Kent the garden of England and home to air rifle aficionado Frank Underdown, I use an
FX cyclone .177 air rifle and I think its just the job for thee job I do.
The um pigeon decoys for air rifle shooting dead pigeons are the best but if you can't
get dead birds flock decoys are not so bad and make your own decoys up with like I do
for my whirly with the plastic shell and feather on the wings
With using the air rifle you don't disturb anybody and with the shotgun your can be hear
it two miles away its so much more friendly for the people around and nobody knows that
you are there I shot the pigeon I eat the pigeon it's a
very good neat to eat and all my neighbours like pigeon and I am not one for shooting
big numbers these days you can enjoy yourself and shoot a few pigeons eat a few pigeons
and everybody is happy What pigeon shooters or any shooters have
to be aware off is racing pigeons coming into your pattern and feral, feral are a pest at
times but you have got to make sure it's a feral pigeon and not a racing pigeon
We set the decoys out in a pattern but all you can do is to change the pattern around
until you can get them to come in, I have put a nodder up its just got to be trial and
error.
Another thing for an air rifle shooter you got to get the pigeons to land so obviously
you got to have a good hide and um good camouflage and any of the slightest movement, cause as
soon as the pigeon come in amongst the decoys he has a look around and if you knock your
head up he will be away And it wasn't just the pigeons that were being
drawn into the summer stubble these crafty corvids were completely un a wear of our hide
In a few hours with Frank we gain an insight to what makes a good pattern, what makes a
good decoy and how good a good air rifle can be with a good sight and a good marksman behind
the trigger We have just been out shooting, enjoying ourselves
got a few pigeons and its been good company and being how I am an eighty year old its
time for me to enjoy myself which I do most afternoons which I do.