All,
Thanks for the advise so far, I have had 2 trips to the farm so far. The first an evening wander with the gun to see if i could spot flight lines as they head back for the woods. Well to be honest they seemed to be a bit random, There are woods on 3 sides of the farm and i could see no real patterns.
Then on weekend gone i had a look for them early to see if i could get them coming out of the woods. I set up on a field of wheat stubble which has been recently drilled with rape. Behind me a hedge and a massive field of maise behind that. Well in a nutshell, I decoyed 2 mukjaq all the way into my pattern before they realised somethign was up and turned and ran. The wind was blowing from me straight to them, So i am surprised they didn't spook before. I ended up only doing the morning and didn't shoot any, But i am pleased to say that i did get 4 or 5 come into the pattern, I was just not expecting it and was too slow to get on them.
So moral of the story, A lot to learn i know, But its a start.
There are loads of partridge running around in the maise, so am wondering if the numbers just weren't there as they were perhaps in the maise ?
I had a U shape pattern out with a flapper and also bouncers. I dont think a magnet would have made any difference as the birds just simple weren;t there.
Location wise i dont think i was far off, Given the spend cartridges that were on the deck where i sat up (bad shooters, I took them home)