darren 67 Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Not much wind and they were damn high. By the time I had got the lead right they stopped coming in. Oh well always next week. Wouldn't be fun if it was so easy. Ended up with 3 picked think that the dog was getting a bit frustrated with my misses. How has every one else done this afternoon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Not much wind and they were damn high. By the time I had got the lead right they stopped coming in. Oh well always next week. Wouldn't be fun if it was so easy. Ended up with 3 picked think that the dog was getting a bit frustrated with my misses. How has every one else done this afternoon? Rubbish, took my freshly implanted jaw out and got a whole 1. Had a dozen last week but the other shooter didn't show to keep them moving. Never mind at least the new dental work seems to have survived the experience which was a worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren 67 Posted February 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Same here for last week, not many turned up becase of the rain. Wouldn't have stopped them if they were beating but to shoot they couldn't stand it? This week almost too many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIDENSEEK Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 I got the grand total of 1, which was the only 1 to come anywhere near me! Also did my bit with a crow, jay & squirrel, good mixed bag. The adjacent estate for some reason wasn't shooting,which makes all the difference to the wood I was shooting.There's always next week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 i had 19 today coming in to the trees next to the pond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchrat Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 2 for 5 shots. Saw less birds than I killed last week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Yesterday was our second Club Pigeon Charity Shoot. This particular estate was once excellent for roost shooting, even with my modest skills I have had bags of up to 20 in the past. Usually once the guns are into the woods spasmodic shooting starts and finally as the light fades reaches a crescendo as pigeon drop in by the score. Yesterday it hardly reached spasmodic, high birds and for me 6 shots for one kill. Not heard the final score but was only around 20 for the 10 guns booked in when I left. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 (edited) Absolute waste of time over my way. Some time mid-week the farmer has put what sounds like a hundred gas bangers out on the fields closest to our main section of woods. I think what must have happened is that over the previous few days birds have been coming in at roosting time, getting scared up out of the trees and finally got sick of it so they've all gone off somewhere else. In the same wood where I saw birds in their thousands only a couple of weeks ago, I counted four solitary birds flying in. Had a drive round, virtually nothing elsewhere right across our land so they must have been moved off in a dramatic fashion to a wood far, far away.. Hopefully I can catch up with them in the week, looks like the binoculars are coming back out again Edited February 14, 2016 by Jim Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Absolute waste of time over my way. Some time mid-week the farmer has put what sounds like a hundred gas bangers out on the fields closest to our main section of woods. I think what must have happened is that over the previous few days birds have been coming in at roosting time, getting scared up out of the trees and finally got sick of it so they've all gone off somewhere else. In the same wood where I saw birds in their thousands only a couple of weeks ago, I counted four solitary birds flying in. Had a drive round, virtually nothing elsewhere right across our land so they must have been moved off in a dramatic fashion to a wood far, far away.. Hopefully I can catch up with them in the week, looks like the binoculars are coming back out again It was the same over my way too. To be honest I don't think the gas bangers make much difference in the long term. Yours were there last week as were mine but we still managed a few birds then. I would put it more down to you blasting the hell out of the woods all day squirrel shooting. I could hear you over at Glendon sidings when I was out for a walk with my missus and it did sound loud even that far away so it maybe cleared them out of the district. They'll be back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchrat Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 It was the same over my way too. To be honest I don't think the gas bangers make much difference in the long term. Yours were there last week as were mine but we still managed a few birds then. I would put it more down to you blasting the hell out of the woods all day squirrel shooting. I could hear you over at Glendon sidings when I was out for a walk with my missus and it did sound loud even that far away so it maybe cleared them out of the district. They'll be back. I think the gas guns made a difference to my evening. This week, there were 2 guns on rape fields on the next farm, where the birds were coming from last week, they had rape in their crops. This week, almost no birds, the 2 I got were empty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 You probably heard us quite loud when we were at the Grange, 11.30ish, directly upwind of you!. We were done not long after, plenty of time to let things settle. The thing is there was nothing about all day, not a woodie in the sky over the surrounding arable land to scare away. Those gas guns had only been put out a few days previous. There's been others not far away but the difference in sound level is massive, and I think he's pointed the closest one directly at the wood. The majority of the birds roosting on that bit come in from the south, I think they would have been far enough away not to have been disturbed by us shooting earlier, they probably travel a fair old way. I still maintain they have been scared out of their roost by the gas bangers the previous few evenings and have just abandoned the area. They'll be back indeed, just got to keep an eye out! I do agree they get used to the bangers. Doing my recon for decoying a rape field last April, they were up in the sitty trees within a couple of hundred yards of the gas gun and didn't even flinch when it went off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside1000 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Our 2 nd charity roost shoot in Somerleyton estates, the first was OK with about 12 guns spread out over the estate in different woods, but very cold winds kept most of the birds low and fast, managed just 4 and a grey squirrel which I'm sure the game keeper will be pleased about, so this week I was prepared for better results, sadly only 5 or 6 guns showed up, less wind but very cold and overcast, by 4.30 the light was quite bad and it was difficult to spot birds coming in, but I managed 6, mostly very high birds dropping into the tops of the trees, I don't do a lot of roost shooting so its not my best discipline but I do like a challenge so roll on next Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz.man64 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Just one missed quite a few but its damn good to be out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Better day for me today. 13 in the bag with a few lost in the excitement. Took the 391 auto 12gauge out for a change and took a few shells to settle in but what a great tool for roosting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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