Lefty gunz Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Went out tonight for an hour to see if i could get a couple of pigeon for the magnet on saturday. All i managed was 2 crows and a bl$%^y feral pigeon Is it worth putting a feral on a magnet or shall i just bung it over the hedge?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Went out tonight for an hour to see if i could get a couple of pigeon for the magnet on saturday. All i managed was 2 crows and a bl$%^y feral pigeon Is it worth putting a feral on a magnet or shall i just bung it over the hedge?? I would have thought that any pigeon feeding or appearing to have discovered a good place to eat will bring in others, after all they do mix when feeding, try it and let us know so we dont waste our time as well B) D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty gunz Posted May 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Right, so its a feral pigeon on one side and a crow with one wing on the other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Right, so its a feral pigeon on one side and a crow with one wing on the other We are looking forward to the outcome tomorrow, keep us posted B) D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Get some white paint out and give it wing and neck bars, I am pretty sure it will work then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul in North Lincs. Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 I shot close to a bridge last year and struggled like mad for the woodies....I dropped a couple of ferals and banged them on the magnet....and ended up with 60 odd ferals in about 2 hours..................if there's one....there's bound to be a few more knocking about....you've nothing to lose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Problem will be no white on the ferals as it's that the birds are attracted to. As Paul says you might bag a load of other ferals (personally I wouldn't bother) but be careful. Ringed ferals are on the protected list (though how the hell you're supposed to see that when they're coming in is beyond me) and you'd better know the difference between a feral and a stock dove, in my experience not many do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul in North Lincs. Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Problem will be no white on the ferals as it's that the birds are attracted to. As Paul says you might bag a load of other ferals (personally I wouldn't bother) but be careful. Ringed ferals are on the protected list (though how the hell you're supposed to see that when they're coming in is beyond me) and you'd better know the difference between a feral and a stock dove, in my experience not many do! In my opinion ferals can be a real nuisane and should be readily shot........I have raced pigeons for years, and would mention that ordinarily you wouldn't easily draw racers into deeks on a training flight or race...........unless they were really **** birds and not in form..... Usually the odd one to two you find hanging about with the yackers are young birds that are lost, and have turned ferals themselves.......in this case they are worthless to the owner anyway......and are no better than a feral pigeon.................... occasionally mistaken identiy can occur Any pigeon of mine that dropped out of a race or training toss....to check out some buddies in a field and came back when it wanted would probalby end up in the bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deako Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Shot loads of ferals over a magnet fitted with flapping decoys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Right, so its a feral pigeon on one side and a crow with one wing on the other We are looking forward to the outcome tomorrow, keep us posted D2D Lefty must still be sitting out in the fields watching the Crow and the Feral go round and round.......and round Someone had better go bring him in D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty gunz Posted May 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Well im sorry to say i never found out how well it would have worked, no wind and no woodies to fool Still, it wasnt a total loss, i managed to bag 9 crows and was shooting well with the mossy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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