mossy835 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 how far from the hide do you put, your car,van. or 4x4, i put mine about 20 yards away, and they still come in, how far do you put yours, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Hadn't given it much thought really but don't think I've ever parked mine nearer than about 200yds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattleFieldRelics Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 I always get a taxi to mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 It varies on the terrain. If I am alongside a wooded area, I can tuck it under the trees about 100 yards away and its OK, but in the wider prairies I shoot, the further away the better. A farmer once offered to buy my truck so he could park it in the field as a bird scarer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 It varies on the terrain. If I am alongside a wooded area, I can tuck it under the trees about 100 yards away and its OK, but in the wider prairies I shoot, the further away the better. A farmer once offered to buy my truck so he could park it in the field as a bird scarer. I'll be using my truck tomorrow parked up in middle of next field hopefully will keep the crows off that field and send them my way. atb Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 i have stuck the front of the landrover in the wood and chucked a double thickness army net over it and sat in the back with the door open and shot like that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 I'll be using my truck tomorrow parked up in middle of next field hopefully will keep the crows off that field and send them my way. atb Terry Thats what myself and jdog did while pigeon decoying , seemed to work well keeping them out of adjacent fields, it certainly didn't put them off anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Just out of sight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside1000 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 I put my bicycle in the hedge and cover it with a branch, they never see it , thimples, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 The only time I would leave my car that close, if it was behind the hedge out of sight, if it was on the field I was on it would be at least out of range of the cartridges I use, the last thing I want to see is the side of my motor looking like a pattern plate after a dose of clear pigeon 6s have just missed a pigeon and hit my motor.................If I was you I would leave it at least 150yds to 200yds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berettadevon Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 i always leave mine as far away as possible but close enough to be able to make a quick dash to if needed to fetch another case of cartridges!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umney531 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Same as above but don't think it really matters last two outings I have drove right up to the hide to put the tackle in and pigeons still dropping in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stecad687 Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 @Stecad Don't think it really matters as I've parked mine quite close at times. Whenever I park it close you can bet that a combination of jinking pigeon, range and topography will engineer a shot that rattles off the truck. Oops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfeller Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 just far enough to walk to the hide, birds really dont seem to notice too much. had a day on crows last year and left truck by farm gate , with hide some thirty yards away, crows just kept on coming it. suppose they are used to farm vehicles etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin-till Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 it depends on access to the fields unfortunately the places i shoot at the moment you need to break out the sherpa's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 (edited) I was watching pigeons following the combine on the rape whilst harvesting . I have sat in my truck in bad weather during the winter and shot pigeons out of the window over decoys . Vehicles don't seem to bother them much . Harnser Edited August 16, 2014 by Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesy Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 I've found that pigeons are not put off by vehicle as they don't seem to equate them to danger. How many times have you stopped in your car to observe pigeons and crows in a field and the minute you open the door and get out,there are off. I have seen it many times where I'm next to my car loading my gear and pigeons have flew past well within shooting range. I've parked my vehicle as close as 30 yards behind my hide in full view and pigeons still came in to the decoys. I'm sure I read somewhere that some syndicate were using scrap cars as hides and had been very successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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