Pigeon Magnets

[timmy k 593]

Basically does anyone use them, how well do they work and what's the best make to get?

[MIK 4,763]

They can work well heres a vid taken on my phone from last month 125 the first day over 100 the second day but only pick 70 something as a lot landed in uncut rape and 168 picked on the 3rd day ....

If magnets are used a lot in an area they will become wise to it ....but overall they are a good bit of kit to have and I have seen birds coming in from quite a distance....I often use a magnet and nothing else and when roost shooting I sometimes put one out just to bring the birds over me and in range and it works well

[leslie harold gedge 1,390]

I don't know anybody that does well with them in Yorkshire .some times they work well in standing crops .but that's about it .and I go out 3-4 times a week .nick taits ff5s are the best thing on the market .sell the magnet and get yourself 2-3 ff5s .I have 2 magnets don't even take them anymore my opinion and the mates crap buddy

[MIK 4,763]

Maybe you are not useing them properly as I know plenty who have great success with magnets

[trenchfoot 4,243]

I don't know anybody that does well with them in Yorkshire .some times they work well in standing crops .but that's about it .and I go out 3-4 times a week .nick taits ff5s are the best thing on the market .sell the magnet and get yourself 2-3 ff5s .I have 2 magnets don't even take them anymore my opinion and the mates crap buddy

I lived in Yorkshire up until 6 years ago and had great results with a magnet. The results do diminish if they are over used in the one place, and they are not as effective as they first were. But as a piece of kit, they are worth having.

 

Timmy, don't ask me what make it is. I've had it nigh on 20 years and cant remember.

[MIK 4,763]

George Digweed and Andy Crow have good results with the magnet but maybe they are not as experienced at pigeon shooting as you Leslie

[leslie harold gedge 1,390]

a lot of pigeon shooters around Yorkshire so just maybe they are shy of magnets . mic if you live up there in the wilderness there is nobody to scare them .trenchfoot 6 years is along time for them to get used to them madnets and make them wary a lot more people shooting now from when I first started going nearly 40 years ago .there is about 40 people shooting round me now .only 4-5 when I started .just maybe ff5s wont be any good in 10 years but I,am sure something else will be about

[trenchfoot 4,243]

a lot of pigeon shooters around Yorkshire so just maybe they are shy of magnets . mic if you live up there in the wilderness there is nobody to scare them .trenchfoot 6 years is along time for them to get used to them madnets and make them wary a lot more people shooting now from when I first started going nearly 40 years ago .there is about 40 people shooting round me now .only 4-5 when I started .just maybe ff5s wont be any good in 10 years but I,am sure something else will be about

I must admit to having set a magnet up at the far end of a big field of wheat,near Rufforth when they have been spooky to the magnet, then set a pattern and hide up at the other end. It pushed the flightline a good 200 yards. And away from the road. Had a cracking days sport. As I said useful things to have at times

[leslie harold gedge 1,390]

Maybe you are not useing them properly as I know plenty who have great success with magnets

could be only shooting 40year son

[trigger2 3,285]

magnets can be good on occasions but more often than not they put pigeons off these days. the best bags that we have shot this summer have been with just a standard pattern out not flappers or magnets used.