A box of matches shaken
(if you can still buy them!)
John
This is a discussion on magie decoy within the Hunting forums, part of the Airguns category; folks wots the best way to lure a few magpies on my permission into one perticular shooting area thanks matty.....
folks wots the best way to lure a few magpies on my permission into one perticular shooting area thanks matty..![]()

A box of matches shaken
(if you can still buy them!)
John
There's nothing quite like a nice cup of tea
read something on a forum about maggies loving frozen oven chips. Not tried it yet but worth a go. Crafty Black and White buggers!
a owl decoy or bunnie with its gizzards hanging out![]()
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Old 35mm film tub with some 4mm nuts in it. Shake it an dit sounds just like the chack, chack, chack of a magpie.
Bait works aswell but you have t be totally concealed. It is only the first one that is difficult.Once you have amagpie, keep it in the freezer - then when you take it to a new place/area it is a stranger - so the locals mob it. They seem to forget their natiral cautiousness and will come straight in to see off the stranger....you place it exactly at your zero range where you can get a good shot - be ready and don't mess about. When they come - shoot them.
Then you have more strangers to take back where you got the first one....self perpetuating.
cheers guys thanks alot shall try them also best pellet for birds ie magpies,pigeons..
half eating box of tic tacs work.
Peg down burger box closed and a foil crisp packet open!
Never take life too seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway!
Who wears the trousers in that household then.
Our freezer has, let me see now:
A magpie, with feathers on,
a crow, with feathers on
lugworms, black, in newspaper wraps
squid, frozen about 3 times some of it now - in boxes though.
mackerel, heads on - for tope or conger bait.
mussels, frozen in small blocks using the ice cube maker to freeze them, then you just wrap them in cling film and take out some to use each time.
sandeels, in various stages of decomposition.
some muntjac venison
some rabbits
.....plenty of other general meat or fish stuff.
It does NOT have:
ice cream
peas
beans
chips
etc.
You need another freezer.![]()