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I've used the power line trick lots of times, too. Our sunflower field, that I plant every year, has a homemade "power" line across it, too. Greg put it up about 10 years ago. Here it is with a few birds sitting on it just before the season opened.



I also have used real power lines to hang the plastic doves on. I use old fishing reels and rods and throw the decoy over the bottom line, which is always the neutral (not energized), then reel the decoy up tight underneath the wire and let the butt of the rod sit on the ground with the line taught. I've had doves light on either side of the decoy, which is underneath the line, with no apparent concern that it does not look normal. I guess if they are sitting all over a tree some are are underneath others. They sure don't seem to mind. I don't believe you could fool a crow like that.

Regarding Floyd's work ...... I have often thought, as I viewed pics of his carvings, that he just has to be the best at what he does. I cannot imagine carving that could possibly be done better, or more lifelike, than his.

Thanks for starting the thread. Can't get my mind off them anyway, might as well discuss it.

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Stan, Floyd's back is giving him fits and he is working on getting it in shape for woodcock season (under 6 mos. away). Don't recall if I ever told you the time years ago that during a visit to his shop which often has dead bird specimens lying around so he can match colors, feather patterns, etc., on the overturned hull of a Bishop paddleboat was a dead snipe. Two weeks later, it was still there without any change in appearance. I poked it. It was a carving. Gil

Bobby, I've seen that happen with mojo type duck spinners on both water and on field shoots. I don't think it is particularly unusual. Not many eagles around dove shoots though, except in Argentina where they congregate to feed...Geo

I've had hawks try to grab my Mojo doves many times in fields ......usually something like a Cooper's Hawk or "Blue Darter".

They are not usually successful.

SRH

Doves and old doubles go together.

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/ge...r&font=slab

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Don't get too caught up in electrified toys. If you get a good decoy pattern and a "flight line" you'll get plenty of shooting. I have added a link to a video below. In the video is Major Archie Coats, who was Englands only professional pigeon shooter for many years. His personal best was 550 pigeons in one day. There is a bit of an introduction, but it soon passes.

https://youtu.be/Ic_vWg39dDs

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I was recently notified by the guy who runs my dove club that his flowers got drowned out twice and it's now too late to replant. So it looks like I'll have to make alternate arrangements for this September. And I just bought a new 28 gauge Silver Pigeon I'm itchin' to try out! (1500 at my local Gander Mt closeout)

Can't wait till opening day myself, I'll be running my RBL through its paces.