JDog Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 For three weeks now there has been little or no wind here in the Wolds and I have had to put off roosting sessions until the wind picked up. This afternoon at 3:15 the wind got to 20mph and I flew out of the door to a wood three miles away to see what I could do. There were birds in already but they soon scarpered and not much came in at all until 4:00. Golly it was cold and with pigeons starting to come in from in front and both sides the last place my hands needed to be was in my pocket but it was too cold to have my gun at the ready position and in my pocket my hands went. The wood is a deciduous one with very mature and over mature ash and sycamore. The tree tops would have been 20m to 25m high and the pigeons were skimming in like swallows feeding off the surface of a pond in summer. They were very fast and testing and with the handicap of white finger I was slow to get going. In a flight lasting 45 minutes I shot and picked twelve pigeons all stuffed with rape. I was lucky to get that many. The dogs have been fed but it is too soon to clean my gun as my fingers are still numb so I thought I would put up this post whilst sitting in front of the log burner thawing out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul taylor Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Sounds great to me JDog, certainly beats being at work till dark like me😞 Keep the reports coming pls it's about as close to pigeon shooting as I'll get any time soon lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 you are a hard man mr JD and thats fer sure.............ive been feeding the burner all day...like the stokers at the Titanic's boiler just before they hit a hard patch how the heck did you get white finger...thought only chainsaw boys and road workers got that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Sounds worth getting cold fingers for to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Excellent 👌 you can't beat a bit of roost shooting, I love it when they go past at a great hight then tuck there wings in and dive ! Spot on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Sounds like a brilliant roost, you could always try gloves, leather driving ones are ideal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 you are a hard man mr JD and thats fer sure.............ive been feeding the burner all day...like the stokers at the Titanic's boiler just before they hit a hard patch how the heck did you get white finger...thought only chainsaw boys and road workers got that ? My fingers have been vibrating since I was an early teenager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Great report and result, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 My fingers have been vibrating since I was an early teenager. i was going to post something witty and complimentary............then thought better of it .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedly47 Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Great report Jdog, hope there was no wind while thawing out by the log burner as that could be dangerous😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browning123 Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Well done JDog - you can't beat a bit of roost shooting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Well done. In my view that is the cream of pigeon shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Great read and a good result. I am in awe of anyone getting more than 10 in a session at the moment. I think I would give the cleaning a miss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJW Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Very good write up, enjoyed the metaphor. If you found them testing they must have been truly brilliant birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Very good write up, enjoyed the metaphor. If you found them testing they must have been truly brilliant birds. At least one hundred yards???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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