hides

[bagup-sam]

hello.

 

i was wondering if any of you can help me by telling me the best kind of hides to make and how to make them for pigeon shooting?

 

thanks a lot.

[iainwt]

asuming you have a set of poles and hide netting put a pole at each end of the netting and the other two a little way in on each side stick the two in the ground . then take the two at the end stick them in to make sides making a box with a hedgeline or tree forming the back of the hide

[Libertyandlivelihood]

I find it usefull to use two camo nets, One to put round the front and sides and the other over the top.

This makes it easy to leave a gap at the front to shoot out of. Works well enough for me if decoying.

[Cranfield]

I normally use five hide poles and place one of them at each corner and one in the middle of the two poles at the front of the hide, but slightly forward (about 3 ft).

 

The front pole is lower than the others , with the back poles the highest.

This gives me background cover and a shooting space that doesn't snag my gun when its mounted.

I shoot sitting down 90% of the time and this works fine for me.

 

I drape ex MOD cammo netting round my hide poles, almost regardless of the background.

Wear a face mask and gloves.

Keeping movement in the hide to a minimum, I think is more important than blending in completely with your background.

 

Everyone has their own views on this one.

 

Just one tip, before you start chopping up any nearby hedges, branches, etc., to make a "natural" hide, make sure the Farmer won't mind.

Some get quite excited about disapperaing hedgerows.

[stupidsalmon]

I shoot sitting down 90% of the time and this works fine for me.

 

How do you position yourself when shooting from a sitting position?

SS

[Cranfield]

I sit on a shooting stick, or a drum with a revolving seat.

Which, depends on how muddy it is and how level the ground is.

 

The wind and observed pigeon behaviour influences where I place my hide.

This also determines my area of fire, when setting up my hide and decoy layout.

Assuming that 12 o'clock is straight out from the hide, this area would normally be just before 10 o'clock to just after 2 o'clock.

It is quite comfortable to cover this area sitting down.

I do look for incoming birds from directions outside this zone, but that is all.

 

Over the years I have found that trying to cover a full 360 degrees shooting area, results in strange body contortions and lots of missed birds.

Its a bit like trying to do too many things at once and ending up doing none of them properly.

 

There are a few situations where I can't shoot sitting down, but I still determine a specific field of fire and stick to it.

This can be very difficult when things are slow and a bird is on the margin, but it does pay off in the long run......in my opinion.

[bagup-sam]

thanks a lot!

i have a balaclava but it just gets to hott in there!!!!!

so i jsut use my hat and sometimes its ok but other they seem to see me! so i have to take more care in hiding behind th net!