lewis2012 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Hi all going up on my permission today with the 17hmr. Basically in the past I've set up the dog house blind in a field laid bread out on a banking so it has a nice backstop and the crows etc will caww Circle bt not land. I watched a video on youtube done by gunvidder and he uses nuts etc. So I'm going to set up the dog house blind on the edge of forestry today, apg camo head to foot, and lay some nuts and scraps out on the banking in the hope something will come? Any tips on this also hoping for a squirrel perhaps. Thanks all Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshLamb Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Put decoys down?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis2012 Posted November 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Put decoys down?? I've got crow decoys ( flocked ) but no magpie decoy. Perhaps lay a decoy a distance away and get the foxpro out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiep Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 If you can, shoot a rabbit. Cut it open, and put it on display. They'll be very tempted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapid rich Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 If you can, shoot a rabbit. Cut it open, and put it on display. They'll be very tempted Find this the best of all, they can't resist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul in North Lincs. Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 handfull of straw with a couple of pale chicken eggs works a treat...........or a paunched rabbit....belly up with a maggie deek works wonders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ91 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) make sure they dont see you setting up arrive before its light Edited November 4, 2012 by TJ91 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiep Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 make sure they dont see you setting up arrive before its light I've heard plenty of people say this, but I've never had any issues with it. 30 minutes of quiet and stillness will do it every time for me. For magpies and jackdaws, some eggs or a dead rabbit is like putting a top-notch meal out on a plate. They know something else is going to come in for it, or is going to notice it. That is then going to decrease the amount they get, or force them to fight for it They are, basically, greedy. All you have to do is push the correct buttons to get the response you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 handfull of straw with a couple of pale chicken eggs works a treat...........or a paunched rabbit....belly up with a maggie deek works wonders +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewsher500 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 dead bunny and patience stick a nice big eagle owl decoy nearby to get two kill zones! corvids cant help themselves when comes to BoP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy130 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 put your hide up a few days before you go so they get used to seeing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis2012 Posted November 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 The the day I should have taken the 12bore I didn't :( Well went up, scattered nuts etc after setting pop up hide up in woodland looked properly good camod up. Nothing came, waited and nothing came, so used the fox pro caller they flew over but wernt interested in the food I don't knw why as crows are scavengers?? Perhaps lunch time too late in the day? Also no sign of magpie neither. Crows came but circled within shotgun range but didn't even give the food a second look. Thanks all for your tips guys Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Ive tried the owl on a permission swamped with magpies, not a thing came by Ive tried plastic maggie deeks, no luck but a rabbit belly up, draws them in great, 60yds away under a tractor is me, they may well have seen me crawl under, but it didn't stop them coming down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tod Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Ive tried the owl on a permission swamped with magpies, not a thing came by Ive tried plastic maggie deeks, no luck but a rabbit belly up, draws them in great, 60yds away under a tractor is me, they may well have seen me crawl under, but it didn't stop them coming down great job fella, hate magpies with a vengeance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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