Tyke Posted May 9, 2003 Report Share Posted May 9, 2003 Hi I am new to this forum so bear with me please. A couple of months back there was an article in one of the Airgun mags about converting a flying sea gull toy ( the type which are suspended from the ceiling and fly around ) to a flying pigeon attractor. The sea gull was given a paint job and the whole thing was slung from a tree. I seem to have lost the article and I was wondering if anyone had seen it and tried the idea as a local shop is selling of the said toy for a couple of quid each and I wondered if it was worth trying them. If they are worth a try how would they be best used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deako Posted May 9, 2003 Report Share Posted May 9, 2003 Tyke, Welcome to the forum. These toys, if painted up are very realistic looking, and I'm sure they would work. The only downside is that they are useless in any kind of breeze, let alone a light wind...just the weather we need for good pigeon shooting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyke Posted May 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2003 Thanks Deako I'll save my hard earned cash then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deako Posted May 9, 2003 Report Share Posted May 9, 2003 ...lol...got to be worth trying on a still day though. Give it a go and let us know how you get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzer Posted May 9, 2003 Report Share Posted May 9, 2003 Welcome to the forum Tyke All the best Buzzer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifer Posted May 9, 2003 Report Share Posted May 9, 2003 wellcome to the forum tyke enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted May 9, 2003 Report Share Posted May 9, 2003 Welcome tyke i think someone else was going to try a similar thing while back,just tried searching for it and i cant get the searchey thing to work properly,anyone else not abl to make it work?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyke Posted May 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2003 Hi all Searching through the posts for attractors I can find a lot of references to flappers and magnets but being a new boy I am finding it hard to get a mental picture of the devices as I have never seen them before. As I am quite good with a soldering iron and build my own circuits if I had a better understanding of these devices I could make my own, is there a site where they are explained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of 5 Posted May 16, 2003 Report Share Posted May 16, 2003 Paint it like a Maggie and stick it on the ground near some bait and let it flap away like it's injured. It works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyke Posted May 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2003 My local airgun club has a magpie problem so I will make one up and give it a try next week. Thamks for the input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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