We use plastic decoys of all manners, shells, full body, fuds (fold up), various bouncers, magnets, flappers, you name it, someones made it.... we do use dead birds on the pigeon magnets, bouncers, flappers, etc and replace the plastic decoys with the real birds as you shoot them.. Its illegal over here to use live birds.. Some people also roost shoot at night as the birds come into the woods to settle down... We do not have a closed season for wood pigeons in this country allthough they are shot under a general license, based on preventing crop damage... http://www.basc.org.uk/en/shooting/gen