Sinistercr0c

No worries mate. Best advice I can give is keep yer hands and face covered (gloves & hat/face net) and keep still until you decide to make the shot. They're wick buggers if they spot you and will be off like a bat out of hell before you've had a chance to get on 'em. Good Luck!

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Just wanted to post a big thankyou to bell for taking me out on his permission this afternoon. We saw quite a few woodies and whilst the bag wasn't huge, it really gave me an insight into the art of decoying. Thanks again Gary....I am now offically hooked!

Wow, thanks for the swift responses (and the offers!) Wish I'd have found this site earlier, would have saved me a lot of wasted time. @Verminator - I think the main reason I've failed to secure any shooting is the nature of the farming round my way (West Yorks.). Its more your traditional livestock rather than arable farming so there seems to be little in the way of crops that require protection from woodies etc. and I've not really plucked up the courage to try further afield. Once again, thanks for the responses. I may well be knocking 'em out of the sky in a field near you soon

Hi All, First post in these forums so forgive me if I have not done this correctly. I have been shooting for a couple of years (mostly clays at a ground in North Yorks.) and consider myself to be a reasonable shot. (I have also been on a driven pheasant day so have actually shot at live quarry) I would really like to try my hand at pigeon shooting, but haven't had any success in securing permission to shoot over any land. Because of this I haven't bought any gear (seems pretty pointless if I ''ve nowhere to use it), so have come to the conclusion that my only real options are: 1