JonnyR Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Hi All, Stillsy and I have been looking at a field of Barley which is pretty ripe and the pigeon are starting to build up on it. They seem to be concentrating on a blowhole about 10 yds across so quite small and it is the only one on the field. Any advice of whether to use a magnet or not would be appreciated and/or bouncers, flappers, deeks etc. I know they only real way to tell is to experiment and see what happens but just wondered what experiences have taught you. cheers, Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziplex Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 I went today for a couple of hours and just took 8 shell decoys, replacing them with fresh birds until I had approx' the same quantity of the real thing, I had a couple of bouncers in the bag but ended up not needing them. Shot approx' 30 and picked up 23, they were damn hard to find even though I was shooting only the birds that were directly over the laid area, wish I had the little springer there but it's not dog territory for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Hi All, Stillsy and I have been looking at a field of Barley which is pretty ripe and the pigeon are starting to build up on it. They seem to be concentrating on a blowhole about 10 yds across so quite small and it is the only one on the field. Any advice of whether to use a magnet or not would be appreciated and/or bouncers, flappers, deeks etc. I know they only real way to tell is to experiment and see what happens but just wondered what experiences have taught you. cheers, Jon. I like to use a magnet in standing crop. Had some big days last year doing just that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 Going by what I have seen birds doing on the corner of a field opposite the Chippenham Macdonalds I would say they are simply responding to movement so a magnet would be the way forward and most visible as it's a small area and will be above the crop. These birds are sitting up in an island of trees or on the fence and appear to be dropping down en mass as a flock once a couple of birds drop into the tramlines, thus flattening their own path through the crop. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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