JDog Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) On Sunday without a partner I went to look at a barley stubble, the same field which had lots of birds on two weeks ago when I shot the adjacent fallow field.The line in was opposite the one I shot then, across a rape field and straight in. It looked exciting. The wind was a problem and it kept changing direction and lazily after moving the rotary and pattern twice I decided against any further moves. This resulted in birds being unable to get into the pattern or skirting round it. Finally I decided to reconstruct the pattern in a shallow saucer shape and that worked well.During the afternoon I shot what was possibly the best pigeon I have ever shot. The bird was travelling wide of the pattern and was high and curving and I engaged it at about 55m or thereabouts killing it in the air. This was followed by some other decent shots and I was just considering whether I actually might not be the worst shot on the forum when I was disabused of the notion by missing a simple chance.I wish that I could have taken someone else out to share the afternoon as it was classical summer stubble decoying.I have some decent pictures on the camera but Jasper caught his leg in the wire to LDog's computer and the screen smashed and I was well and truly scammed by an Indian and my machine has gone to be cleaned. I will put them up tomorrow. I am using a new IPad and there is no facility to import pictures on it.I picked 56 pigeons and within 15 minutes of leaving the field they were in a pub chiller in exchange for beer. Picture added for the benefit of 'Doubting Thomas Ditchman'. Edited July 22, 2014 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 aahhh the old computor trick eh ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 A exchange for beer sound good business in this weather , 55m , you will soon be giving George a run for his money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 nice write up Jdog,set the scene nicely I bet that beer tasted nice.. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuy Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Great day and finished with a beer let the good times roll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezi bez Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 +1 on that stuy . All good stuff ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 With the exception of Jaspers escapade, sounds to me like the perfect day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 RESULT!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 aahhh the old computor trick eh ? Whenever you post a picture...im always impressed with the quality of the birds you have down there...they are always plump, clean feather and very even in colour....i usually dont see that up here until the early winter..........you have a lot of different food sorces down there for them to choose from ...i wonder if that is the secret ? always like your posts...(and mottys)...... (im having terrible trouble getting used to the boxlock...1/4 & 3/4 choke, stilll i will persivere...its like learning to shoot again ! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 You are probably correct about food sources. I looked at the crop contents of some of the birds which I shot yesterday on rape stubble. Some had milky wheat in them, others green barley, a few had peas, lots had various seeds, some had clover and some had rape seed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Well done JDog it proves you do not require an audience to shoot well . I just wondered if you did not move the pattern to much because you had no subordinate you could order about ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Well done JDog it proves you do not require an audience to shoot well . I just wondered if you did not move the pattern to much because you had no subordinate you could order about ? ??? Yes my servant was missing that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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