spready Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 One of my permissions i have a very good few flight lines that are busy all day long, they fly across a field to another farm onto the rape stubble back and forth all day , but they seem to aim to one point across the other side where i can't really shoot due to live stock and horses , so no chance sitting under it and cashing in. so my only option is to sit the other side and hope they come within range. so what i was wondering is there anyway i can draw them over my position? maybe put my flapper out to give a small amount of movement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mightymariner Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Get as close as you can to the flight line and use flapper/decoys to try and bring them close in. I shot today on a flight line just using decoys and flapper where the birds were flying over to a distant field. Worked ok and worked even better when I had plenty of dead birds on the stubble in front of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 stick a rotary out as close to the flightline as you can with decoys out, not saying you will shoot 100 but I bet you pull enough in range to get a decent bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 get as close as poss to the flight line and put a few decoys out with either a flapper OR magnet, they will come for a nosey, but a little tip is when you do shoot one, swap it for one of the decoys so you end up with just dead birds in ya pattern atb Evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Set up in the middle of the field with your back to the livestock, make sure you have a good roof but leave enough gap to enable you to take shots upwards as well as in front. The whirly and a good spread of decoys will pull them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spready Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Sorry forgot to add the fields they fly across of mine are grass fields for hay, so they have no interest in them , plus the grass is far too high for decoys..... any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Sorry forgot to add the fields they fly across of mine are grass fields for hay, so they have no interest in them , plus the grass is far too high for decoys..... any suggestions? It IS possible to decoy birds into short grass but in your case just do away with the deeks and put a hide right under the thick of it, a whirly or flapper won't hurt but it sounds like your only bet is flighting them. The other option might just be to approach the farmer whose ground they're flying too ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew f Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 the more decoys you put down the better they come in I place 15 decoys down and swap the decoys out for the dead birds I end up with 20 odd birds in a long v shape with a magnet or flapper closer to the flight line to make them look at the pattern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocknee Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 I would stick a hide up in the middle under the flightline I certainly wouldn't have a roof and probably wouldn't bother with decoys it depends on the situation, sitting under a flightline shooting 40 to 60 yard pigeons is in my opinion the best kind of shooting, you will not get a huge bag but the sport can be excellent if you get it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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