spannermonkeymark Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 All my pigeon permission is now bare (was barley fields) i have seen alot of birds flyin over just wondering is it possible to decoy a bare field and get some birds in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 yes if its a good flightline why not try to get under the flightline and shoot that way but if you stuck a rotary out you will get birds come round for a look they might not decoy but come in range for a shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 About 35 years ago I was parked in a gateway watching a large flock of pigeons feeding on beet tops the farm was near Penkridge Staffordshire, it was there I met I guy called Jeff Kirk little did I know at the time but Jeff was a professional pigeon shooter as was his father also called Jeff Kirk, to cut a long story short we ended up being good friends and shot together on a number of occasions. I can remember one thing he said to me and that was although he had shot thousands of pigeons over the years no one really knows what pigeons are thinking or what they are likely to-do. As I got older and wiser I learnt what he meant by this, and that was you could setup on the same field with birds flying over it for one or two days and not pull a single bird but then bingo for some unknown reason you setup on the same field, on the same flight line, and with the same decoy pattern and you cannot shot them fast enough. The only thing you can do is try it and see. The one thing I would say is I always got the best results with a small pattern of eight or nine dead birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannermonkeymark Posted January 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 thanks for ur advise will give it a go next weekend they are too high to shoot as they fly over so will try decoys and rotary and try bring them in a bit closer . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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