Pigeon decoy pattern targeting tip

[madmax666]

Hi all,  just a tip for those who sometimes cant  get out often enough to make sure their scope/rifle is on target  and once you have set out your decoys and is ready  hopefully to shoot the first one without missing it.  What I now always do is knock a stake right in the middle of the pattern and put a nice dot  about pigeon head height on it...and shoot a few at it to see where the pellet is going and if any adjustments are needed.   I have done this with my pigeon and crow decoys  and it doesn't put the birds off, its a standard 45mm x 45mm 2ft stake from hardware stores your bog standard vampire killing stake.

I hope this helps some people.

cheers

MM

[Ultrastu]

I usually just pop a pellet in the head of one of my full body deeks to check windage 

[Longbower]

I use a piece of card, folded into a flat  U section , put the 'wobbler' pin through the card and stick a 25mm splash target off to one side, (I carry a couple all the time)

so I don't snap the pin. It sits under the decoy so they dont see it . A 1mtr length of green sewing cotton on another pin shows me wind direction.

Might be useful.