ajd132 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 I have painted some old pigeon decoys black in the hope this may work for devoying the large amount of rooks about at the moment, can anyone suggest patterns for the decoys. Would i do a standard horseshore? I was also thinking of staking an opened rabbit within the pattern! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedd-wyn Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Some people swear by certain decoy patterns, I don't really bother with a trademark pattern and just use commons sense and try and make it look as natural as I can, and it certainly works. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd132 Posted April 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Some people swear by certain decoy patterns, I don't really bother with a trademark pattern and just use commons sense and try and make it look as natural as I can, and it certainly works. Good luck I willprobably just set them up around a dead bunny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 I set my rook/crow decoys out in a large random pattern, with about 3-6ft between the decoys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd132 Posted April 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 I set my rook/crow decoys out in a large random pattern, with about 3-6ft between the decoys. My only problem is they are fairly shiny because all i could find on the farm to paint them with was metal paint, this could well put them off methinks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 i used matt black paint,on shells and it worked very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finreid Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 when i shoot rooks, i tend to make small triangles of decoys, works well enough for me, but as always, what works some days in some places wont work on others! good luck though! maybe see if you can find some matt paint around, not sure how that would work out, but may be worth a crack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continental Shooter Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Tried 6 FUD last weekend put 2 pairs and 2 singles (as someone mention they are pairing now). the two singles like 5 ft apart in the landing area adn the 2 couples just in between but aay from the hide. Had 8 in a matter of a couple of hours so.....I think they worked ) but again, it may not work this week end. Cheers Franco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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