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What Would Be Your Dream Day ?


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Reading Harnsers post is more or less my dream day , he done every thing right from watching the field to picking the right place to set up for the maximum amount of sport ,taking on the pigeons at 40yds which would test most peoples skill with a shotgun and so on to give anybody that shoot pigeons a day to remember . I have shot big bags of pigeons in the past ( several 100+ and one or two 200+ plus days )but now I would sacrifice a big day over decoys for a day that Harnser described .We are at the time of year now where we are not protecting crops apart from beans and some wheat still to be cut so its a good opportunity to try similar tactics because at the end of the day that's what most of us shoot pigeons for, Sport. So what I am asking you pigeons shooters what would be your dream day ?

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I had something approaching a dream day last Friday.

 

A good friend whose company and humour I greatly enjoy came out with me. It took two hours of field craft and driving round to find a flight line into wheat stubble. There was a fantastic wind which made the birds difficult as very few decoyed and we took them as high or long crossers. The banter in the hide we shared was second to none. On what other occasions is calling someone a useless ****** taken in such good humour? My companion had a new and expensive gun which gave me an easy entree into pulling his leg.

 

We picked 46 pigeons, none of which were easy.

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For a dream day, it would either be the best there is to offer or a good day decoying in a strong wind with plenty of takers, either would be so much better with a good friend,

I'd like to try driven grouse with a loader and a pair of good SBS but who wouldnt ?

 

The closest I have come to a dream day was an early morning goose flight, I managed 3 canadas, a breakfast of sausage, egg, bacon and beans - tea and toast, and a day's driven pheasants on a small shoot with some excellent banter - shot 10 pheasant and duck. All this followed by an evening flight with two friends - four teal. A slow drive the short distance home and a few small Dalwhinnies, whilst allowing the day to register indelibly on a sleepy mind. Great day.

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My dream day would have to be along the lines of a good afternoon roost shoot in a mature deciduos woodland with a good winter wind blowing.

Every shot in the book and no thoughts of how bad the cartridge/kil ratio is.

Working the lab on retrieves and enjoying the magical environment of the woodland.

Followed by some fine scotch whisky in front of the fire in the company of my lovely wife ;)

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It wouldn't have to be a numbers day for me . Like most experienced pigeon shooters I have had the hundred days plus ,and they are all memorable . My biggest bag was in excess of 600 for two guns . I shot over 400 and the other gun managed the rest . A very memorable day ,but not the best days shooting . The day that I described in my last post I enjoyed more than the six hundred day .

Days that come to mind are the days that I have shot well and taken some nice birds out ,not necessary the numbers but the quality .

One particular day that comes to mind was last year . I was shooting with my shooting buddy sharing a hide on sugar beet tops . We managed to shoot about 60 between us ,not on enormous bag . But every single bird we shot were really testing birds in a high wind and snow showers . We had to shake hands at the end of the day and compliment each other on how well we both shot ,a fabulous days pigeon shooting that we both still talk about . We are going out tomorrow on a field of wheat stubble that I have been watching for the last few days . The birds have started to hit the field in fairly big numbers and I have been waiting for the right time to shoot it . Tomorrow may be the day . I'll let you know .

 

Harnser

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I have experienced some very memorable days in the field. One recent one that sticks in the mind was from a couple of years ago. It was with my good mate, Sam and I had been planning it for a few days. The field in question is one of my favourites and was barley stubble. We were there to greet the geese at first light. We shot a mixed bag of 14 greys and canadas while the pigeons flew all around. We then set up to shoot the pigeons before nipping off for some breakfast.

We then shot 231 pigeons, offering every shot in the book.

We celebrated with a pint or two afterwards. It was also my birthday.

 

Something similar in the next month or two would be fantastic.

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bearing in mind i have a lot less experience than a lot of you guys, my dream day was one i had a month or two ago... from what started as a nightmare day it couldnt have gone muich better.. i even forgot my seat for the hide luckily i managed to borrow one

 

we set of from south wales up to hereford, the fields we had planned to shoot over where all dead so we drove for miles looking for a decent field on the perissions we have. in the end my shooting partner contacted a guy he knows up that way and he told us where to go. as we pulled into the farm yard there was nothing in the air, we drove onto ther stubble field and saw a guy walking across the field with decoy bag and dog in tow...he said he had been there about 5 hours and only got 6 birds and a rabbit. we though we had no chance but decided to set up anyway been as we had traveled so far and this was a last chance

 

decoys out, hide set up in the shade of a huge oak tree (and we needed shade that day!) and barely had time to move the truck and our little black friends started coming. straight down the patern towards us.. they even changed direction perfectly in time to our calling. we both missed quite a few and took the micky out of ewach other non stop when we did and only ended up with a bag of 47 picked and a few lost but it was perfect.. even saw pheasents running around the field in front of us, shame it was july not october... i cant imagine having a better day than that one.. great weather, great company... cant ask for more

