Shotgun Mike Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Over the past few weeks i have had trouble getting pigeons coming into my pattern. I am using the same techniques i have been using for years but i doesn't seem to be working! They sit in the trees on the other side of the field. What could be wrong? Can anyone help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 hi mike, i have had the same problem with the pigeons just sitting in the trees at the other side of the fields, Until i bought a flapper i tried it for the first time on sunday morning i found that it was pulling pigeons from 300 yard on a consistant basis, i also had 12 full bodied deeks on spring sticks the were rocrkin with the wind. I found that the birds pulled onto the flapper and then cruised on to try and land in with the deeks, for the first outing i was pleased. work is the curse of the shooting man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Vary the pattern, increase or decrease the number of decoys you put out, introduce a floater or two, or move your hide. All of these things may seem a bit obvious, but they are things that I have done, in similar circumstances to those you are suffering and they worked (especially the hide moving). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren m Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 just out of interest , where abouts should you place your flapper decoys, in the pattern or outside of it . Darren . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 I don,t think there are any hard and fast rules, for where you place your rotary, flapper, or floaters, as I have said before, it pays to experiment and change things. On a horseshoe patter, I usually start off with my rotary at the head of the horseshoe, with a flapper in the pattern on one side and a floater, or two, just inside the end, of the horseshoes arms. > > > > > > > > > > > . ........... x Flapper...........> . .....................................> . .............................xRotary..> .. .........................................> . ........................................> . ......................................> . ...................xFloater.........> ........... xFloater..............> > > > > > > > > > > > As you can see, I spent most of Art and Technical Drawing lessons looking out of the classroom window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermin Dropper Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 I also thought that generally the rotor went at the front of the pattern, I went out on Monday, having a very slow day I moved twice and in my third position, after an hour drinking coffee and only bagging 4 pigeons, I decided to try the rotor about 15 yards out to the back of the pattern. After a few minutes they started trickling in, one after another over the roter, trying to land in the pattern. Needless to say the afternoon was spot on, just goes to show, sometimes you never know what will work till you try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdev Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Shotgun Mike ""Has the field being shot over much??? if so the woodies will be very warey to comit to the field.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 I have often had better results by having the rotor at the back on the outer edge of the patern. I think the moving birds at the front can often put them off from landing and then having to fly off over the moving birds. As the others have said though it pays to experiment ,as what works one day does not necessarilly work the next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baikiel boy Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Hi all, Some years ago i'd made some fibre glass shell decoy's , i used these for some time , then made them better by skinning pigeon curing the skins and covering fibre shells with them , heads as well ,great used these for some time , moved to better decoys , now having same trouble as everyone else, rotary shy ? used to decoy's ? fetched skinned fibred glass decoys out , mixed in with other decoy's BINGO!! you never know do you Regards baikiel boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 What I usually do is to put the rotor slightly on the side of my horseshoe pattern a few yards away from the front end of the pattern.I put the bulk of my decoys in the front end and to increse confidence I put a couple of short floaters at the front mixed with the decoys(to imitate pigeons just before landing).I also put a floater 15 yards behind my pattern.This usually works very well.I plan to introduce Deako's flapper and try it at the front or middle of the pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Mike Posted March 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 big dev, the particular field isnt shot many times a year although neither is the surrounding area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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