BellySlater 15 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 After watching the DVD lent to me by Buster (cheers again) I invested in a decoy magpie from ebay (£3.99). Now I only have a small garden so I have to nail these little suckers where they stand, over the past month i've probably had about four or five but they have now become very wary of my traps. I have been using a ripped open bin bag with some strategic placings of bacon and it's been O.K. so far. Yesterday I did the same and added my new plastic friend (no jokes please ). After ten minutes there was a line of 6 of the little sh**s on the garage roof waiting to investigate. As soon as the first one landed he got it right in the sweet spot...this sent the others into some sort of frenzy. Before I knew it I had Crows and Jackdaws perching in the trees along with even more magpies making a proper racket, these guys really stick together. Five magpies and one crow came down to the decoy / dead birds one after another only to meet the same fate. The lawn looked like St James' park after half an hour - black and white everywhere. I would certainly recommend a decoy magpie to anyone..at home or in the field. Just need a Kate Humble decoy know!!! Quote Link to post
Lee85 44 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Just bought one!!! spawn of the devil! Quote Link to post
RaiderBoy 19 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 they really do stand by each other dont they. yesterday i shot 1 and couldent even seen the others then i just had one after another until they figured out what was wrong Quote Link to post
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