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motty

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  1. Shot 6 last friday whilst out looking for a good shooting opportunity. New total- 7634
  2. After a promising opening half hour on saturday i got soaked by rain and went home.Shot 11. Went back on sunday and got a disappointing 34.Both on same field of peas. Hundreds of pigeons about and hopefully just a matter of time before i really get amongst them again, especially as i now have access to over 1300 acres of peas in my locality. 7198+ 45=7243 new total.
  3. Don't know if anyone has the same problem as me. I Have to go to the forgotten password bit to get a new password every time i log on to the site as it will log me in but not seem to let me post anything.Once i have registered my new password i am ok,until the next day. Extremely annoying!
  4. While i agree with trying to blend in with the background if you can, it certainly isn't essential. I wouldn't advise people against using a hide that is different from the background. I've often used a desert camo net in front of dark green backgrounds to good success. I also wouldn't be afraid to set up with a dark green net in the middle of a freshly drilled field if circumstances demanded it.
  5. Got 59 on peas with the old man yesterday morn, before being rained off. Went on same field again today on my own(9am-3pm) and shot another 111 from a hide in the dyke. Learnt from yesterdays shoot and set up in a far better place today. Glad i took plenty of drink with me. Correction from ultimate hunters score-only woodies count. 5639 -8 = 5631 + 170= 5801
  6. No problem on the peas i've been shooting on for last 2 days. Got permission for 9 new fields this week(well chuffed), and they're only 3 inches tall at the mo. Got 59 yesterday morn with old man before we got rained off. Turned up this morn on same field on my own(9am) and shot 111 in the heat.
  7. I quite agree. There are certainly plenty of pigeons around in my area.Took my fifth hundred+ bag of the year so far today. Not sure if i've seen this many birds in previous years, so in my opinion i would say they are on the increase. I'm sure in a month or two, people will start posting that birds are about in big numbers and bag numbers increasing.
  8. This doesn't surprise me. We all know that pigeons like peas but don't make the mistake of thinking that they are some magical crop that will make pigeons just appear. Remember that at this time of year they will have so much variety to choose from i.e rape, set aside etc. I went to look at a field of peas today myself,hoping that there would be some pigeons about. Three got off the field! But i have seen this so many times before. My guess is that when the peas come into pod the pigeons will go crazy for them. Of course you may find the next time you look at these fields that they are blue with birds. A field with no birds on today could be heaving in a few days. I'm sure it'll come good in the end.
  9. Shot 19 more on rape. Slow afternoon. New total-5229
  10. Slightly disappointing 24 on rape today. Total 4976.
  11. The best advice i could give is to get down to your local clay ground and practise at skeet and dtl. You'll soon start to get used to leading targets and build up a load of mental sight pictures. If you can hit 80% or more on those two disciplines you should be able to kill woodies consistently. Also, getting a competent shot to shoot with would help.
  12. In my humble opinion i would get something at least 20x5 just in case you need to set up in the middle of a field with no cover,especially if shooting with a mate. As others have said the stealth nets are good(i have one) but i think are too small for many situations.
  13. Sorry,can't agree that pigeons get used to magnets. I've just shot four different hundred+ bags in a month on the same rape field using magnets. They didn't get used to them. That's like saying pigeons will get wise to plastic decoys.A mate of mine once said that birds had stopped decoying so well because they had got used to seeing his truck.Yeah,right.
  14. Here goes, my year so far. 1 woodie whilst out fowling. 56,83,15,14,138,24,110,131,53,124,+23 this morning, all from same rape field this year. Other bags of 5,91,24,14,16 mostly on other rape fields. Also 14 roost shooting. My year total so far =936 New total - 4939
  15. Hello everyone. This is my first ever post. This is the first time this year i've looked on the forum. I must admit to being quite surprised by the amount of small bags a number of you lot get. Maybe the pigeons are less co-operative in many areas than the areas i shoot over (norfolk ,cambs and lincs). Anyhow, i'll consult this years diary and post my scores soon.
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