Has Anyone..................

[theobenmike 0]

Just wandering if anybody has caught there own magpie call bird. I'm talking of the first one in your empty larsen trap using mirrors, decoys and dead rabbits etc.

 

If so how the feck did you do it

 

I normally get one dropped off by a mate who is a keeper but not till early spring time. Before I got one I tried a dead rabbit cut open, eggs in and around the trap with an old nest thrown in the bottom, and a mirror at the bottom of the traping compartments. But no luck

 

When I got a call bird in the trap within an hour two maggies were caught . But before that weeks of baiting with rabbits and so on.

 

So is there an easy way to catch your first maggie without a call bird

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Caught mine with the standard bit of hay and couple of eggs, mate. Takes a while, sure. But I got him.

[john b 38]

And me.

However I have found it works best in spring / summer and if there is a similar 'nest' outside as well, up against the cage. Also a few cubes of spread scattered around as an inital attractor

 

 

 

There's another thread about this from before

 

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...showtopic=26158

[Guest little_lloyd]

It took me a night to catch my first call bird,, i was waking on the edge of the wood and placed my larson baited with eggs to create a fake nest, the next morning i had two wating for me!!

 

I dont use my larsons untill the spring right down in to late summer/ autum

[Rolfe 2]

Same as all the others mate............i only ever make a dummy nest in the cage to catch a call bird.

always works for me.........breaking a few eggs and leaving the shells helps a bit....looks like the nest

has already been robbed by another bird.

 

Good Luck

 

Rolfe

[red dog 3]

i caught one today but i had a jackdaw as a call bird or is that cheating i use eggs with a hole like another bird has been there already, i'll swap you that magpie for half a dozen eggs if you like mate yis.

[theobenmike 0]

Cheers for the input lads. I will try it with a nest and eggs and broken shells (and a bit of patience). I have made a nest out of dead grass moulded into a circle as I don't have any hay or straw but it should do the trick

 

I thought I'd cured the maggie situation earlier on but it would seem otherwise. I can get another call bird in early spring time, as I did earlier this year, but there are three magies doing the rounds all of a sudden.

 

I'll let you know how I get on with it, Mike.

[fish 148]

Cheers for the input lads. I will try it with a nest and eggs and broken shells (and a bit of patience). I have made a nest out of dead grass moulded into a circle as I don't have any hay or straw but it should do the trick

 

I thought I'd cured the maggie situation earlier on but it would seem otherwise. I can get another call bird in early spring time, as I did earlier this year, but there are three magies doing the rounds all of a sudden.

 

I'll let you know how I get on with it, Mike.

had 3 this week 1 last week put pic up later

[fish 148]

Cheers for the input lads. I will try it with a nest and eggs and broken shells (and a bit of patience). I have made a nest out of dead grass moulded into a circle as I don't have any hay or straw but it should do the trick

 

I thought I'd cured the maggie situation earlier on but it would seem otherwise. I can get another call bird in early spring time, as I did earlier this year, but there are three magies doing the rounds all of a sudden.

 

I'll let you know how I get on with it, Mike.

had 3 this week 1 last week put pic up later

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u203/1f...15house0005.jpg

[scottishlass 57]

i have gave up trying to catch mine ,i will just try and shoot them now

[theobenmike 0]

What about a call Jay :wacko:

 

 

I caught one today using eggs and a nest. Are they any use as call birds for maggies or other jay's or is it best to just shoot it and keep trying for a maggie?

 

Mike

[Major Badger 2]

What about a call Jay :wacko:

 

 

I caught one today using eggs and a nest. Are they any use as call birds for maggies or other jay's or is it best to just shoot it and keep trying for a maggie?

 

Mike

 

 

 

I'd give it a go. Ive caught crows, a jay, jackdaws using a magpie so I think it would porbably work. Even if it just gives the magpies a bit of confidence. Worth a go! Good luck

Edited December 14, 2007 by sponser

[Guest little_lloyd]

I caught a jay in my garden once,, Had a carrion crow using it as call bird