marsh man Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Its been a long while since I was eye wiped by another gun in the same hide , not that I hit every thing I fire at , far from it , the simple truth is I very rarely have another gun in the hide with me as 99.9% I am by myself . Yesterday I was wiping my eyes for a different reason , I got a phone call off the tractor driver to say he had put up several pigeons off a pea field I haven't been on , as one of our beaters like shooting Rooks ect , and with this field being next door to a outside Pig unit there always plenty of the Black stuff to have a go at. I didn't know he hadn't been for about a month and the pigeons have been enjoying the peas without any disturbance . I got there around 2pm and as luck would have it you can drive most of the way round field , which is a god send when your got a fair bit of gear to cart . I set up near a big Oak tree that had a 20yd strip of set a side grass from the tree to the edge of the peas , within 5mins of parking my car I had already had two in the bag ( one on the peas and one in the grass ) . I let the dog pick up the ones from the grass and I picked them up from the peas as they were only a few inches high due to being eaten off by the Rooks and pigeons. This carried on for the next couple of hours and every time George ( my dog ) came back with one there was a small cloud of pollen which was starting to give my eyes some stick , with all the rubbing and the irritation it got to the stage where I was having a job to pick them out clearly , resulting in a few getting away without a shot being fired at them , but still leaving enough I was getting a shot at. But there you go , I stuck it out till around six and picking up over 40 found being eye wiped a minor problem and after washing my eyes with Optrex I was soon back to normal and looking forward to my next day out . which will be Friday for looking and Saturday for Shooting .......Hard ole life int it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Well done 40 is not a bad innings at the moment good bags seem very few and far between at the moment , I have a week off work at the moment , it was booked several months ago in anticipation of some good shooting on the peas , so far it is looking like a wasted week and is unlikely to change before I return to work . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Forty is a great bag with your eyes streaming, well done, result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted June 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Well done 40 is not a bad innings at the moment good bags seem very few and far between at the moment , I have a week off work at the moment , it was booked several months ago in anticipation of some good shooting on the peas , so far it is looking like a wasted week and is unlikely to change before I return to work . I am lucky in having several fields of peas to go on , but if it hasn't been for the ones I have been on recently which were late going in , the rest hasn't produced a pigeon up to now and they are well in flower with small on . I always say it is better to have one field where there going on than several fields with nothing on , and as you well know not all pea fields will tempt pigeons . Forty is a great bag with your eyes streaming, well done, result. Thanks P C ......I think my eyes would have watered a lot more if I hadn't had gone on there. .........Hope your enjoying the heat and dry conditions ., unlike what we are getting at the moment . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 A good effort considering your inconvenience. I keep eye drops in the car. Not for me but for the dogs. They are often affected by pollen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Sounds like a good session marsh man, nice report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Well done Marshy hope saturday is as good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 You did well to stick at it with eye irritation like that,well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topgunners Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Nice one. A man after my own heart. "Never give up" Dave K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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