dig deep! 0 Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 hi all, i am planning to go pigeon decoying with my r-10 i have a decent hide, 12 pigeon decoys and 1 crow decoy. i have been before but failed miserable leaving with not 1 in the bag last time i layed the decoys in a horseshoe position with the closed end facing the wind and put the crow about 10 yards of the flight pattern,there are plenty of pigeons down my permition as they fly over but do not land. am i doing something wrong??? and also what pattern do you use when decoying for pigeons??? cheers. Quote Link to post
tomburras 2,730 Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 hi all, i am planning to go pigeon decoying with my r-10 i have a decent hide, 12 pigeon decoys and 1 crow decoy. i have been before but failed miserable leaving with not 1 in the bag last time i layed the decoys in a horseshoe position with the closed end facing the wind and put the crow about 10 yards of the flight pattern,there are plenty of pigeons down my permition as they fly over but do not land. am i doing something wrong??? and also what pattern do you use when decoying for pigeons??? cheers. i lay mine in a u shape and facing the wind, keep an eye out for a flight line and get under it if you can. cover hands and face tho as they have amazing eyes that can spot skin a mile off! Quote Link to post
jasper65 6 Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 was always told to leave a Gap between two patterns facing the wind . by all account Pigeons like to fly over the top of there pals alot of the time and land infront! I'm sure it was the late great Archie Coats who said that? Crow deacs are handy as it proves to the Pigeons it normaly pretty safe! we used to also Bung a couple of Magpie deacs in the hegde near by. I wouldn't worry about it if you drew a blank if there wasn't many pigeons about! but if there was plenty over flying your Deacs then somthing was a miss . I have never shot them with a Air Rifle over decoys but it certainly could be productive as many will land among the Patterns. this is probably a load of bollox to the pro's in the game but it worked for me while out with the shotty . Jasper Quote Link to post
Adam16 1 Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Hi mate thought I would just add, try identifying a sitty tree. Half an hour watching to see which tree the birds use (generally either, one of the larger trees on the egde of a row or wood, or a single tree in a hedge row or field) can pay off more for the air rifle as they tend to land in these trees to scout out the area before going in to feed. If you get it right then you'll have more brids to shoot at than ever! Good luck pal Adam Quote Link to post
Catcher 1 639 Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Hi mate thought I would just add, try identifying a sitty tree. Half an hour watching to see which tree the birds use (generally either, one of the larger trees on the egde of a row or wood, or a single tree in a hedge row or field) can pay off more for the air rifle as they tend to land in these trees to scout out the area before going in to feed. If you get it right then you'll have more brids to shoot at than ever! Good luck pal Adam Goog advice been doing it this way for years.Alot of times.they will land Get a bit edgy.Then fly to the nearest tree. Quote Link to post
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