attracting rooks to decoys

[george atkins ga 1]

i have recently been given 4 rook decoys and i tried them out over the weekend during an early morning session with my air rifle,after 20 minutes a had rooks circleing above but they were reluctant to land within 100 yards and i knew they couldnt see me so i changed tactics to using a dead rabbit which was cut open and within 40 minutes i had baged myself 1 rook and 1 jackdaw.

 

just wondering if anyone else has had this result with the decoys or have any tips for me.

Edited June 1, 2010 by george atkins ga

[pest hunter 151 15]

Hi mate yes allways dead meet the best way but use decoys with meet and you get very good results indeed. Happy hunting

[davyt63 1,845]

hi george

well done buddy

i mainly shoot bunny's but what you have been doing sounds ok to me and it works!

i have done it on magpies before and got 4 of them but will say this though if you do shoot one,make sure your well hidden .because the racket of all the others around will bring a couple into your range!

 

good luck buddy,and let us know how you get on

 

regards

 

davy

[stealthy1 3,964]

Try putting your decoys out on grass, rooks prefer pasture types of habitats, they're always in flocks, they tend to eat only insects, seeds and worms, so the open carcase aproach may not work.

[hullhunter 219]

you will be able to put your decoys anywere i allways put one of the decoys heads into the rabbit so it looks like its feeding and this works a treat. think how many times you see them at the side of roads eating road kill. just make sure that they cant see you. also if you engoy very early shooting and you have a rookery on your permition set up your decoys in the next feald before it gets light in the way i have said and ill garentee you will have a few in the bag before the sun has been up an hour. also try cutting the bottom of a can off and putting it about 2meters away from your decoys when the sun shines on it, it will catch there eye and then they will see the decoys and there dinner. also make sure the guts are all hanging out. hope this helps. let me no how you get on if you try it.

atb chris

[Lee85 44]

I've been decoying quite a bit recently and the exact same happens, I get plenty circling around and knowone coming down for the bait, I have had them down along with magpies with the dead rabbit though, I also have there calls on my mobile phone to play out and a proper caller which I rarely use as I feel daft!

[farmerkev09 105]

great shooting matey

 

happy hunting

 

farmer

[Phantom 631]

and a proper caller which I rarely use as I feel daft!

 

I don't feel daft using mine, lets face it, noone can see me, I just can't get the sound right I blow, they go!!!

 

Phnatom

[chameleon 26]

Crows, Magpies, and Jackdaws will eat meat and road kills, but Rooks are quite catholic in how they feed, watch them through your scope and see if you can use anything they do against them

[Phantom 631]

Crows, Magpies, and Jackdaws will eat meat and road kills, but Rooks are quite catholic in how they feed, watch them through your scope and see if you can use anything they do against them

 

Fooking religious Corvids, Now I've heard everything

 

Sorry couldn't help myself :11:

 

Phantom

[stealthy1 3,964]

Crows, Magpies, and Jackdaws will eat meat and road kills, but Rooks are quite catholic in how they feed, watch them through your scope and see if you can use anything they do against them

 

Fooking religious Corvids, Now I've heard everything

 

Sorry couldn't help myself :11:

 

Phantom

 

 

Perhaps thats why its so hard to nail a few of the the b***ards, a trip to make a confetion may be the answer, and twenty hail mary's

[Lee85 44]

and a proper caller which I rarely use as I feel daft!

 

I don't feel daft using mine, lets face it, noone can see me, I just can't get the sound right I blow, they go!!!

 

Phnatom

 

thats it-the sound! mine sounds like a party blower!

Edited June 2, 2010 by Lee85

[jasper65 6]

a good few years back I stuck a old Redtail hawk out on his bow with a dead Rabbit on the edge of some woods, he sat there quite content pulling at his Rabbit and atracted a vast amount of corvids into him who couldn't resist a bundle..

 

Me and a pal came away with 20 odd mainly crows, I can't remember the full amount as it was in the 90's but boy did we have some sport ......

 

also these calls are the Bollocks! I picked one up for myself and with some practice now have it down to a tee, if you watch this vid through to the end when he gives the proper demonstration you will hear how accurate it sounds....

 

Jasper

[george atkins ga 1]

thanks for the tips i try it out this weekend and i will inform you on how i got on.

[Lee85 44]

I haven't got sound at work jasper but i'll be sure to watch that tonight!