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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.

congrats on yesterday, always nice to have a good day this time of year. its suprising what they can still find in a stubble, we cannot see it but they certainly can.

one more try tomorrow before the pea stubble is re-drilled, been sparyed off today. not many birds around so could be a low count. still, its a day out in the sticks.

not so many peas on the ground now, its looking a bit sparse. but the re-growth is coming on nicely ! the scene of many pigeons fate

wel, the stubbles are still there. ben out today and had 82 pigeons including a few unlucky blacks that came past.shot well, only used about 110 shells which i will take as a good day. shot some cracking high and fast birds that i was proud of and they made my day. long live the stubbles.

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the peas are still there, unbelievable..they have not been turned over yet. i could not get out this weekend due to man flu but 3 others went on the stubbles and shot around 180 between them

yeah its till pretty dry, still carrying a 4lb lump hammer to allow me to get the rotor or other toys into the ground. the peas are coming back through in places and are around an inch high. having good parents help with the english survival rate too, they all looked healthy and there must have been 12-14 of them in the covey. will be interesting to look at one of the other farms as the english there seem to do well even on an average year, last hare drive there we were treated to maybe 50 birds come over us on a small farm.

wel, still going on the same fields of peas, but i dont think they will be there much longer. had a mixed bag of 67 pigeons and blacks in a 4 hour session that was enjoyable apart from the drizzly rain that came on and off all afternoon. it was nice to see a good covey of english on the hedgeside i was shooting, just goes to show what a bit of vermin control can do. still loads of peas on the deck, but i think they will be cultivated in and sprayed off soon as they are starting to grow again!!

all the peas have been cut this week. and the floor is littered with them. only problem is there are 4 fields all close to each other and you shoot one and you can guess what happens when no one else is out 😒. had 27 in a short session this afternoon, nothing great but it was enjoyable. had to work the flapper in conjuction with the rotor to get anything to decoy confidently, missed a few ..no change there and dropped a few 45 yarders too. just nice to be out shooting somewhere, as now the partridges are in the maize its a bit limiting where i can shoot. still happy with my choice of pigeon shell fiocchi fblue 1oz of english 7, hard shot and patterns a bit tight, but best of all a sensible price.

well, another 53 off the same peas. they are rock hard now and are due to be harvested to make mushy peas. sat in the middle of the field and had slow but good time, 75 shells used as i missed a few surprise birds at 5 m !! god they got close and i had to stand up a few times and scare them away so i could take a shot. they were landing by the rotor too but i could not shoot as i had houses 200m away behind me. chilled out now having a glass of cider before my chilli + chips 👍

if you ever get to the lincoln area i will have 500

take a trip around the southern end of the bypass in the late pm, you will see em. @kitchrat pm sent

we are lucky as the 3 farms i shoot are on the edge of a city, and if you get the right fields things come together nicely. when i drove home today i saw 500-1000 on barley, looks like its time to switch over to the layed patches.

we still have a few peas the viners left, they are a bit crispy now but the birds dont care. had a nice few hours this pm and shot 73, enjoyed it. partridge arrive tomorrow so thats the last day on the peas for me. used a flapper and a dozen deeks, replaced the plastic with dead birds and they came quite well.