evo Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 well we where originally going to a new perm to shoot a few crows , but on arriving there we did not see a single bird for over half an hour so we decided to travel 10 miles down the road to another perm that we had not been near for around 2 months,, myself and my shooting buddie Les decided to have a reckie round and noticed a few crows where popping to and from the cattle feeders at both ends of the grass field but the skies were totally empty , it was now around 10am and the sun was belting down, once I had set my hide up I felt like I was being cooked as the heat was ridiculous , after about 45mins with nothing moving a pigeon finally came into range, now normally I would be using 7 1/2 28gram carts but I had been given a box of 32gram no5,s(Propercartridges) to try out . the first pigeon was around 40yrds and I nailed it so much so there was a massive amount of feathers that came off it, next on the hit list was a very slow flying magpie which fell to the same fate at 58 paces away from me but landed in a ditch full of water so I could not retrieve it(gutted) for the next two hours I had a few come and go and a few that I nailed but the proper carts were very very effective and I have to say I took some very high pigeons with them and also some distant birds with the furthest being 73 paces from the hide, I ended up having a cracking 3 1/2 hours in the hide, but decided to call it a day as it was getting very slow and we wanted to go and have a look at another perm we had gained from the farmer, By 2 pm we had finished and I was very pleased with how the day went and certainly how the carts performed, a little punchy through my sxs but certainly very good carts indeed so much so I,ve ordered a 1000 of them, thanks to George and also Les for a cracking day in the baking hot sun and a brill day looking at new perms which we will try out next week here is a pic of me with the birds shot today atb Evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 nice write up,you look as if you could do with a nice cold beer quality day with mates..result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) Well done , great result, well deserved. Edited July 23, 2014 by pigeon controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Well done Bob great write up mate. I know how you felt i was shooting crows flighting over the farm building moved hide 3 times to get out of the sun. Shot 1 magpie 1 rook and 80+ jackdaws great fun no decoys took all day to shoot them atb Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Well done Bob great write up mate. I know how you felt i was shooting crows flighting over the farm building moved hide 3 times to get out of the sun. Shot 1 magpie 1 rook and 80+ jackdaws great fun no decoys took all day to shoot them atb Terry yes terry I know how you felt bud,,never been so hot in a hide it was totally baking me, didn,t have too many but enjoyed the day all the same atb Evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 well done mate its the enjoyment that counts most in my eyes atb dolphin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 I didn't go out till 4pm because of the heat got set up on a barley stubble field by 5.30pm. Had my hide under a big bush in the hedge so i was in the shade but it was still bloody hot packed up just after 8pm had some good shooting nearly every bird that got shot decoyed really well ended up with 25 pigeons so not to bad.. Got home just before 10pm and straight in the shower to cool down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Well done Bob, good write up too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoggysreels Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Well done Bob .. looks like you had a good day ....l was out also .. tried a permission l'd not shot for over 12 months. The heat was sapping, and the insect bite horrendous. Worth the effort though .. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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