Jackk89 Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Evening everyone, I have recently gained permission on 600 acres of farm land growing mainly rape and peas which I have seen hundreds if not thousands of pigeons and crows having a feast on. However....I've been over 3 times and set up early (5.30am) in an area where I've seen plenty of both using as a flight line, I've had 4-10 birds but when leaving I have a look around and see hundreds of birds on other fields. My question is, if I got over later in the morning and saw which field they were feeding on and then set up there would I scare them off for the rest of the day? Only been out in the field shooting a handful of times so any help is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 If they're determined to feed on a certain field, what should happen is you arrive, they all scare off and go sit in nearby trees for a while, then gradually the bravest ones start returning in ones, twos, threes.... Sitting on a flightline is next best thing if you can't find a field being fed on. But what you should do if they are feeding hard on a field is go and walk them off, tuck yourself away in the hedge at a good vantage point and then observe. If they come back, happy days, get the hide set up! One thing to add, if there were a lot of them flying right over you and not stopping for a look, you might have to think about how natural your decoys look to them, or even how well hidden/camouflaged you are. I suppose it might depend on how spooky the pigeons are, if they have been shot at a lot in their lives or even just been scared away from somewhere else 10 minutes ago by someone trying to shoot them. Trial and error. And patience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning725:) Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Personally I like bangers it could possibly be because I'm inpatient but there we go. You can get them on 5 min fuses put them behind the tree line on opposite field then go to your hide and wait for 5 min I fined that workes best for me;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Personally I like bangers it could possibly be because I'm inpatient but there we go. You can get them on 5 min fuses put them behind the tree line on opposite field then go to your hide and wait for 5 min I fined that workes best for me;) + 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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