Alexbb Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Hi Guys, I went out yesterdsay on my permission and watch for some time the flight lines of a whole host of pigeons that seemed to flock between 3 or 4 woodlands during the day. Having arrived at about 11 and watched for approx an hour I decided to set up some decoys and a hide below an oak tree. The deeks were sut up in the cornr of the field nearish one of the woods on rape which had clearly been devoured on some previous occaision so it all looked good. I sat and waited for 3.5 hours and nothing came anywhere near to even paying interest in coming in. The only birds that I saw were all flying 100/150 high in large flocks moving to and from these different woods. My question is and I appreciate no-one has a definitive answer but do you think it is likely that my set up was pants (12 flock 50/50 shell and full bodied and a floater) or that birds are not feeding from the ground yet? It was frosty yesterday and pretty windy here so there was a bit of moisture on the rape all day which I don't know whether this puts the birds off landing. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as this was my first solo attempt and hopefully I can improve but wonder whether it was the conditionsand not my complete incompetence.. Thanks in advance. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.I.A Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 To be honest we all get days like that, i have noticed of late the pigeons just are not interested at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 A general rule of thunmb is that if you haven't seen pigeons feeding there, it probably isn't worth setting up. For me, i would like to have seen the birds feeding in the same field/spot at least a couple of times before committing to a decoying session. Sometimes pigeons will come into decoys for a look, even if they haven't been feeding there, but i would only normally set up where i'd seen pigeons feeding over the last couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexbb Posted December 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 It's interesting that having shot just one bird in flight before setting up, there nothing in the bird ie it had nothing in it's craw> What are they feeding on I wonder and is it that they just dont like going on the ground at this time of year??? There were still plenty of acorns about but nothing seemed to be happenning in these spots either. I have a good deal to lear me thinks... Also does anyone have any recomendations of bags to carry all the clobber as the large plastic John Lewis bag I had doesn't really fit the bill especially when I dropped a tree trunk on it when setting up and tore it in half! ******! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 I was out the other day..3 flight lines so set up in the middle on winter wheat...not what they are feeding on but pulled enough in to have a look...all the pigeons shot had acorns in them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenBhoy Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 have a look on the bay mate, just type in "pigeon/wildfowling decoy bag" loads on there. one tip, get the biggest you can afford even if you wont fill it at the mo can gurantee you soon will! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris t Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Plenty of Birds, wrong after shave?? yeah you have to watch that after shave, can really put the birds off I've been caught out a couple of times in the past... it's the amount your using, sometime a little is best... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooting Tom Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 ukshootingwarehouse do a good bag for £20 pounds its really good. as for the pigeons they are eating just about any berry holly, ivy, ect. also on the acorns. this time last year pigeons where hittiing rape hard as the snow and cold weather also less berrys about. If the woods have pigeons going into them i would stand in one of them and find a fight line in there and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top shot Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 best time will be end of jan onwards wen he acorns are gone that theyll start to decoy we all have that days frustrating as it is and a lot of head scratching just pack up move around or call it a day really but still keep your eye on that field early morning or late afternoon if they had a go at the field as during the day they just follow each other around good luck an good shooting pal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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