get me going with decoying

[fieldwanderer]

Right then;

 

I've got the gun, the land, the time and some deeks but I'm not too clued up on how to go about things.

 

I've tried a few times and the pigeons'll come to drop in then they change their minds so I'm guessing my patterns aren't too bad, it's usually a 2sided "triangle" with it's point pointing into the wind and most of the deeks doing roughly the same. Yes, they're only shells but I try to place them to you can't see there's a big gap under them (obscured by a tuft of grass for example). That's one of the things I think may be up. The other's me not being hidden well enough (which I intend to do something about next time I go).

 

 

I know there's a brief guide on the site but I'm really not getting very far with it (no offence to anyone).

 

I really need you to go back to basics for me here guys, "the dummy's guide to decoying and shooting the woodpigeon!"

 

For a start then, how far apart do you put your deeks and how close is the "pattern" to the hide.

 

I've not got as far as magnets yet though I may D.i.y. one in the next couple of days seeing as I've got plenty of time so, how do you use them? surely they're not sat spinning all the time?

 

Any helpful tips more than welcome, even down to how to keep from getting too bored in the lulls

[krazykayaker]

where u from???

 

Sounds like your on the right track, just keep experimenting and see how you go

[dusk2dawn]

Right then;

 

I've got the gun, the land, the time and some deeks but I'm not too clued up on how to go about things.

 

I've tried a few times and the pigeons'll come to drop in then they change their minds so I'm guessing my patterns aren't too bad, it's usually a 2sided "triangle" with it's point pointing into the wind and most of the deeks doing roughly the same. Yes, they're only shells but I try to place them to you can't see there's a big gap under them (obscured by a tuft of grass for example). That's one of the things I think may be up. The other's me not being hidden well enough (which I intend to do something about next time I go).

 

 

I know there's a brief guide on the site but I'm really not getting very far with it (no offence to anyone).

 

I really need you to go back to basics for me here guys, "the dummy's guide to decoying and shooting the woodpigeon!"

 

For a start then, how far apart do you put your deeks and how close is the "pattern" to the hide.

 

I've not got as far as magnets yet though I may D.i.y. one in the next couple of days seeing as I've got plenty of time so, how do you use them? surely they're not sat spinning all the time?

 

Any helpful tips more than welcome, even down to how to keep from getting too bored in the lulls

 

 

 

 

As has been said a number of times before you wont go far wrong if you get yourself a copy(e*ay) of "Pigeon Shooting" by Archie Coates, written a few years ago but a classic, has everything you will need to know to get you started. Good luck.

 

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