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we have peas going in on fields i think will be good for shooting. so hopefully we will be able to repeat the bags and good times i had last year . not sure what the neighbours are putting in yet, but iam hoping they will plant peas again and we will be asked to keep an eye on them

yup, it was one for the diary for sure. i had lost my clicker so i had no idea what i had shot until i counted the shells in one of my bags. i was using 1 bag for kills and the other for misses ! glad that the bag for kills was fuller than the other one..lol. i t was close when i was counting them out though as it was getting empty and it was looking like the `100 was going to be missed. but to my relief i just got it, i wouldn't have lived it down as i was getting stick as i counted them out from a friend who was watching. super happy chappy this evening after another nice days shoting.

woo hoo there is life ! tks👍

my god its quiet on here !! well just back from the latest trip to the farm. i was hoping for the same spot again but it was taken by someone else. i set up next to a wood that had its maize strip cut during the week, lots of food on the ground and a friend had seen birds on it during the week. he had even seen 2 x white woodies too, but i never saw them today. it was warm...18c and i was sat in the shade at the top of the wood and had a slow start with not many birds showing. things picked up about 10am and i was soon seeing numbers that gave me hope. a few decoyed but again it was hard work getting them to commit. the later it got in the day the better it got with birds now decoying strongly. shot well ...ish and came off the field with 101. was a good day to be out, and another 1st for me 3 x 100+ on consecutive shooting days...doubt i will ever beat that. part of the bag ready for the chiller.

unbelievable number of birds on all cut maize plots. video link

ones and two's are perfect, less spooked and educated birds. its nice to watch big groups but just a few decoying at a time is best. as long as the food holds out they should stay.

the birds are still there, enmasse! 5k+ seen today. a friend found this small group resting on some plough. 1000's. lots of birds

well, they are still there but not as willing to play this time though ! just back from a trip out to the same location as last time, and the birds today did not really want to play ball but perseverence and massive use of the flapper as well as the rotor pulled enough out of the sky for another great day out. i have seen the most birds i can remember for 15+yrs going back and forth over the estate, mainly in large 100-500 bird groups. because of the light winds and sunny sky it has been a challenge to get them to decoy, but i worked it out in the end and i took a good bag of 135 off the field. and placed them in the chiller for collection so nothing is wasted. there is still plenty of food left for them so iam hoping we shall still see good numbers next week. equipment used was a homebrew rotor, flapper with home made remote, miroku mk38 32" and fblu shells (which i really like, they are 1oz of english seven and hold a good pattern). i was on for about 175 but messed up a bit by missing to many easy birds. not all mine in the chiller as there were a few others out. after 2-3 weeks on the maize you can see how much fod is still left! they were high in the bright windless sky !! a small gang !

oh, not so good news for the shooting then. sorry to say (as you not got many) but the birds are still in our area and building back up after last saturdays assault by 6 shooters. guy on the ground reporting 5k plus on the cut maize plots again. seems like i better get some more shells.

at 50p a bag or close to that you cannot loose with them, tough and dont leak...spot on to keep in the wagon. always take the birds back to the chiller, dont get anything for them but they are picked up and used. crows/rooks dare not enter the estate for fear of a hot reception....lol

👍 chrs tc/835. early in the morning before we went to shoot we watched 5k+ pigeons flighting to our maize and next doors. not seen so many birds for a long time. hope they stay around. and there was probably 3-5k on a neighbouring farm too, good times

just got back from a good start to the pigeon season, shot over some chopped maize that had been popular with the birds all week and ended with 105. shot. some nice tall curling birds ( to my amazement i hit them) and missed a few sitters as always. started to loose concentration after 80 but managed to hang in there to get the 100+. used too many shells but that was due to the birds not decoying very well and about 2/3rds of the birds were passing / just looking at the decoys. shot some cracking birds that made my day and even bagged 2 x young birds.

good shell 👍, good luck with sale.

but always too far ! would love some.

this is the box and contents that i had 2 misfires in 1 box and the other 4 boxes i used were fine. bottom of the cartridge box says made in italy, so not confined to the UK made ones.