682 Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 The land I'm currently shooting on has a fair number of crows/rooks as well as Wood Pigeons. At the moment I'm just using pigeon decoys, although I've shot a few of the crows, by standing under their flightline and taking some high passing-over shots with a 12b. Question is - Can I also put out a few full shell crow decoys with my Pigeon decoys (15 full shells and a rotor) in order to try and attract both crows and Pigeons, or will this scare the pigeons? would it work? If I look on the surrounding oilseed rape fields there are usually crows/rooks on the field, if there are already pigeons feeding, but I don't know if the pigeons generally try to avoid the crows? Although my main interest is in the Woodies. It would be great to be able to get a decent mixed bag of pigeons and crows (saying that, at the moment, it would be good to get a decent bag of just pigeons :laugh: ) Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 This topic has been discussed before and seems to be a matter of personal belief. I don,t think crows and wood pigeons feed on the same things and therefore are not attracted, or repelled, by each other. I have heard that a single crow decoy gives pigeons confidence, as the crow has a reputation for being extra wary. I can,t see how pigeons would know this, even if it were true. I have shot crows using crow decoys (no pigeons came to the decoys). I have shot pigeons using pigeon decoys (no crows came to the decoys). No doubt other people have had different experiences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number 1 Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 lasy year on a cover crop i shot both rooks and pigeons and i wass using both sorts of decoys. but i kept them seperate eg pigeons on the left and the rooks where to the right and it worked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdowns hunter Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 one day last year on a field of rape stubble I put a couple of crow decoys down about 15 yards away from my pigeon deeks and they pulled in both crows and jackdaws it was a very windy day and the crows seemed to be hovering above me trying to reassure themselves before landing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryhawk Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 I have had some success by putting rook, crow, jackdaw or even magpie on a whirly and just having a day on the corvids. I don't know if anyone has had any luck with putting a pigeon and a rook on at the same time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 I usually put out half a dozen crow deeks out to the edge of a pigeon pattern ,approx 10\15 yds away, this works ok for me. also if the pigeons have been scarce i have put a couple of crows on the rotor and had some good days on them. needless to say keep them in range but away from the hide . i also use a crow caller but think it needs a little more practice on my part ,but i have drawn the odd one over using it . regards sutty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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