air-pro pigeon decoys success!

sniper83

hi guys just thought id post my success at the wk end with new decoys i got last week for the pigeon magnet. The farmers barley was taking a right hammering during the week especially on some lodged winter barley so i got down their as quick as i could.. the field i shot over was stubble, i ended up with 133 pigeons 12 crows and 2 grey crows..! best so far this year:D

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excuse the grin;)

heres the link with the decoys in action

http://www.decoying.co.uk/video/air-pro.html

Has anyone else used these, if so how did ye get on??

fiestaman

very good shooting. but becarefull you cant shoot over stuble. you must shoot pigeon over crop that they are doing damage to.

stevoman

sniper83 wrote: »

hi guys just thought id post my success at the wk end with new decoys i got last week for the pigeon magnet. The farmers barley was taking a right hammering during the week especially on some lodged winter barley so i got down their as quick as i could.. the field i shot over was stubble, i ended up with 133 pigeons 12 crows and 2 grey crows..! best so far this year:D

27072008(008)(01).jpg

excuse the grin;)

heres the link with the decoys in action

http://www.decoying.co.uk/video/air-pro.html

Has anyone else used these, if so how did ye get on??

nice shooting sniper. i had the magent over wheat last weekend but only got about 50 over three days but not so bad. the fridge freezer is full of breasts now so its not so bad.

J.R.

I've used the air pro crow & pigeon - very good ...seem to really attract them in.

I see L.R. Active are selling them in crow, greycrow, magpie & pigeon

stevoman

J.R. wrote: »

I've used the air pro crow & pigeon - very good ...seem to really attract them in.

I see L.R. Active are selling them in crow, greycrow, magpie & pigeon

i bought my spinner in england so i did at a fair and im afraid its a bit of a home made job (i was'nt thinking and tried to save about £20). thankfully iv discovered that the arm from the air pro spinner will fit on my main spinner so im gonna pick up one of the as my metal arms seem to be very heavy. also the clips on top of the spinning arms seem to be very handy.



on another note, i wonder how long these magnets will be available in ireland. i know they are illegal in france and with the popularity of decoying growing, will it be long before the powers that be see it as an unfair advantage to the shooter?

sniper83

true enough stevo hope it doesnt happen any time soon! , wonder was the french president talkin 2 biffo about it when he visited


My magnet is a homemade job, though i just invested in a 4 arm magnet to really draw them in.;)

1400grant

J.R. wrote: »

I've used the air pro crow & pigeon - very good ...seem to really attract them in.

I see L.R. Active are selling them in crow, greycrow, magpie & pigeon

I just bought a set of these pigeon air pro decoys i got them assembled and attached to my rotary but for some strange reason the wings won't rotate whilst spinning round on the rotary? why is this.

donnacha2006

i would think that you have the wings faced the wrong way. 1 is counteracting the other. that could be it not sure. i have 2 pairs on order should get them tommorrow. made up a pair yesterday. They actually worked fairly well today. The real ones should be better thou

vermin hunter

fiestaman wrote: »

very good shooting. but becarefull you cant shoot over stuble. you must shoot pigeon over crop that they are doing damage to.

go on to the n.a.r.g.c site you are alowed shoot over stubles

ivanthehunter

fiestaman wrote: »

very good shooting. but becarefull you cant shoot over stuble. you must shoot pigeon over crop that they are doing damage to.

Wrong mate!!

terminator2

I wish they would start a bit of harvesting around my area

Dusty87

I got great shooting over stubble last week. Going down to shoot over barley saturday. Good field wit no other fields around

alan123

If they harvest you cant shoot!! There has to be crop nearby and stubble is fair game if there was a crop nearby. Thats a good bag and you probably shot at a pile that you missed. I think the decoys are good for getting your first 2 pigeons but then I switch to the real thing. I would be interested to hear how the 4 bird one does??

sniper83

1400grant wrote: »

I just bought a set of these pigeon air pro decoys i got them assembled and attached to my rotary but for some strange reason the wings won't rotate whilst spinning round on the rotary? why is this.

