invector
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Oh! yes, I`ve had some of that, but it made me sick!!
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Ah! but can you teach an old CAT new tricks??
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When you shoot these fiascos how do you prepare them for the oven??
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Please don`t listen to RRUK. :< He thinks he only needs ONE PELLET to down `em at 80 yards!!
The anti field sports bunny huggers must be having a field day on all this rubbish, bragging over shooting distances. You ought to know better RRUK!!! :thumbs: -
Make it a couple of miles, because you`ll still be able to hear his GOB!!! :thumbs:
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I agree. Time spent watching birds, with binos, will be repaid a hundredfold!! I would add that waiting for the right weather conditions doesn`t kill pigeons, and if you only have one day a week to shoot, beggars can`t be choosers. Similarly if setting up to get the best conditions, with reference to the sun, wind etc. puts you on the wrong part of the field, you may struggle.
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You mean you can`t shoot muntjac with an air rifle? I read somewhere that 80 yard pigeons are easy!
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According to Sam Grice, a man with a lifetime of coaching. (According to his latest article in the BASC Shooting and Conservation Magazine, talking about shooting excuses!)
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`One of the worst is the old line that whatever you do, you must shoot with both eyes open. Oh yeah?` He quotes a Gun who shot from his right shoulder but whose left eye was master. `I told him to close his left eye. The problem was solved in a single coaching session. From then on he shot as well as the next man. No more barn door jokes.`
If it`s good enough for Sam Grice it`s good enough for me!!
Edit: Who`s instead of whose!
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I always pick up the bird with both eyes open and only dim the left eye just as I am ready to shoot. If you feel that left to right birds are against your natural swing, perhaps if you put the deeks to the right of the hide, and picked up the birds more to the left, you might contact better? Old adage or not, it is so easy to miss birds in front, especially when decoying birds that are set to land, so don`t assume all your misses are behind!!
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I know you won`t mind me asking Double H, but why did you change your name?
I assume it means catamongthepigeons??
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I used to have trouble with right to left crossers. I shoot from my right shoulder but my left eye is master. I pick up the bird and dim my left eye, just as I fire, and thought this might be why I was missing these crossers.
I thought nothing about left to right birds but, like you, it was always on my mind that the right to lefts were the ones I missed. My advice is to STOP thinking about it and just shoot the *******!! I started to do this and once I got it out of my mind I started hitting `em. The `problem` I once had is now in the dim and distant past and I cream `em from any direction!! Once you start to hit the bogey birds you`ll get better at it because, as the man said, " Nothing succeeds like success" Try building on the bogey birds you HIT!!!
There is always a danger that you`ll start building your hides to take advantage of the `favourable` wind, set up in the wrong place, and lessen your chances of getting the birds to come into YOUR world and pay the penalty. Try to think of it as a psychological thing and shoot your way through it. If you put the empty cases of the bogey birds you shot, separately from the others, you will be able to see some tangible evidence that will help you to build on your successes.
Edit: Got one of the right to lefts mixed up!!
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What about geese shooting?:blink:
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Pete K I hope you aren`t advocating the use of these so called extreme cartridges for shooting wood pigeons, or any other live creature, at such excessive ranges??
Shooting inanimate clay targets, with small shot, is all well and good but their use in live bird shooting, at such ranges, is to be deplored!! This has nothing at all to do with your ability, or the set up of the gun. Respect for your quarry is what it is all about and dusting clays is just a game, with no pain involved, except when you miss!!
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Frank, you`re right about the good old days. We just took the fox to the man, took the money, and ran!! B) Everybody was at it. B)
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RRUK I realise it wasn`t you who shot pigeons at 80 yards, (I`m not that `*******` thick!!) I`m sorry you feel that I`m on your back but if your posts are a bit off key you should expect criticism. That`s what a public forum is all about, and what makes it so interesting.
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You flatter me Double H B) B)
I would pay money to see the results of shots on a patterning plate at a MEASURED 80 yards using normal 12 gauge cartridges. Pattern always fails before penetration, and you need the pattern to kill birds consistently.
Edit: Typed `and` twice!!
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Glad you got my meaning, at last!! Does your back hurt when you go over to pick up the 80 yarders?? Anyone who came shooting with me, and shot at pigeons from that distance, wouldn`t come out with me EVER again!!
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Thought I might get your attention!!! The joke has to be spoken! The key words are:
`nude whore`
`housemaid`
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RRUK, once again you misunderstand me! :< I can see that you were knackered, and the rain was bloody awful, but the pigeons were on the other side of the field. All I suggested was that you walked, unladen by your kit, and placed a few white flags in that area to perhaps get the birds to your side of the field. I`ve often done this and it sometimes works well. B)
There are times when I shoot standing up, and times when I can shoot from a sitting position, simply because the birds are coming in such a predictable way that I don`t need to move. You may be pleased to know that some days I shoot most of my birds from a standing position. The point I was labouring was that at least I CAN shoot sitting down, and that this gives me an advantage in the field. Pigeon shooting isn`t like clay shooting, and being in a tight waterfilled ditch gives little chance for fancy footwork, so the ability to shoot from a seat is often vital. B)
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Nudist colony
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A man joins a nudist colony and is told he must shave off his pubic hair before joining. He does this, and is escorted round the colony by the secretary, when he see a woman lying down, with a full set of pubic hair. " I thought everybody must be shaved", he said. The secretary replied, "That`s not hair, those are flies!!"