 hours is the max while others say 3 hours. I don't want to have a dog and not give her the time and attention we all know they deserve On my days off it's not an issue and I can put all the time in with her I can and my mum said she'd love to have to dog one day a week due to her old terrier passing away and she's missing the exercise. Cheers

Evening guys hope everyone is well I've a couple of questions for you all, having put my first set of birds down last year and only having walked up days over dogs, I've a few birds left over so I'm looking for a few hundred ex layers to top up the numbers. Having little experience of them I'd like to pick your brains. 1, what is the average price for ex Layers? 2, could anyone recommend any game farms in Leicestershire? 3, has anyone one tried a wild meadow flower mix on their shoots for cover and more veritaty for the birds to pick away At? 4, I've heard of sum about penning ex layers first but I've been recommend to just let them loose in the evening and find their way to roost and keep dogging them back in. 5, having put no partridges down last year and cutting it a bit short for buying chicks, are ex laying partridges any Good? Sorry for all the questions Cheers

Ok cheers guys, I've havnt looked on the field yet all as he has told me is beans. I'll nip down tonight or tomorrow for a wander as see what's about. Hopefully they linger around till Saturday Cheers lads Rob

Evening all Had a call off a friend saying he's seen loads of pigeons on beans that are sprouting. Have you guys had any good days on them with this or is it just a passing chance of them being on beans that are sprouting?

Evening all, looking for a left handed shotgun for around £1000 in the East Midlands. I don't mind traveling a few miles to view the right one Cheers rob

Cheers for the replys lads, I think I'll keep an eye out for a decent make/model knocking around. If anyone knows of one please let me know Thanks again rob

Evening guys hope you've had a good Christmas Got some money towards a new shotgun for Christmas, so I'm looking for decent left handed shotgun that fits me well. I'm not botherd about make or model as long as it works, I've read a lot on the bettensoli x trail which I have held but never shot and it seemed to handle well. It will mostly be used a hide gun and occasional clay work Cheers rob

Evening guys cheers for the replys I have started spreading the barley around as I was putting it into piles and I think the crows took most of it, the ducks seem to be holding well so far and I doubt I'll shoot it until the new year. Do normal feeders next to the pond work ok or do ducks. It take to them? Cheers rob

Morning all hope your all keeping well and enjoying the season so far As a newbie I was wandering if I could pick your brains on flight ponds, on my land there is a small pond that this year the mallards have really taken to, and have been feeding off the much heap in the same field. I have started putting some barley down next to the pond ( ( about 20kg bag ) How often should I keep feeding the pond? And how long should i expect them to hang around? Cheers rob

I'm a newbie to decoying myself only been doing it a couple of years. I've only recently started to get some decent bags and I have found watching the birds and not diving into the first feild with birds in it. Any advice I see from the older guys on here I try take it all on board and apply it to my decoying or atleast variations of it. As a newbie I think this is a great post

Got 33 in the end, the didn't decoy aswell as the day before mainly ended up taking high birds on the flight line. Still was a decent day really it could have been much worse Cheers rob

I think you maybe right, yesterday shooting over pea stubble shot 50 in about 3 hours in the afternoon, got here at 12 today and only had 6 so far, most just pass over high or in sitty trees. I'd still rather be outside than in I suppose Cheers rob

I'm sure you're like myself and quite a newbie to decoying pigeons, I've seen lots of mottys posts and there very interesting with lots of good advice from a guy with a lot of experience. I found the hardest thing for me was selecting which bird to take and I think that comes with experience of watching birds you can tend to see which are committed to the pattern and which arnt. Setting up decoys can be a funny thing some days the love you pattern other days they dont. Horse shoe I find works most of the time with the whirley at the bottom of the shoe, I had my first decent day yesterday taking 50 birds on beans stubbles just off the flight line, today I'll be under the tree they landed in so often yesterday. As per time I've found set up for 11 and shoot through till about 5 ish depending on how many I see. Hope this helps Cheers rob

I've got a flapper so I may just use that then,I guy a spoke to a few weeks back said he's used in decoying rooks ( Young I'm guessing ) to good effect. I think I'll stick to the flapper and lay out a few dead birds Cheers rob

Evening all got some corvids to clear up around a dairy farm where they a causing damage to the silage clamp and bails, houndreds of jackdaws knocking around with the odd rook, but would it be worth trying the whirly with a couple of dead birds on it as I'm guessing it will pull in the young that are knocking about. Cheers rob

Old Baikel I have one for ruff shooting and it's brilliant Cheers rob