kevmag Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 i have a magpie decoy which works well at times, but people tell me if i use a crow decoy on crows they will only swoop down at it. Would 3 or 4 decoys work better. Has anyone any experience on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Crow decoys will encourage/entice crows to land by them. Adding a Magpie decoy near the crow decoys, gives the crows more confidence. I set a pattern of around 18 crow decoys and 3-4 magpie ones. Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utectok Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 More decoys the better if you want em to land I went from 8 to 16 deeks and big improvement in my scores!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.philmypower. Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I agree the more decoys the better if you only have a few decoys just use your dead birds as decoys. also if you can add some movement with a flapper of bouncer that will be even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 (edited) The electronic flappers work a treat on crows. I start with only 4 decoys, because thats all I've got. As soon as I've got one crow, it goes on the flapper, then its game on. Dead birds are always added to the decoy pattern. Once or twice a year I have a serious go at the corvids and the bags are usually quite substantial. Always between 70 and 100 or so. Edited May 25, 2011 by caeser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muggins. Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 What paterns do you chaps use for crow decoys? muggins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 scattered groups of three or four Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevmag Posted May 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 (edited) i have a magpie decoy which works well at times, but people tell me if i use a crow decoy on crows they will only swoop down at it. Would 3 or 4 decoys work better. Has anyone any experience on this. thanks for that. Just wondering were to you buy your decoys. The decoys i would use would be hooded crows decoys which are dear at 10.00 but if it makes a differance it would be worth it. Also would a mixture of hooded crows and black crows work or would it scare them of. In my area there is only hooded crows and magpies. Thanks for all reponces really helpful. cheers Edited May 25, 2011 by kevmag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weejase Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 I bought my flocked crows from the evilbay as that`s the cheapest place I could find them I only ever use four decoys randomly placed and then add to the pattern as I shoot them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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