marsh man Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 After inviting one of our members ( Mentalmac ) for a bit of pigeon shooting on my land I shoot on a week ago, the weather forecast of heavy rain for last Friday put the kybosh on that for the day . So we arranged we would have a go on Saturday , and as it turned out it was a lovely dry , warm day , ideal for sitting around in the Norfolk countryside even if things on the pigeon front is a bit on the quiet side . Chris arrived at mine around ten am after driving from Essex and after a bacon roll and a cup of tea we had a ride around to show him some of the areas I shoot on , as I already knew where we were going to spend the afternoon and hopefully find a few pigeons to give him a shot or two for the effort he made in coming up to mine in the first place . we like to take things easy and not rush about like Grey Hounds so after another cup of tea round mine we set off at a little after 1pm to stubble field which was 5 miles away from where I live. Driving down the track there are two Rape fields either side and the telegraph wires had several pigeons sitting around on them so I was hoping if we had a shot now and then we would keep them on the move and with a bit of luck pull a few in to the decoys . Pulling up to the stubble field , there were a few about but I would have liked to had seen more , but then I couldn't do much about it so we had to make the most of what was about . we set up at 1. 50pm and I said to Chris we will get a pigeon by 2pm , as luck would have it, one did come straight in and I managed to get it with our first shot of the day. We shared the same hide as Chris had done very little decoying and hopefully I could show him one or two tricks of the trade for when he have a go himself back in Essex. We took turns each as I don't like two people shooting at the same time , purely for safety, as most of the time I am by myself and don't have to worry about any one else in the hide , apart from my dog . Things never got hectic, but throughout the afternoon we never had a to longer gap where we didn't have a pigeon come and have a look and give one of us a shot . this carried on till we decided to call it a day at 6.30 as we had a bit of clearing up to do and Chris had a 2 hour trip back to see his newly married wife . All in all we had a enjoyable afternoon out and ended the day on 73 pigeons and 1 unlucky Crow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Hi Marshman haha we must have both written up our reports at the same time, they almost are the same! :-). Thank you again John for a cracking day, had a great time and learnt a great deal which I will put to good use. I drove the whole way home with a big smile on my face :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 I am sure that Mentalmac greatly appreciated your kind offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootgun Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Well done guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 I am sure that Mentalmac greatly appreciated your kind offer. Very much so, such a pleasure to see how it's done and get that chance. I would count my self incredibly lucky (and quite unfit compared!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Well done fella's, great report and nice pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Well done, a good day shared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Here's my write up of this: Hadn't realised Marshman was writing this at the same time haha, :-). http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/topic/317812-an-afternoon-on-the-stubbles-with-marshman/ Was a great day, there is certainly something nice about Norfolk and feeling peaceful even with the bangs from the guns. Great part of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Sounds a great day by all accounts, well done . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 I am sure that Mentalmac greatly appreciated your kind offer. Yes it made a change having a bit of company , took a bit of time to understand his accent though, but after repeating himself a few times I had a good idea of what he was trying to say Maybe one day before we are to old , it would be nice to spend a day sharing a hide with you sir , but looking at some of the words you post I would have to go on a course for elocution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Yes it made a change having a bit of company , took a bit of time to understand his accent though, but after repeating himself a few times I had a good idea of what he was trying to say Maybe one day before we are to old , it would be nice to spend a day sharing a hide with you sir , but looking at some of the words you post I would have to go on a course for elocution We will almost certainly speak the same language of pigeon shooting. Having seen how many pigeons there are in Norfolk on my recent visit I would welcome a trip there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 (edited) dosnt get better than that...........nice pictures too............... if you keep on laying them out in nice straight lines ..you will have to grow a suspicious moustache...!! Edited August 3, 2015 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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