Hoppy Posted February 21, 2002 Report Share Posted February 21, 2002 I found a harvested field of beet the other day with 5000 - 7000 birds on it! I let them have a bit of a feed on it, then walked them off at about 8:30am set up my magnet and 5 decoys, but they werent paying any attention to my pattern at all has anyone shot any decent size bags on beet tops and what sort of pattern did they use. I thought I was in for a 500 bird day i ended up with 12 for 14 shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted February 21, 2002 Report Share Posted February 21, 2002 we have had the same problem with fodder turnips , the birds are there but one shot and no more birds they sometimes came back but only in ones and twos . the only way we could get them to come in was tall pegs (2-3 ft) and put the decoys on them or place them tight together in a bare patch . the bare patch was the best bet but only put the decoys about 3ft apart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul p Posted February 21, 2002 Report Share Posted February 21, 2002 i have the same trouble one shot and they go to the closest rape field we try to keep a few fields covered that is the only way at this time of year to get decent bag the decoy patern i use is 15 dead birds i shot the field twice in the two weeks i got 37 and 58 two in the same hide second time try useing dead birds i got a pigeon magnet its spent the last year in the shed thats how much i rate them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazza Posted February 21, 2002 Report Share Posted February 21, 2002 Hiya Paul P I'm suprised at what you say about the magnet!I agree that it would'nt always work,but I've had a lot of success with it!If your ever in the mood to sell it at a reasonable price,let me know. All the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul p Posted February 22, 2002 Report Share Posted February 22, 2002 hi lazza when i first got it i done well they came in a treat but last year i used it on rape a few times and they ignored it as soon as i used dead birds they came in again and nobody shoots on the farms i shoot as some are game shoots as well so they cant be shy of it on that land i agree it brings them a cross but a lot of the time out of range if you want it phone me on this number 07977809472 and its reasonable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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