Clint Eastwood

I am new to this decoying and only been out twice, me and 3 more guns seem to be having the same problem, am i expecting to much?? some people are having the same problem looks like, loads pigeons everywhere i only shot 8 on Saturday & was out all day!! i look in some magazines and people have bags of 400 -500 ?? is this possible in Somerset?? i have just registered today to this site and looks like loads of information and it's what i need.