turbo flappers any need for magnet as well ?

[timmyra608]

Hi all just purchased 2 turbo flappers is there any need to use magnet as well? I will be using bout 15 decoys (fud + shell) also have 2 terminator floaters. Any advice or tips in set up would be much appreciated.

Many thanks

Tim

[Cosd]

It's another tool in the toolbox.

Sometimes you'll need it and other times you won't.

 

Personally I use it almost every time I'm out along with a flapper.

Edited January 15, 2014 by Cosd

[Xplor]

Totally agree with Cos.

 

I stopped using my magnet during harvest and just used a single flapper.

I think I had better results without it. I was out on Sunday and and I reckon

90 %of the birds I shot tried to land on the magnet.

No days the same.

[timmyra608]

Cheers chaps. was looking to lighten my load as have a fair distance to walk. Will try Sunday without magnet and see how it goes.

Also is the horse shoe pattern the best method to use when decoying if the wind is blowing directly towards the hide?

Thanks

Tim

(Sorry still fairly new to this)

[yickdaz]

not really either one will do the job on its own I have both and have used both at the same time it depends on the day and you will work out whats working and what isn't, but I still go for a rotary most the time

[Cosd]

Cheers chaps. was looking to lighten my load as have a fair distance to walk. Will try Sunday without magnet and see how it goes.

Also is the horse shoe pattern the best method to use when decoying if the wind is blowing directly towards the hide?

Thanks

Tim

(Sorry still fairly new to this)

The horse shoe is a proven pattern that can work. Try that to start with and watch the birds reactions. If they won't commit to your pattern don't be afraid to change it.

Don't rush out if a couple of birds don't decoy, it's a bit of hit and miss on a quiet day, much easier to read the birds when there's loads about.

But do watch their reactions and try to spot any patterns in their behaviour and adjust your decoys to compensate.

 

Good luck and let us know how you get on.

Edited January 15, 2014 by Cosd

[motty]

The horse shoe is a proven pattern that can work. Try that to start with and watch the birds reactions. If they won't commit to your pattern don't be afraid to change it.

Don't rush out if a couple of birds don't decoy, it's a bit of hit and miss on a quiet day, much easier to read the birds when there's loads about.

But do watch their reactions and try to spot any patterns in their behaviour and adjust your decoys to compensate.

 

Good luck and let us know how you get on.

I agree. I think some people are far too quick to change the pattern when a few birds turn away early on in proceedings. I have shot over 100 on a few occasions when the pigeons didn't want to know for the first hour or so, but came in perfectly for the rest of the day.

 

I will try a magnet and a flapper tomorrow on some sugar beet tops. I may well record what happens if i'm getting a bit of sport.

I almost always start with a rough horeshoe pattern of some sort. It seems to work for me.

[timmyra608]

Cheers Motty, where about do u shoot? I am heading over to Pentney Sunday but not expecting a lot as am shooting a rape field where the rape has failed and surrounded by grass fields. There is a good flight line though.

[TDRsniper]

I always start with a basic horseshoe or "v" pattern with a flapper depending on the lay of the land and they maturity of the crop I add magnet and bouncers accordingly if they don't fancy it.

Sometimes they love it and sometimes they stay well clear.

There is no definitive right or wrong way as my mate literally throws his birds randomly and they stay where they drop.

 

Trial and error every time.

[motty]

Cheers Motty, where about do u shoot? I am heading over to Pentney Sunday but not expecting a lot as am shooting a rape field where the rape has failed and surrounded by grass fields. There is a good flight line though.

I shoot on a few farms here and there. I do a little bit of shooting at Pentney. I've shot a few pigeons as well as ducks and geese there over the last few years.

Edited January 17, 2014 by motty