Bosch*Bang Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Hi everyone, Im very new to the pigeon scene right now so please ecuse me for my novice questions. I was recently given permission to shoot pigeons from the 1st of feb to the 1st of march after much begging to the gamekeeper. He said to me from his from door if you go across this first field there are loads of rape fields around 50 acres in all he said. He also said to me they are scattered and not all in one bundle. My problem is i know what a rape field looks like when its nice and yellow however, in feb i dont asume its going to be looking like that. My question is how could i identify a rape field between in the month of feb? I took a walk over the fields to take a look anyway and see if there might be any good hide outs etc etc. On the field now there are just bare flat green plants is this rape at this time of year? My last question is! i purchased 10 decoys, would you say this would be enough? The shells i bought were 6's is this a good choice? Any help or advise? i would be very much grateful. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 It sounds as though you have found the rape fields, but it might just be worth checking with the Gamekeeper, there must be a slot in his day when he could walk you round the place. There are plenty of posted opinions on the Forums about how many decoys, placements, types etc., its worth having a "search" around. In certain circumstances I will use as many as 50, other times I will only use 3 or 4. You can always add dead birds to your artificial decoys, as you shoot them. No6 shot will kill pigeons effectively. Good luck. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosch*Bang Posted December 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Thank you for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 get a multi map aerial photo to show the keeper if he has no time to walk you round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossa Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Hi Bosch*Bang, when I got a shoot we took an o/s map with us and the farmer penciled his boundry's in for us, made life a lot easier for us, good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TX Sniper Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 shells are fine. as said get the keeper to show you. 10 deeks is fine just spread em out (heads facing into the wind) around 10 to 30 yards from the hide. Best to put the hide near a hedge or wood so it blends in. hth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosch*Bang Posted December 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Thank you all for your replies. I have a couple more questions that poped into my head tonight. Are the shell decoys just as good as the real life 3d ones? And with the hides would you reccomend a camo net? or would real tree camo be just as good? Any info would be great guys. Cheers and Merry Christmas Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 IMO shells are as good as full sized decoys, especially in growing crops (as opposed to bare drilled fields). The important thing is to have some movement in your decoys and shells will "bob" nicely in a breeze, better than full sized. I am quite happy with "ex Army" style cammo nets and don't subscribe to the more expensive "Realtree" type materials. :o Do you have problems sleeping ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosch*Bang Posted December 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 Lol no i can sleep with no probs normally however i have been working nights all last week. The decoys i have bought will have no movement however i was thinking of buying a bouncer. If i lay out my static ones where would the best place be to put the bouncer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 If you mount your shells with the peg tip just in the slot, they will rock. You can also buy pegs with an inch of spring at the end, they really work well. I tend to set my floaters/bouncers half way into and to the side of the "killing area". If you do a search on decoy layouts, or look on the front home page, there are lots of suggestions on decoy layouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosch*Bang Posted December 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Thanks for your help mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napier Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 find the shoots and dig intell you find the rape seed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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