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if they where dropping short sounds like a rotary would of pulled them towards you

expected to see nothing less in my humble opinion id say that's very good going averages out at 55 birds a day over the three shoots

I was invited to travel up to aberdeenshire to shoot with sako751sg you will know him with the stunning pics he posts on here, that we are all in envy of I travelled up Thursday over 6 hrs drive but what the hell I didn't think twice about it , I got there for about 2.45pm even before I had checked in to the guesthouse I was staying at I was stood at one of his duck ponds and theres quite a few of them anyway we managed 3 ducks 2 mallard and a teal, plan for the next day was a full walk up day and finish on a duck flight, I met up with dave at his house 9am next day and within 5 minutes we were in 1000s of acres of the most stunning countryside you will see, 1st off we ambushed a duck pond resulting in 5 mallard being shot, then a walk round the reeds surrounding it and bagged 2 pheasants and a silly crow that flew past and turned back over me, onto the next plot of land I should say huge plot of land for a 3 hr walk round for the smartest pheasants I have come across birds jumping 100 yards away at times even with the dog at our side and wind in our face jumping at the sight of us must of pushed up 50 or so pheasants throughout the day we didn't miss many between us when in range so bagged 8 on that walk round with 1 pigeon 1 crow then to another flightpond and ambushed a huge pack of teal off it 1 teal each from that then on to another flightpond for evening flight bagged 5 mallard from that I could have made this post 3 times the size but wanted to keep it short as possible and let the pics do the talking what a fantastic trip I will never forget it, just to be in countryside like is amazing but to shoot in it as well is a privilege that's me in one of the pics doing a similar pc pose with the bag and daves dog jake the none stop working dog thanks dave for a being a great host, and your as straight as they come a top bloke and we will definitely have a crack at the geese next season

that's where I came across him but not heard any reviews reports etc that's what I,m looking for

anybody shot with this guide or any info at all would be helpful, hes currently offering a morning goose flight rest of the day walked up game finished with a duck flight for £200 per day I think that's a good price all in, I,m very close to taking two days on the 28th and 29th the shooting is around the elgin area about 40 miles east of inverness I have contacted about 4 other guides mark robson, david virtue, being 2 of them and they are either booked up or taking a break over the xmas period

I,ll be doing something very similar meself soon no doubt we will see a post or two from you in the coming weeks

set up at the face of the wood or the part they are flighting over and stick a rotary and some decoys out on the turnips they might not be feeding on the field but I bet you will pull birds in

and that sums it up right there

cracking cartridge THEY Are by the way I use them in the hushpower, I got some cheaper last week from rainford fieldsports £60 a slab for 28g 6s plas wad proper carts I didn;t even know they did 20g in proper carts my question how on earth are they charging £75 for a slab of 20g clay carts when I can get 20g game carts for £60 around here

been on the rape around here for 6 weeks, it varies from region to region

Some bag for this time of year really is And don't you just love people like that

today I used steel as I had an order for steel shot birds in the week, last week and the week before I was using the hushpower with lead

the day started off bright and windy and high hopes of making a bag, I chat regulary with a member on here who shoots the same farm as us were the rape is he had been watching them in the week and said birds are on 3 or 4 different fields so we planned to meet up and then split up on different fields to keep them moving after watching birds flighting in the wind onto the rape we got set up 10.45 am started off well birds decoyed straight in to static decoys and it looked good then it clouded over and started to rain it went on like this for 3 hrs and the birds came every 10 to 15 mins or so until 2pm then it started heaving it down sat it out for 30 mins to see if it would clear up it never did shot a few more in rain then that was it we had enough everything was soaked **** law the moment we got back to the car it stopped ended with a very soggy 27 pigeons and our mate had 26 so very similar to our day also a pic from last sat on the rape picked 30

they certainly like that field that's for sure

yeah with an 8 bore not a 12

well there is nothing down for any of us if we can't find a birds head with a pellet we will kill nothing I think most of us are thinking exactly the same

oh right so the guys who you saw kill birds at 100 yards were all head shots ?

you said you seen guys shoot duck and geese at 100 yards with steel in another post make up your ,mind

I'm sure you just come on here and start a thread to cause an argument Also on the 90 to 100 yards you have been talking about in the thread complete and utter rubbish

you have a knack for this pigeon shooting lark cracking bag you two you hardly ever fail to pull it off

hell of a bag and on maize I would of thought they would be on rape around your area they have gone on it quite early around here just a matter of time I reckon

20g no they don't spook the same as they do with a normal shotty, and its strange you can hear the shot strike the bird due to the sound not being drowned out with a big bang

and that's exactly what I did after shooting the first bird I immediately swung on to another and pulled the trigger and nothing happened then I realised you have pump the dam thing lol I used fiocchi 28g 6s lead fibre wad

I think its legitimate thread its only a what if type thing its highly unlikely it would ever happen its interesting to know others thoughts on it

it seems they have started on the rape around here earlier than I was expecting as I was heading down the motorway I could see birds flying over and dropping into rape fields at the side of the motorway so I thought I would go straight to the rape fields for a look found some straight away so watched for a while and it looked good so I trudged across the field to the spot with the gear and got setup for about 11.15 am almost immediately they started to come for a look not decoying but giving me shots as they passed I used the 20g hushpower today due to this field being a bit noise sensitive with a lane and footpath nearby I don't shoot it that often but I started off really well killing 6 for the first 7 shots but it evened out during the session with some misses creeping in which happens with hushpowers heavy handling if a bird jinks at the last second you can't adjust the swing quick enough well I find it difficult to do but anything in a straight line I was knocking them down for fun , the birds were difficult to decoy all session and long lulls inbetween shots a very enjoyable session shot my last bird at 3.15 so 4 hrs in the hide it was a lovely day for it and to be out enjoyed every min of it picked 40 lost a few