How to shoot pigeons that won’t decoy
Dan Thor is out with his mate Dean near Epping in Essex, and they’re hoping for a good day decoying pigeons. There are plenty of
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Dan Thor is out with his mate Dean near Epping in Essex, and they’re hoping for a good day decoying pigeons. There are plenty of
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ5HP4nwO5g Game chef José Souto is picking up some top pigeon shooting tips from the master, Essex gamekeeper Geoff Garrod. Geoff offers José advice on
David has bought a plucking machine to help him prepare chickens for the table. Cai Ap Bryn wants to try it out on pigeons, so
Dan Thor is on summer crop protection, keeping the pigeons off growing crops on the farm. He starts on a patch of laid barley, but
Pigeon shooting can be hard enough before the crops ripen, without added problems like not having any decoys. Essex gamekeeper Geoff Garrod isn’t going to
Dan Thor is out on the pigeons near his home in Hertfordshire. It’s a lovely warm spring day, the birds are decoying well, and he’s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq0ZV-q-DCM Jaf Jefferson is a pigeon shooter. You might know him as a ferreter and doyen of the South Somerset Ferreters but today he is
www.youtube.com/watch?v=30AmBHQyK_0 Gamekeeping legend Geoff Garrod has a pigeonshooting problem. He wants to go out decoying today but he walked into a wasp in the pheasant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf5eCvlQiAI Paul Childerley loves a .410 shotgun. Whether it is on a game day or clay shoot, he enjoys the challenge of the smaller calibre,
It’s not an easy day for Nicole Moore on the pigeons today. The birds are not going where she wants them to go. The pigeons
A new permission is a blank canvas. Elliot Roberts has a farmyard in the north of Scotland that he hasn’t tried before. He gives it
Nicole Moore’s happy place is shooting pigeons on the Cambridgeshire Fens in the rain. It’s not glamorous (plays havoc with the line lashes) but it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHVAYffKgO4 It could have been superb – but Dan Thor is having a bad day. The pigeons are flocking into the wood where they roost
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UtV7d-f8XU Geoff Garrod is back in the pigeon hide, shooting over freshly-drilled wheat. The birds have been absent from his part of Essex all summer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mAGAtNLhO0 You know the pigeons are there. You set up your hide, you put out the decoys, you stack up the cartridges – but no
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP3G68EzPHI Gamekeeper Geoff Garrod has a pigeon problem. It’s the hottest day of the year, but he plans to take an umbrella with him. Find
youtu.be/NG4QaivC578 Ollie Williams is in South Africa trying out pigeon shooting on a grand scale as he protects sunflower crops from the hordes of rock
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kJKMAQbSnU Catapult king Wayne Martin has a job on his hands. Feral pigeons have taken over some big farm barns. Armed with their slingshots, Wayne
Updated 23 March 2022 This page shows advice by country: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland After two years of shambles, general licences across the UK
youtu.be/3mHbARmHnZQ There’s a lot to carry when you set out to decoy pigeons, what with hide poles, netting, ammo, and the decoys themselves. A decent
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUDOHEwbatI It’s a hot, summer’s day shooting a bag of 280 pigeons. Andy Crow and his cousin Gary are on flying form today as the
Andy Crow learned pigeon shooting with his grandfather. Now it’s time to pass on his knowledge to his own grandson. He starts with how to
Back in 2004, when Charlie was editing Sporting Shooter magazine, he ran this article on how to make your own pigeon decoy. Instructions Use the
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbMZTaW-SME Tim Pilbeam has his hands on the new Daystate Wolverine R, and he puts it through its paces on feral pigeons in a local
Rooks and pigeons are hitting a maize crop. With the cost of feed, Paul Childerley is especially keen to shoot a few of them, so
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIt7B9qJnCI How much does a pigeon eat? And what are you saving a farmer when you shoot a pigeon? While in his pigeon hide, shooting
Buckinghamshire pigeonshooters Jamie Leggett and Chris Mingo like to do things in style. Over several months, they built a pigeon hide on an old
Curtis Mossop’s job is to get people into shooting. We join him pigeon shooting in Cheshire as BASC’s head of pathways to shooting explains how
Andy Crow has cut a couple of crops, so it’s time to set up for a pigeon shooting day on the stubbles. He puts
With the pigeons pouring into Andy Crow’s pea crop, it’s time to use local resources. That means members of the Crow family on lockdown
Which is best? A big day decoying and shooting British woodpigeons or a monster day roost-shooting Argentinean doves? Andy Crow travels to Cordoba and
Crow’s five-year-old grandson Regan joins him in the hide for a day on the pigeons. It’s babysitting Crow-style. Andy is sponsored by: Blaser Blaser-Sporting.com or
Andy Crow is on a neighbour’s farm helping to keep wood pigeons off a maize crop. He is sharing a hide with Frederic Hanner, who
Andy Crow takes time off farmwork to shoot a basket of wood pigeon to give to David, who is hosting a woodpigeon barbecue. The wind
When the government stopped the general licences, we thought that was it for shooting pigeons over stubble. Not a bit of it. Andy Crow is
This month Jason Doyle with a birds eye view shows us his secrets on how he sets out his irresistible pigeon pattern while he waits
While waiting for the sun to finish off the crops why not practice your skills at hide building and decoy patterns to see what
In the latest of his Wild Wing Shooting series, Jason Doyle is after pigeons with the Jenkinstown Gun Club, helping look after a a woodland
Jamie Chandler gets his hands on the new bullpup air rifle from BSA, the Defiant bullpup. He is out to test its worth on
A gathering of pigeon shooting greats: Andy Crow is asked to join Peter Theobald, Will Garfit, Jonathan Young and others for a pigeon clear-up day
After months of letting them get away with it, farm manager Andy Crow’s fields are turning blue with pigeons. And when his fields go blue,
Irish pigeonshooting guru Stephen Dunbar talks Jason Doyle through a December day over oilseed rape. The pigeons are feeding on and damaging the crop. With
It’s all new, new, new in this episode of Crowhow. Andy’s Blaser F16 has been off to the factory for a series of bespoke tweaks,
Top clay shot Hannah Gibson has never been pigeon shooting. Thanks to Andy Crow, that problem has now been solved – and she turns out
It’s solar-powered pigeon shooting. Cai Ap Bryn has to shoot ferals under the expensive panels without breaking them. Stealth and accuracy are key! This item
We are at Andy Crow’s farm, filming product segments with Airgunner magazine editor Phill Price – and the temptation is too great. There are ferals
It’s a hot day on standing barley and pigeons are coming in thick and fast. Jason Doyle sets up in the middle of the field
Jaf Jefferson is out on rape stubble that’s about to be redrilled. The farmer wants the pigeon numbers knocked back and Jaf’s the man for
Cai Ap Bryn tries out the BSA Defiant Bullpup for accuracy (he shoots up a Fieldsports Channel share certificate) and for pest control. It’s a
Andy Crow is out with his shotgun. Oilseed rape is vulnerable to pigeons and the Kent farm manager is decoying them to prevent crop damage.
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