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Do pigeon shooting decoys work better when elevated?
My pigeon shooting pal always puts decoys in a wire cradle, even on drillings.
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He says getting them off the ground, even an inch or two, makes them look better to birds on the wing.
I can see some sense in what he says but surely it doesn’t apply to bare drilled fields, does it?
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Peter Theobald
If you are using full-bodied pigeon decoys, I don’t think there is any need to elevate them on drillings.
However pigeon decoy shells do look much better on a peg, particularly the ones with a spring on the top that allows the decoy to move around a bit.
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