Craig Fosse 286 Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 Hi guys, been back to the area where the farmers are cutting the grass for hay twice now and the shooting s good, how often do you guys decoy the same area? Can u go back week after week ur is t best to go there then leave it? ... Using a 12g Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 On 20/07/2013 at 18:13, Craig Fosse said: Hi guys, been back to the area where the farmers are cutting the grass for hay twice now and the shooting s good, how often do you guys decoy the same area? Can u go back week after week ur is t best to go there then leave it? ... Using a 12g for as long as there feeding on the same ground, we shot 3 days on the trot over some peas the other year, shot over 1000 birds between 3 of us Quote Link to post
Craig Fosse 286 Posted July 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Brilliant thanks mate, all I wanted to know! 1 Quote Link to post
cookiemonsterandmerlin 145 Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Peas can be truly amazing but its rare to shoot the same field 3 days on the trot more like 7 to 10 days but if you have multi shooters on the same permission I doubt that would happen . If you Recce the field the way birds react will give you a far idear on if its worth shooting the field ATB Cookie Quote Link to post
Craig Fosse 286 Posted July 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 I'm shooting more of a flight line I guess than a crop, it's just been cut grass for hay but the birds defiantly are entering the pattern, however alot of jueveniles which I am leaving to hopefully give the adults a better chance to decoy, going out on Wednesday I haven't properly shot it yet , only two times for half an hour or so over a couple of weeks because I have been so busy, only found it the other day because the mustard has grown too high and they just didnt go in to that field, so I tried the hay field and alot decoyed, I shot 4 the other day bearing in mind im quite new to this and I only have a single barrel,... But I only spent 10 cartriges, so I was quite happy, I'm hoping to go down Wednesday early doors and get a few rabbits with the air rifle then set up the decoys for about 8 or 9 and have a go. Quote Link to post
cookiemonsterandmerlin 145 Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Nothing wrong with single barrel big myth you need a double or semi to shoot good numbers ATB Cookie Quote Link to post
Craig Fosse 286 Posted July 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Yer I know mate.... In just using it as an excuse truth is I'm picking my shots as I'm shooting at a live bird, not into the wounding thing! Quote Link to post
The one 8,523 Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 About once a fortnight maybe i could get more but usually ive other stuff on Quote Link to post
Craig Fosse 286 Posted July 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 Always the way mate Quote Link to post
GSkye 94 Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 I don't always aim to hunt pigeons, tends to be: if they show up on my permission, they're in the cross hairs. However, if I was to hunt them specifically, how efficient is decoying? Quote Link to post
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