JDog Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) Reeling from having to miss a good day in the wind with Aga man yesterday (I can assure him and anyone else reading this that I would rather have been out in the cold wind shooting pigeons than tidying up after ungrateful and untidy children had been to stay for Easter) I headed out today with Mightymariner. MM has accumulated some excellent land for pigeon shooting ranging from grade 1 to typical brashy Wold land to heavy land which will not be dry enough to drill until the end of April. We saw a bit of all of that today. We met in the rain and drove to a small village in the Wolds where there had been drilling done recently. Two fields had birds feeding and others joining and for once we agreed where we should go and we took a field each. No sooner had we set up then the lines stopped. We gave it an hour and a half then packed up and went elsewhere. The second spot looked promising, four hundred on the drillings and another one hundred on some poor rape. We chose to shoot the drillings and we set up several hundred metres apart in different fields in sunshine and a good wind. I couldn't help but think I was on the Norfolk marshes as there were no woods in sight, the land was very flat and we were quite close to the sea. For the first hour or so we had good sport until a line developed into a field behind us which we could do nothing about. We ended up with forty odd pigeons between us which was a great result. I had the unusual experience of shooting three pigeons stone dead with one shot. A group of fifteen or so swept across the front of the hide about 35m out and I swung onto one bird and three dropped out of the sky. It has been a while since I last fluked three like that. Edited March 29, 2016 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Three for one , that's plain greedy . Sounds like a good day was had by all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Sounds like a very enjoyable day, and a bargain as we" Shoot One, Get Two Free". Well done for being the dutiful Father and forgoing the Aga Man offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 I always know a Jdog thread, just by the title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 A fair recompense indeed, pleased to hear you got out and bagged some pigeons, no doubt relieving your cabin fever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted March 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 I always know a Jdog thread, just by the title. I'm afraid that my poor grammar and inability to use the English language properly leads to inadequate and predictable titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Good day all round. Three for one never done it or seen it. It could do wonders for your cartridge ratio. I did see three pigeons in the same field yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) last time i got close to that i was swatting flys in the kitchen...........................im going to make myself a 40ft fly swat....then we will see some action !!! on the pigeons might as well as im usless with a gun at the moment Edited March 29, 2016 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingmachine Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 nice day well done on the hatrick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 If you had been on marshes in Norfolk I don't think you would had seen 400 on drillings , not in the South as the pigeons are still on the uplands , up North Norfolk where Motty do his shooting might be different and they might well be hitting the marshes . Three for one shot over decoys must be pretty remote , I wonder if the master ( P C ) have ever done it , I have had two loads of times but I cant remember ever getting three with one shot while decoying . don't mention what shells you were using as the members will seek out every available box the width and the breadth of the country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 don't mention what shells you were using as the members will seek out every available box the width and the breadth of the country ...by which he means "tell us what shells you were using" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 bloomin heck 3 for 1 shot, i am chuffed on 1 for 3 shots, well done jd, great reading as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Nice wright up JD and 3 for 1 is a great achievement but a little short of the 8 for 2 my mate Tom achieved with an old SxS with a patch soldered on one barrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 If you had been on marshes in Norfolk I don't think you would had seen 400 on drillings , not in the South as the pigeons are still on the uplands , up North Norfolk where Motty do his shooting might be different and they might well be hitting the marshes . Three for one shot over decoys must be pretty remote , I wonder if the master ( P C ) have ever done it , I have had two loads of times but I cant remember ever getting three with one shot while decoying . don't mention what shells you were using as the members will seek out every available box the width and the breadth of the country Never done three for one , lots of two for one and if I can remember a few (2) two for four. I ve reported before DB did six for three with the sixth bird going to a tree and dropping out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kippylawkid Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Nice one JD. 3 for 1 does help the average. You obviously have a decent volume of pigeons. I have seen a marked increase up here since the drillings started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 ...by which he means "tell us what shells you were using" Are you a mind reader Jim by any chance ? Never done three for one , lots of two for one and if I can remember a few (2) two for four. I ve reported before DB did six for three with the sixth bird going to a tree and dropping out. If you haven't done it P C then it must be a rare occurrence , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydi73 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 3 for 1....at least if your present work load drys up J Dog, Jackanory will always employ you:) Well done old chum..... See you Saturday..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted March 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Nice wright up JD and 3 for 1 is a great achievement but a little short of the 8 for 2 my mate Tom achieved with an old SxS with a patch soldered on one barrel. I bet that was shooting at sitting pigeons on sprouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 3 for 1 shot jd get me a slab?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJW Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 3 for 1....at least if your present work load drys up J Dog, Jackanory will always employ you:) Well done old chum..... See you Saturday..... Very good! Well done Jdog. See you both on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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