best net for pigeon decoying

[miniswell]

hi,

i am looking for the best possible net for a hide for pigeon decoying. i have my own poles made out of hazel! thanks

[.philmypower.]

I have a mil type one which I put up first then cover it with a stealth net, works great for me

[steve_b_wales]

There are a lot of good nets on the market. I use a Camoreal one, and it has served me well.

[Tis1979]

hi,

i am looking for the best possible net for a hide for pigeon decoying. i have my own poles made out of hazel! thanks

Hi mate, I'm not there is a perfect net when you think that your trying to blend into different backgrounds but i use a stealth net mixed with a british army net some of the year and a desert camo net for when i'm out on standing wheat or barley & shooting out in the middle of stubble,. hope this helps but i would say maybe mixing two nets together is a good way to go or just buy a stealth net and get some of the bush or long grass that your upagainst and weaving it into the holes looks good.

 

Good luck Tristram

[miniswell]

thanks for the info.

[Cosd]

I use two nets all the year round, a Stealth net and a Clearview which I usually use placing it about 10" above the Stealth net to give me a window which is much easier to look through. I've also used the same combo to create a roofed hide when needed.

 

There was a very good write up in Sporting Gun last year regarding using these two nets together and from a personal view I am very pleased. The other upside is that together they fit into a small (football boot) bag and are very light.

[motty]

Hi mate, I'm not there is a perfect net when you think that your trying to blend into different backgrounds but i use a stealth net mixed with a british army net some of the year and a desert camo net for when i'm out on standing wheat or barley & shooting out in the middle of stubble,. hope this helps but i would say maybe mixing two nets together is a good way to go or just buy a stealth net and get some of the bush or long grass that your upagainst and weaving it into the holes looks good.

 

Good luck Tristram

Although it's a good idea to blend in, it isn't essential. A dark green net can be used in the middle of a drilled field, for instance.

[Tis1979]

Although it's a good idea to blend in, it isn't essential. A dark green net can be used in the middle of a drilled field, for instance.

Yeah i agree but you have to include branches & bits of bush, where a desert net you can get away with on its own or with a little straw around it, So i've found anyway different field/area different things work i guess.

[motty]

Yeah i agree but you have to include branches & bits of bush, where a desert net you can get away with on its own or with a little straw around it, So i've found anyway different field/area different things work i guess.

Again, i don't think you HAVE to add any foliage.

[PLH1966]

I use a Mil' net - mine is a Nato pattern - not British, picked it up at my local surplus store, enough to cover a truck for £30.

 

It's quite dark but I find it works well against a hedge backdrop, but I've also used a section as a cover when laid up in the middle of a field to great effect, with regard to matching colours to surroundings, I've found if you set up the hide a day before ( if possible) it's very quickly excepted as part of the terrain. I often throw the net over a 60" oval umbrella in the open & unless they see me, even crows aren't bothered.

[motty]

I use a Mil' net - mine is a Nato pattern - not British, picked it up at my local surplus store, enough to cover a truck for £30.

 

It's quite dark but I find it works well against a hedge backdrop, but I've also used a section as a cover when laid up in the middle of a field to great effect, with regard to matching colours to surroundings, I've found if you set up the hide a day before ( if possible) it's very quickly excepted as part of the terrain. I often throw the net over a 60" oval umbrella in the open & unless they see me, even crows aren't bothered.

Setting a hide up early for the birds to get used to is another pigeon shooting myth.

[linny]

I use two nets all the year round, a Stealth net and a Clearview which I usually use placing it about 10" above the Stealth net to give me a window which is much easier to look through. I've also used the same combo to create a roofed hide when needed.

 

There was a very good write up in Sporting Gun last year regarding using these two nets together and from a personal view I am very pleased. The other upside is that together they fit into a small (football boot) bag and are very light.

same here Ive had some very good results with this set up

[shoughton]

All agreed! I just have 3 nets - one that is green one side, brown the other and 2 stealth type nexts.

 

My best tips would be to get good size nets (at least 4m x 1.5m) and then you can adapt what you need for any situation. The other thing I find useful is to have far longer hide poles than the standard ones - it just makes everything easier in some situations.

 

Steve