Kit

[fat_jay]

Morning all,

So I have just landed some land to shoot pigeons over........what is the basic kit I need to get me started?

I have a small net and half a dozen full bodied decoys, don't have a great deal to spend but what should I invest in next to build my kit and help me get the birds in?

 

Thanks In Advance

 

Jay

[Bobba]

Good job you do not have a great deal to spend otherwise it runs the risk of becoming like boys and their toys with a rotary, then a flapper then.... then........then........

 

One of my permissions has this year planted rapeseed well away from where I can park my car so I'm having to walk the kit in. Batteries and rotaries and flappers are weighty objects and of necessity I have therefore become a minimalist. At first I was sceptical but the results gave been quite satisfying.

 

In my backpack / kitbag are two nets, 12 shell decoys, folding stool, cartridges, food and water.

In my rod bag are 4 hide poles, two sets of floater poles, two telescopic bouncer poles and clips to secure netting to the poles.

Two floater decoys are carried on the poles protruding from the rod bag. (If your a handyman make your own floaters with full bodied decoys and Jack Pyke wing sets, although you will have to paint the wing sets as their colour scheme is nothing like the real thing.) my preference is for floaters as they add more movement in the wind.

 

I increase the decoy pattern with dead birds and mount dead birds on the bouncer poles.

 

Minimalist, but it seems to be working

[fat_jay]

Thanks Bobba,

will look for some bouncers/floaters

[fortune]

post #1 is about right. think about it logically, the birds land to feed whether there are decoys or not, so if you find firstly a line or better two on a crossing then there is a good chance to bring them in to that area if they see the pigeons and think that the decoys are feeding at that spot. although all of the bits have been found to work in attracting birds they don't work all of the time. if the birds are there and they think that there are birds on the field feeding you dont need tons of gear to shoot. I have stood behind a gatepost on a line and shot a pigeon or two passing by and built up a pattern of shot birds in the field without any decoys, nets or anything so dont think that you have to have all of the whistles and bells. recce is the key. no birds = no shooting

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Thanks Bobba,

will look for some bouncers/floaters

 

Try here;

 

https://www.bushwear.co.uk/decoy-pigeon-floater-bounce-set-of-2-126906.html?jl_uid=1511effbc06c8579a84f93d73556d45e&jl_cmpn=13_12_16_1&utm_content=39069011&utm_source=hs_email&_hsmi=39069011&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9EtbHverie5pwYlgAEluh8jN-SWverAPowQcjNB19dU60Cm4o4FNiXe71xElZLPgjlfTzyNIQC3mTLI-WrWqIgh8hVuw&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Christmas+2016

[fat_jay]

Brilliant thank you!