Id say u have the wings faced the wrong way or maybe the decoys are at the wrong angle on the magnet..;)

alan123 wrote: »

Thats a good bag and you probably shot at a pile that you missed. I think the decoys are good for getting your first 2 pigeons but then I switch to the real thing. I would be interested to hear how the 4 bird one does??

Swaped the 4 arm magnet a few months back, got a gud deal;) didnt notice much difference between it and da ordinary one to be honest..
once ive taken a few birds i change them as well, nothing better then real mr pigeon!! i find the ordinary magnet with a couple of bouncers and decoys do the trick!
what set up would u use?

oh nearly forgot, cartridges are too pricey to be missing a pile alan;):cool:

Dusty87

alan123 wrote: »

If they harvest you cant shoot!! There has to be crop nearby and stubble is fair game if there was a crop nearby.

Yes thats why im shootin 'over' barley like i said! Shot over stubble in a completely different area which has plenty of crops around! Hence the goin 'down to shoot' i have to travel.

alan123

sorry Dusty, I should have quoted the Terminator2 in that reply!

"I wish they would start a bit of harvesting around my area"

alan123

i find the ordinary magnet with a couple of bouncers and decoys do the trick!
what set up would u use?

oh nearly forgot, cartridges are too pricey to be missing a pile alan;):cool:[/QUOTE]

I set up a 'U' pattern into the wind with the magnet at the nose of
the U or sometimes at the end of one of the "legs" of the U. I think just a 2 bird magnet does the trick and get them curious/interested. Even if we have 2 magnets with us we just put out one or set up a seperate hide at the other side of the field and play a bit of pigeon tennis!!!!
I hear ya on the ammo but hey, thats what its all about, I fired 500 rounds the last day I was out and probably shot a 3:1 ratio. Expensive, and I couldnt afford to do it every week, but what the hell, I dont often have big days. Dont hold back on the ammo, get it up there!!

Dusty87

I do put a few crows decoys a bit away from my pigeon setup. Draws them in aswel!

alan123

I do too sometimes and I also put a magpie out last time but Im not sure if it helped me or hindered me???? I was in a field recently and the pigeons were feeding down the other end near the road. I was toying with putting an owl down the other end to scare them up my end of the field. How many decoys is too many!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

pm.

farmer across the field from me is having the same problem, rang the local gun dealer and he has 1 motorized pigeon decoy left €50 so i told him to hold it for me

alan123

€50 for what??

sniper83

alan123 wrote: »

I do too sometimes and I also put a magpie out last time but Im not sure if it helped me or hindered me???? I was in a field recently and the pigeons were feeding down the other end near the road. I was toying with putting an owl down the other end to scare them up my end of the field. How many decoys is too many!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

I sometimes put a greycrow with a U/V pattern but keep him well away from it, pigeons reckon its safe if a grey/magpie is nearby.:D

ordinary crow decoys beside da pattern defiently work dusty, try puttin one on a bouncer as well

20 decoys is loads to start off with, any dead birds i shoot i add to da pattern...


if their feeding at da other end of da field just put up a few sticks with plastic bags tied on, that should put them up your end of da field for da day;)

alan123

€50 is very cheap for a magnet! They are usually €150+. If anyone wanted an owl for their collection you can get them at a gun dealer for about €40 but the recession tip of the week is to go to b&q where you can get them for €20 in the vermin control section!

Dusty87

I dont know does anyone do this but i seen it in a magazine recently. Get good tying wire and bend it into shape to put pigeons you just shot into the decoy pattern. Bend a u shape for the body and another for the head, So they look like there just sitting there.

sniper83

Dusty87 wrote: »

I dont know does anyone do this but i seen it in a magazine recently. Get good tying wire and bend it into shape to put pigeons you just shot into the decoy pattern. Bend a u shape for the body and another for the head, So they look like there just sitting there.

ya i use dem their called cradles dusty, i was lazy and bought some:)

Deako

These are brand new and DEADLY!!

http://www.decoying.co.uk/?page=show-item&item=702

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