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Reading about the above posts are the sort of days I would have liked to have been part of, and I am glad to say they are not all about big numbers. I used to go with other people many years ago but now they are either dead or divorced or both and I stopped going with other guys before I was the cause of there divorce. How things have changed over the years, the first 100+ day I had was on peas that were a few days off of being cut, now this year I didn't get a 100 during the time from drilling to being cut. Then I got 100+ days on all the different drillings ex ,Peas , Barley , Beans and just about every thing that was drilled , now the drilling is nigh on hopeless due to power drilling ect. When I was younger if I spoke the truth numbers were more important than the sporting side of it, I shot every thing that came into my decoys ( or at ) every thing, weather they were flying , sitting ,it didn't really matter as long as I got a decent bag. One day on some pea stubble I went on there were 100s and you could have shot a 100 with a air gun there were that many I shot close on 200 and ran out of shells , my shed was full up with pigeons so I went to the farm to leave them on the tractor shed floor overnight to cool off , when I saw the farm manager he said I looked worn out and that was the first time I asked myself did I really enjoy shooting that amount and the answer was no. Pigeon Watch wasn't about then but if I had put a post on about the day and showed a photo of a heap of pigeons p w members might have said what a brilliant day and so on, but was it a brilliant day the pigeons were there and I was trying to kill as many as possible with the minimum amount of cartridges. What we tend to forget is not everyone is blessed with large amounts of pigeons in there area and it takes the same amount or more field craft to get 20 when there isn't many about as it do to shoot a 100 in a area where there is a lot about, so lets not get obsessed by numbers and enjoy it for what it is, a sport.

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When you've had a long life of shooting and fishing, there are many days that would qualify as 'dream days', in my twenties I lived near Auckland , New Zealand north island, the area was overrun with rabbits, a few years before the government had passed a law banning the keeping of pet rabbits, so all rabbit lovers had driven into the countryside and released their pets, the result was incredible to see , after years of inter breading with wild rabbits the warrens were a rainbow of colours and types, from lop eared, old english, dwarfs dutch and many others in almost every colour you could imagine , but all had gone truly wild, I had 2000 acres of mixed scrub and pasture to clear of rabbits, I started with a 12 bore but quickly realised it was a waste of time, so switched to a .22 rimfire with a good scope, 20 shot magazine , no moderator but that didn't seem to matter, One particular day I had left the house with a pocket full of ammo, gun and a sack, I stalked all morning making several trips back to the car with bags full of rabbits, back to the house for lunch, then joined by a good friend in the mid afternoon to continue the cull, we went on into the late evening knocking them over, they were everywhere, we criss crossed the land several times finding rabbits out in the warm afternoon sun, coming over a rise I was presented with a large rabbit at 50 yards, I dropped onto my stomach, took the shot, a perfect hit, when I stood up there were two lying dead, one had been hidden directly behind the first and had taken the hit just as the first had, we ended the day with 87 picked, all went to a local kennels for unwanted dogs, where they were much appreciated, we had many days like that but never managing to beat the number again, now in my 60's I am very happy just to get out of the house with my 12 bore , a couple of boxes of cartridges and be blessed with a few birds to shoot ( at ).

A dream day now would be good company, good shooting and get home not feeling like ive been run over by a combine, now where did I put my slippers? :lol::lol:

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every time I go out its a dream day,i,m 65 shortly,had my left leg amputated when I was 21,worked in glass works,did 25 years hgv driver been hgv tyre fitter,now I,m on pension,got prostrate cancer now but as long as I can walk them fields with shooting mates or just with my springer,its a dream day,it don't matter if I don't shoot anything so long as I can keep doin it.

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every time I go out its a dream day,i,m 65 shortly,had my left leg amputated when I was 21,worked in glass works,did 25 years hgv driver been hgv tyre fitter,now I,m on pension,got prostrate cancer now but as long as I can walk them fields with shooting mates or just with my springer,its a dream day,it don't matter if I don't shoot anything so long as I can keep doin it.

I doff my hat to you sir .

Harnser

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every time I go out its a dream day,i,m 65 shortly,had my left leg amputated when I was 21,worked in glass works,did 25 years hgv driver been hgv tyre fitter,now I,m on pension,got prostrate cancer now but as long as I can walk them fields with shooting mates or just with my springer,its a dream day,it don't matter if I don't shoot anything so long as I can keep doin it.

 

I doff my hat to you sir .

Harnser

 

Indeed, makes you think doesn't it.

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every time I go out its a dream day,i,m 65 shortly,had my left leg amputated when I was 21,worked in glass works,did 25 years hgv driver been hgv tyre fitter,now I,m on pension,got prostrate cancer now but as long as I can walk them fields with shooting mates or just with my springer,its a dream day,it don't matter if I don't shoot anything so long as I can keep doin it.

Hope you have several more years to enjoy your days out with your dog and with your retirement, you have earned it.

 

Good luck for the future.......a t b M M

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every time I go out its a dream day,i,m 65 shortly,had my left leg amputated when I was 21,worked in glass works,did 25 years hgv driver been hgv tyre fitter,now I,m on pension,got prostrate cancer now but as long as I can walk them fields with shooting mates or just with my springer,its a dream day,it don't matter if I don't shoot anything so long as I can keep doin it.

 

A fine example to us all.

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every time I go out its a dream day,i,m 65 shortly,had my left leg amputated when I was 21,worked in glass works,did 25 years hgv driver been hgv tyre fitter,now I,m on pension,got prostrate cancer now but as long as I can walk them fields with shooting mates or just with my springer,its a dream day,it don't matter if I don't shoot anything so long as I can keep doin it.

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every time I go out its a dream day,i,m 65 shortly,had my left leg amputated when I was 21,worked in glass works,did 25 years hgv driver been hgv tyre fitter,now I,m on pension,got prostrate cancer now but as long as I can walk them fields with shooting mates or just with my springer,its a dream day,it don't matter if I don't shoot anything so long as I can keep doin it.

 

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is there such a thing as what would be your dream day because you live it in real time, its only after it happens that's when you can look back and say that will be hard to top so that would of been your dream day

I have had so many brilliant days over the years too many to recall all of them so hard to say, I just think a good day in the field is a dream day

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