andy_s Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 i've been out today on one of the fields i shoot on and had a decent day but the pigeons seemed to ignore my decoys. i got most of them as they were flying straight over. they don't seem to be getting spooked so i don't think they're seeing me or getting spooked by the pattern so what could i do to make them more interested in my decoys. i'm using a douzen shells, a few full bodies and a couple of floaters. i was thinking about a magnet but i'll probably start crying if i have to carry that all the way over to my pattern from the car. any advise would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanker Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Found just the same myself today on rape stubble. Am hoping that the wheat will be cut tomorrow and am planning another go on Tuesday when I hope there will be more interest on a fresh crop. Lots of birds about, but very few dropping in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Seems that sometimes the birds just don't want to feed where we would like them to, we put the deeks out but they want to be elsewhere despite all our efforts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadbreakfast Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 depends what your shooting over, crop or stubble, what the weather was like, your pattern and so on. theres lots that can stop them coming in thats were field craft comes in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_s Posted August 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 i was shooting over rape stuuble, the weather was fine but windy. i tried several of the standard patterns i've read about. horse shoes, j shape, L shape, decoys in two groups but they didn't seem interested. i've had pretty good results on other fields where the pigeon did commit to my pattern but this one field they don't seem interested even though there are far more pigeons flying over head than the other fields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
here iam Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 i've been out today on one of the fields i shoot on and had a decent day but the pigeons seemed to ignore my decoys. i got most of them as they were flying straight over. they don't seem to be getting spooked so i don't think they're seeing me or getting spooked by the pattern so what could i do to make them more interested in my decoys. i'm using a douzen shells, a few full bodies and a couple of floaters. i was thinking about a magnet but i'll probably start crying if i have to carry that all the way over to my pattern from the car. any advise would be greatly appreciated. I had this problem other day over rape stubble and in the end found out they came closer in if i only used 3 or 4 decoys if their under a lot of pressure they soon wise up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_s Posted August 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 think i'll give that a go then, see if they pay more attention to only a few decoys. thanks for the replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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