Using Pigeon Decoys has it's Benefits

Its so cool seeing the boy haveing such a good time with you tell him hi and keep smiling

Great photos and it looks like your decoys have spent a lot of time at the gym to get ready for the hunt. 

Pigeons are no doubt smart but they have their moments of stupidity thats for sure. About 6 years back there were 5 of them all hanging out together about 40 yards away. I shot one and the rest stood there. One even walked over to the other as if it was saying something like, "hey man, you ok." Or something. In the end I took all 5 of them. Had similar happen with a bunch of grackles in a tree in the 50 yards range from my back patio door. Shot 9 of them before the got the hint.

Very cool that it works. When its cold out the birds keep coming and we can shoot for hours on some days. However now that its getting hotter the action is slow. If you shoot one then the rest fly off and may or may not return. Maybe a decoy or two will keep them around longer.

So one thing I've noticed is that for turkeys and deer, a decoy that is static doesn't seem to work except to attract initial attention. If there's no movement, they don't don't seem curious enough to approach.

Add a little motion and it's a totally different game.

I tried adding a large turkey feather dangling on a short piece of 1lb fly leader. To the tail area of a doe decoy and both sides of the wing area of a turkey decoy. Any hint of a breeze and the feather twitches and moves. What a difference! The decoys become magnets.  

I'll bet if you rigged a balance spindle for the pigeons, they would spin like weather vanes..add a couple feathers and you'd probably be in business.

So did you end up whooping your boy for flipping off your viewers? Funny.