Advice needed please

[wiganlad2008 0]

I have recentley been going back out with a mate with the air rifles after a number of years of doing over sports

We used to shoot rabbits but he tells me there rarer then hens teeth round here now and he hasn't seen any for the last two years

 

He has permisson in what I would class as woodlands the problem is the canopy of trees is very high and almost impossible to see the pidgeons in the trees because of leaves, there are rafts of them you only have to make a noise and they take flight

 

There around 3 meadows in the woodlands yet they seem to stick in the trees and fly in and out

 

Any tips on spotting them or the best times etc to get them?

 

Thanks

 

[ghillies 209]

a ghillie suit does for me

 

its that or get there first and suss the veiws, if your there first when they land they map the place, if anything changes they know instantly, hense creeping in is so hard.

 

failling that its give it time untill you get used to it.

Edited October 8, 2012 by ghillies

[wiganlad2008 0]

Thankyou

[kanny 20,589]

its hard at the moment with the leaf cover like you say but it wont be long now before the leafs are gone i cant wait to get started again.... shooting them as they come in to roost is going to be your best bet.... get in the wood a hour or two befor dusk look for the trees with alot of droppings and feathers around them get your self hidden if you cant make a hide and keep all skin coverd ( hands and face) and make slow movements when taking aim

[ghillies 209]

no problem