30-6 Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 When the pigeons don't want to play when using one rotary (especially now on the rape), is it worth getting a second to add more movement, does two really make a difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 save your money at the moment there not coming in to one rotor,went out today did not want to know there 3 of us a field each none of us had any fun i shot 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 Yes LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deako Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 No Don't waste your cash, if they won't come in to one magnet, they don't really want to come in at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fert Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 every lane you drive around my way you see hundreds of birds on the ivy berries i think because there is so much of this sort of food about they are spoilt for choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROB REYNOLDS UK Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 it does seem a waste of time at the moment trying to shoot pigeon they are every were you look but like its been said they dont want to play , iv been on the crows today insted of pigeon makes a change i say feb will be the time they will want to come in ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 every lane you drive around my way you see hundreds of birds on the ivy berries i think because there is so much of this sort of food about they are spoilt for choice. ivy berries: they are among the most nutritious of the wild fruit found in Britain, with an especially high fat content. Only spindle has berries with higher fat content and, like Ivy, it is the only British member of a family of what are mainly tropical plants. Ivy berries are poisonous to mammals, the poison probably being in the seeds rather than the pulp. Woodpigeons (Aha!) are extremely fond of of the berries and manage to digest the seeds as well as pulp, whereas members of the crow family don't eat them at all, and other birds pass the seeds undigested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 (edited) No Don't waste your cash, if they won't come in to one magnet, they don't really want to come in at all. Thats refreshing someone who sell gear telling us we dont need one Edited January 8, 2006 by hawkeye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 (edited) every lane you drive around my way you see hundreds of birds on the ivy berries i think because there is so much of this sort of food about they are spoilt for choice. ivy berries: they are among the most nutritious of the wild fruit found in Britain, with an especially high fat content. Only spindle has berries with higher fat content and, like Ivy, it is the only British member of a family of what are mainly tropical plants. Ivy berries are poisonous to mammals, the poison probably being in the seeds rather than the pulp. Woodpigeons (Aha!) are extremely fond of of the berries and manage to digest the seeds as well as pulp, whereas members of the crow family don't eat them at all, and other birds pass the seeds undigested. You are a getting to be fountain of knowledge young man. Edited January 8, 2006 by hawkeye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Hi Mike i thought it was common knowledge mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Hi Mike i thought it was common knowledge mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Hi Mike are you getting any good days up your way. its ******* **** round me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Hi Mike are you getting any good days up your way. its ******* **** round me. NO ive pact up going out till the weather gets worse just doing a bit of crow bashing to keep my hand in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackthorn Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 went a walk round combe fisheries the other day . there is still loads of ivy berries, there is big flocks of pigeon hanging about in the woods, not much on the rape, SOON sure my spelling has improved since i come on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Pretty soon they will have scoffed all of the Ivy berries and they will then be 100% on the rape until the drillings start. I reckon February to be a good month for some quality shooting over rape. And yes, I do reckon that 2 rotaries can work better than one, particularly if the birds are a bit shy, the downside to having two toys to play with, together with all your flappers, batteries, bobbers, floaters, nets, poles, carts, food & drink, gun, etc etc, is that it's yet more weight to carry..!! And if you shoot more Woodies as a result of using two rotaries, then it's yet more weight to carry back to the Range Rover..!! Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 if the pigeons have never seen two rotors going, wait while you try it. seen a lot of birds shying of at the last seconds with one rotor only to commite very well to two. but it will not work when the birds are not going to decoy in the first place. two rotors is not a excuse for bad fieldcraft, you still have to get the rest right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest konings Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 one day is not another day,sometime works good and sometime work very bad,its the write time on the write day.sometimes i setting the magnet off and the pigeons come better then the magnet is work. so give it a name,never is the same day. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirky640 Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 two better than one the man from scotland he say yes defo when my pal and me take both mags and cover more ground with two hides it stands to reason u will should more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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