success on the maggies

[stubby 175]

after reading jelly4_'s post yesterday, in another thread

 

 

 

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/163792-is-their-much-point-decoying-crows-and-pigeons-on-cut-hay/

 

 

it got me thinking, that although it sounded crazy, it might just be the thing I needed, I have one permission/sheep farm, that has a very big problem with the magpies, its made even harder by the fact that this place has noise issue's, so I can only use, either the single shot 410 hushpower, or the rimmy, most times that I go there, I shoot either rabbits or pigeons, but the farmer is always asking me to give those "black & whites" a go, and Ive tried everything, magpie decoys, crow decoys with the dead rabbit, a large owl decoy with dead magpie, even got myself a MID call, all to no avail, nothing seems to work, they just fly around in packs of 20-40 birds, always to the opposite side you've set up on

 

so this morning, I got down in the shed, I already had a american dove rotor decoy, that I had turned into a magpie deek a few months back by lengthing the tail and spraying black and white, so it was really just a case of how to attach to a pigeon magnet, electrical connector blocks was the answer, one attached via a swivel to the fox tail, and one attached to the maggy deek with a plastic tie, from a distance the maggy deek looks very convincing, and Im a strong beliver in movement catches any birds eye and brings them in to see.

 

so what do ya think

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hryAh2jHODE

 

 

I'll try and get over the farm this friday, and post any success with it

[jelly4_ 0]

Glad ive made you think! let us know how you go on, like i say, worked well for us!

 

Stu

[stubby 175]

well, took it over a permission today, and can say it was a 100%.....

 

 

 

 

FLOP

 

 

 

 

wont be bothering again with it, those maggies were laughing as they took a very big berth around it

[WILF 46,775]

well, took it over a permission today, and can say it was a 100%.....

 

 

 

 

FLOP

 

 

 

 

wont be bothering again with it, those maggies were laughing as they took a very big berth around it

 

Get one shot, fix it up the fork of a tree and watch them drop into it

[fellman 116]

you want to shoot lots of maggies?

get yourself a ferret with a coller on attatch said ferret to a stake with a lenth of strong fishing line WITH a swivel stake it out and watch those maggies come in . and still comein as they are seeing their mates go down too ...... yis fellman

[stubby 175]

 

Get one shot, fix it up the fork of a tree and watch them drop into it

 

well, sort of took your advice wilf, and it paid off big time

went back over today, with the intention of shooting a few woodies,well not a woody in sight, hung around for an hour then thought, sod it,lets go home, on the walk back to the car, saw a rabbit and shot that and on getting closer to where I parked, thought Id give the "old" dead rabbit decoy a try, I tucked myself in, alongside a tractor and did'nt have long to wait, within 5 minutes a maggie dropped in, and I dropped it well the sky then became full of them, screaming away and dropping in to see their dead buddy, I got six before they realised it was not a safe place to be, well Im chuffed to say the least, all this time of trying, and it finally came together, and I now know, my future ambush point is about ten foot away from where I park

 

 

 

 

 

you want to shoot lots of maggies?

get yourself a ferret with a coller on attatch said ferret to a stake with a lenth of strong fishing line WITH a swivel stake it out and watch those maggies come in . and still comein as they are seeing their mates go down too ...... yis fellman

 

I certainly wont try that, although the fert is domesticated, Im sure someone somewhere would find an illegal act here somehow, and being a pestie by trade, it would'ent go down well in my employment

[WILF 46,775]

Nice one Stubby, good shooting

[Catcher 1 639]

Shot them for years stubby.Crafty little feckers.Pick up on things quite quickly.All ways trying new ways to bring them in.atb. Catcher.

Edited October 16, 2010 by Catcher 1

[sibaldib 6]

Good shooting mate.

 

I absolutely hate magpies, but I find they're one of hardest birds to shoot.

 

Cheers

 

Sib

[fellman 116]

 

Get one shot, fix it up the fork of a tree and watch them drop into it

 

well, sort of took your advice wilf, and it paid off big time

went back over today, with the intention of shooting a few woodies,well not a woody in sight, hung around for an hour then thought, sod it,lets go home, on the walk back to the car, saw a rabbit and shot that and on getting closer to where I parked, thought Id give the "old" dead rabbit decoy a try, I tucked myself in, alongside a tractor and did'nt have long to wait, within 5 minutes a maggie dropped in, and I dropped it well the sky then became full of them, screaming away and dropping in to see their dead buddy, I got six before they realised it was not a safe place to be, well Im chuffed to say the least, all this time of trying, and it finally came together, and I now know, my future ambush point is about ten foot away from where I park

 

 

 

 

 

you want to shoot lots of maggies?

get yourself a ferret with a coller on attatch said ferret to a stake with a lenth of strong fishing line WITH a swivel stake it out and watch those maggies come in . and still comein as they are seeing their mates go down too ...... yis fellman

 

I certainly wont try that, although the fert is domesticated, Im sure someone somewhere would find an illegal act here somehow, and being a pestie by trade, it would'ent go down well in my employment

im a proffesional pest controler and there is nothing illegal in what i have said............ and it works a treat ...

[SEAN3513 7]

i use wilfs trick stubby

 

get one whacked and put up in a tree, hedge etc......sit close by and with an old camera film canister with about 20 air rifle pellets in and shake vigoursly about 20 times every couple of mins ( mimics the magpie call) they are sure to come in..........or use tic tacs or.............well you get the picture

 

nice work mate....keep at em........devious little feckers

 

 

[Catcher 1 639]

A rabbit squeal will also bring them in.

[matt1e 1]

the old dead rabbit trick always works on our little it of shoot also we found a dead weasle we put out to try and them old maggies loved it for a while( why was that?)now we cant get near them they see us coming miles away.