oneshot1986 Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 hi all was wondering how to introduce a magnet into my decoying pattern never used one before where the best place to put it etc been using it at the front and it seems to be working over peas but sometimes it seems to scare them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Magnets do sometimes scare them. I tend to put mine so the birds don't have to fly over it to get to the pattern. So if the birds are coming from the right I'll put it about 15 - 20 yards past the decoy pattern to the left. This way the birds head towards the magnet but see the decoys before they reach it and hopefully go for the decoys. The main thing is to watch the birds reaction to it and don't be scared to move it accordingly. If say th birds are coming from in front but then swing one side of it say forty yards to the right, then I'll move it forty yards to the left this way when they avoid it by forty yards they head straight over you. Other days they want to dive-bomb it, then you place it in front of you. Different ways for different days is how I was taught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.philmypower. Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Magnets do sometimes scare them. I tend to put mine so the birds don't have to fly over it to get to the pattern. So if the birds are coming from the right I'll put it about 15 - 20 yards past the decoy pattern to the left. This way the birds head towards the magnet but see the decoys before they reach it and hopefully go for the decoys. The main thing is to watch the birds reaction to it and don't be scared to move it accordingly. If say th birds are coming from in front but then swing one side of it say forty yards to the right, then I'll move it forty yards to the left this way when they avoid it by forty yards they head straight over you. Other days they want to dive-bomb it, then you place it in front of you. Different ways for different days is how I was taught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.philmypower. Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Top advice by cosd i do pretty much the same but prob wouldnt have explained it as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Magnets do sometimes scare them. I tend to put mine so the birds don't have to fly over it to get to the pattern. So if the birds are coming from the right I'll put it about 15 - 20 yards past the decoy pattern to the left. This way the birds head towards the magnet but see the decoys before they reach it and hopefully go for the decoys. The main thing is to watch the birds reaction to it and don't be scared to move it accordingly. If say th birds are coming from in front but then swing one side of it say forty yards to the right, then I'll move it forty yards to the left this way when they avoid it by forty yards they head straight over you. Other days they want to dive-bomb it, then you place it in front of you. Different ways for different days is how I was taught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Spot on advice from cosd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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