Harnser Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 went out at 0600 this morning to shoot some rabbits that are digging in on the side a new irrigation lake . Had my trusty Brno .22 rimfire and a bag of bullits . Sat in a hedgerow for two hours and managed to shoot three nice pot rabbits . I noticed that a lot pigeons were getting down on a field of barley stubble and I mean a lot of pigeons , probably 4 or 5 hundred . I decided to have a drive around this barley stubble and see if I could shoot some with the rimfire . I drove very slowly round the field with the passenger side window down and the rifle across my lap . The birds paid no attention to the truck and I was able to get within 60 or seventy yards of birds feeding on the field . I dropped a mag in the rifle and shot a pigeon at about 60 yards . I carried on around the field which is about 120 acres and managed to two more . I thought right .lets have a go at decoying them . I parked the truck tight up against a tall hedgerow and sat in the passenger side front seat . I had put the three shot birds on prickers that I had cut out of the hedge and sat back and waited . After about 10 minutes a bird came in among the decoys and sat down about 60 yards from the truck . I shot this bird with the rifle and pricked it up with the others . This went on for the next 4 hours and I ended up shooting 18 pigeons with the trusty old Brno rim fire . I was really pleased with the way an improvised set can work with just a little bit of thought and field craft . I was home again by 13 -30 hrs as I have an eye test at 15 -30 hrs . Some times we have to improvise to get the best out of our shooting . This field will be getting my undivided attention over the next couple of days when I shall be using my Beretta semi . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIDENSEEK Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Nice one! Your eyesight can't be that bad then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Great result , decoying with a single shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuy Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Thats good shooting! ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted October 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Great result , decoying with a single shot. I tell you what PC , there wasn't any runners . One bird I picked up had its head shot off ,the bullet had severed its neck . It must have been the most unfortunate pigeon in Norfolk . Two of the birds had entrails sucked out through the exit hole of the bullet . I was using eley sub sonics . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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