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OK I did something rather odd. I love decoying doves and since I hunt them alone throughout the season I have to do something to get them within reach of the Perazzi. So I went and ordered me a pigeon magnet from the UK and in the process of rigging it up. I would like to hear from our friends over there how well the magnet actually works.
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Mike, I can testify that it works like gangbusters on pigeons. Spinning wings work ok on doves, although they make birds come in too low for my comfort on a group shoot.
My intuition says it would be too much motion for mourning doves. Let us know how it works out for you!...Geo
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I have a Mojo dove setup on a pole that raises it 14' off the ground. I can set it up either in the center of the field or along the side in the middle of a natural v in the hedge row. It works too good sometimes. I've had dove try to land on the decoy for a little love action. Funny thing is that after several days the dove will wise up and shy away from the Mojo. I guess the dumb one are on the grill by then. Decoys still work as long as they don't move too much.
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I had a Mojo and a few decoys set out near Lake Oconee and an eagle swept down and tried to grab my Mojo! Bobby
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I always spend the last couple of weeks before the September dove opener checking fields to decide where to shoot. The commotion of a few thousand mourning doves in the stalks of a sunflower field would make you think that too much motion wouldn't deter the birds. Experience dictates otherwise...Geo
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Geo motion helps early with ducks but by the seasons end mojo decoys are danger flags to ducks. I like them for the first few days in dove season but tend to shut them down or use a add on a friend made for them which allows the wings to cycle for a few turns and then stop for five seconds. Gives the impression of a dove flying along in a lazy manner. Just beating enough to go a little farther. Heck mojos work too well at getting birds down low. That's why I put mine up high. Rather have a dove buzzy him up 15' than at two feet. Safety first on those low birds.
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I've watched videos on using these pigeon magnets and they seem to work well. I already have a pole that I place decoys on along with some flappers and some doves I place in and around the field. I usually put up a blind as well. When hunting large fields after opening day you need something to get their attention. The pigeon magnet is rather inexpensive now and shipped to me rather quickly. Just another thing I want to try. Dove hunting is my favorite and doing it with decoys adds a special level to it.
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Did you ever decide to go all the way over the top. One year I saved 20 or so late season doves and stored them in the freezer. That set the feathers a little extra. Then I skinned them one by one and mounted them on a old tv antenna I salvaged. Ended up with ten stuffers mounted on that antenna that I would put up a rig 30' in the dove field. It was a true dove magnet. Space was left open to allow real birds to land and rest. Sometimes there were almost as many live birds as stuffed one on that rig. The mounted birds only lasted a couple years but while I had them it was great. Truth is that I enjoyed the off season work as much as the in season work.
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The high pole works great for the dove Mojos, but nothing works as certain with a Mojo as setting it up on top of the pipeline of a center pivot. Unreal good with two or three plastic ones lined up on either side. Not all fields we shoot are irrigated, however, and the two piece pole Gil gave me works like a charm where there isn't a pivot. 79 days and counting. https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/ge...r&font=slab SRH
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Stan, next best thing to center pivot plumbing is a fake powerline. I've hunted two fields where the owners installed dummy powerlines down the fields' centers. Not up to Floyd's artistic standards, but here are two powerline decoys I whittled out of wood from tupelo gum buttswells. I tie mono to the eyebolt and toss'em over the line and pull them up where they snug on top and stake out the loose end. They work just as well with eyebolt on top and snugged tight just below the line. Good to hear you find use for the system I gave you. Gil See what I mean about "artistic standards"? Even the shotshells and shell box are carved and painted wood.
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