pete evans Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 in shooting times today there is letter from a guy who has mounted a full body decoy on a toy car (battery operated) the car is then attached to a stake via a piece of string! this chap recons it works well and at 5 quid is the biz. anyone else used anything like this with any success? pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdfish Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 more info pete please jimDfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 jim,the letter read as follows; for all the pigeon shooters who cannot afford a pigeon magnet,i would like to share with them my 4x4 decoy.as you can see its an h&h decoy over a battery powered toy car.pegged out on stubble or drillings it goes round in circles and really pulls in the pigeons.the car only cost £4;95 and the decoy i bought years ago,but i think they are about a fiver. got to say i think its a wind up but who knows ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdfish Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 excuse my ignorance. H&H decoy? Even when I find out it must be some remote control to ride over stubble jimDfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 i think the decoy was an h&h inflatable ? havent got one but heard they were/are very good decoys.in the photo its basically a semi hollow deek placed over the frame of a remote control car,then attached by string to a peg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Thats just what you want, a totally lifelike decoy arrangement. Hands up all those shooters, who have seen pigeons running round in circles on stubble fields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 cranners ! what i want to know is when its wound round the peg does he put in reverse ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete evans Posted August 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 digger its not a wind up. the letter clearly states that it is battery powered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 good one pete ive tried many ways to decoy more pigeons but driving one round a field ?how does he know when to drop the remote control ? i have enough trouble with coffee,ciggies,dog hide and gun ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete evans Posted August 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 seriously though whats your essential item in terms of decoys (not including fieldcraft) is it flappers peckers rotors? your thoughts chaps. pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Floaters are the "must have" item in my bag. They are the most natural looking things, to give movement to your decoys. Rather than muck about with remote controls, why not set up a Scalectrix set. When things got slow, you could have pigeoin races. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Ive also seen this article in shooting times. I seriously doubt that the builder has tried his invention outside his own garden. The wheels on the car are far too small to be of any serious use in the field. Thats not to say that a modified version with say 4" wheels may not work; but as Cranfield has pointed out, hes never seen a pigeon walking round in circles, neither have I. Similarly Ive never seen one with four wheel drive, but who knows what human inginuity and genetically modified crops will create. It would be interesting to learn of the success of such a gadget, but I shant be rushing into the workshop. Im now trying to invent a gadget to carry the gadgets. Rest assured pigeon watch members will be the first to know! webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Cranfield Can you advise if Scalextric offer Land Rover and Toyota Hilux cars for their track? webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Sounds Like a Pigeon CARousel.. or Perhaps a MG MAGNET ( If any of you can remember them!) I agree with Cranfield... Just watch the pigeons when they are hovering over the deaks picking a place to land... the floaters do a great job of imitating this.. as does Deakos Electronic flapper. I have just bought one and used it twice with great results.. me thinks the Pine wood magnet is going into cold storage this year. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 FM I remember the MG Magnet well. My old boss used to have one. It was the first car that I ever converted to gas, I made most of the bits. That was 30 years ago, what a car. My dad had the Wolsley 16/60. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Yes Fine cars mate they dont make em like that any more. When I was 7 or 8 we used to be taken to Sunday School by a local spinster called Miss Money in her Magnet. Before the days of seat belt legislation... 5 of us in the back hanging out of the window scuffing the leather seats.. 2 more in the front.. Wehhaaay...I can still smell the leather and hear the whirring diff as she pulled away up the road... Magic. When she died 15 years later she left the car to a friend who used to work for her in the garden of her house... he still has it I believe.. My Grandfather also had a Wolsey 16/60... what a small world... and a tank of a car called a Humber Hawk which was a real concrete lamp post flattener! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 I can feel a new thread developing here with everyone thinking up the name of an old car that could be linked to shooting. OK then i will start it off with one to make sure you don't inadvertantly shoot too near a prohibited area. Riley PATHFINDER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Vauxhall Magnum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTMS Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 MG SPECKLEDHEN (pheasant and BEER) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdfish Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Ford Coursehare jimDfish Bedford rascal ( mines is an old banger) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 MG SPECKLEDHEN (pheasant and BEER) Er Brian, don't think you have got the gist of this mate, the name has to be of a car that has actually been produced and not one that you would like produced. jimDfish, I think you can have your version of Corsair, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazza Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 The Reliant Fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Mitsubishi Sho(t)gun. Daimler Dart. (obtuse, I know, but I was thinking.........Archery :blink: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Daimler Dart. (obtuse, I know, but I was thinking.........Archery ) :blink: A bit iffy that one Cranfield because if you speak to an ex Daimler employee(such as me), the name Dart never existed and the car is called the SP250. It was originally called the Dart of course but after threats of massive legal action from Dodge of America, the name was deleted from all Daimler records. Not from public memory though. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remytherussell Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Why not fit some arms to the remote toy and have a string of decoys in traditional "horseshoe" shape and the flyers could swoop in to join on at the end!! EASY. RTR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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