Sporting Gun UK – May 2019

48 SPORTING GUN M AY 2019 http://www.shootinguk.co.uk

“Pigeons just

wantto hoover

up what’son

the surfaceand

move onto a

new field”

INSTRUCTION

Pigeon shooting

L-shapedpatternswitha crosswindworks

onthesameprinciple.TheaimoftheL

shapeistobringthepigeonsincloseand

theyshouldpassacrossthefrontofthehide.

Witha lefttorightwind,youshouldhavea

lineofdecoysrunningalongthefrontofthe

hide10-15yardsoutandthesecondlegof

theL headingawaytoyourleft.Thepigeons

shouldapproachintothewindandfly from

righttoleftinfrontofyou.Theiraim,to

landintheareathathasn’tbeenfed,which

isinfrontofthesecondlegoftheL.Perfect

crossingtargets.Obviouslytheopposite if

the wind is reversed. Happy days!

Windfrom

behind

shooter HIDE HIDE

Crosswind

Twokilling

zones

Facedecoys

intothe

wind

Adaptlineofdecoys

to wind direction

Lineofdecoys
15-25 yards out Line10-15 yards outofdecoys
pigeonstryingtofeedonlandthatthe
feedingflockhasjustbeenover.Therewillbe
littleornothingforthemtoeat.Theywill try
tojumpthelineto the untouched
areas of food.

Patterns
WiththeV-shaped
patternand
thewind
behind,youwill
effectivelyhave
two‘killingzones’.Birds
liketolandstraightintothe
wind and should come up the

fieldtowardsyou.Theywilllookto

landwheretheythinktheflock

hasn’tbeen,whichisinfront

oftheV andprobably

eithersideofthe

point.Thisbrings

thebirdsinclose

andmyphilosophy

isgetthemascloseas

possible;15-25yards

isperfectfora clean

kill.Rememberto

faceyourdecoys into

the wind.

V-SHAPED PATTERN L-SHAPED PATTERN

Buildingsightlines:

constructing a hide

Retrievesareeasier

over spring drilling