Questionably effective scarecrow 4 fields or 6?

For the player made scarecrow, does the radius need to cover the entire field or does it only need to cover the center of it (where crows pecks)?
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yukkii wrote:For the player made scarecrow, does the radius need to cover the entire field or does it only need to cover the center of it (where crows pecks)?