flew high fliers seriously a long time back and once the young were taken from parents we would only feed them when a fantail or other white coloured pigeon was present then the day you want to give them their freedom you keep them very hungry and as soon as you think they were going too high it was out with the white birds "droppers" and down they came -im sure the racer lads use a "dropper" -billy
I could kill half a dozen a day and it would make no difference mate there,s plenty to go at they hunt about in groups as big as 20 but I have made a difference as im seeing more hedge sparrows blackies etc
went out again Friday night as the trees haven't got much in the way of leaves yet and it was pleasing to get the bandits just as our songbirds begin nesting there was any amount of woodies but as they are pairing up we don't bother shooting them mk2 in use .22 cal
looking good mac -ive restored a few rapid stocks and I can tell you lads a lot of work goes into doing this as its very time consuming but also very rewarding when its all finished and it comes out the way you wanted it to -billy
I wear le chameau and they last a fair old time being used and abused but must stress I do wax them every 2-3 weeks so that might prolong the life of them -3yrs