aga man

just to throw in another choice. try these hard hitting consistant and reasonable price. and not too punchy even through the side by side.

hi jega, thought i had number 12 see post 10 cheers aga man.

number 12 seems quite appropiate for today. so thats my guess. cheers.

good bag lads. well done

nice bag fella, well done

nice photo's and very healthy looking dogs. the rabbit hole looks more like a fox earth or badgers set

well done fella. a photo to cherish. a left and right at woodcock is an awesome acheivement. i missed one clean with both barrels last week.

thanks for the info cockercas. will keep eyes and ears open up here in hull. i make a living with a van load of tools and would be ****** if they got knicked.

1 magpie from the van window with air arms s200 total 6013

poor little ****** :o glad he's doing ok

well done mate nicely done. good write up. looks like the dogs enjoyed it.

the rape is around the hull area. the field was cultivated straight after barley in september by ploughing,drilling etc. a lot of the others round here have direct drilled into stubbles and that aint doing very well. the crop should do very well if we can keep rabbits and pigeons off it.

thanks for the comments PC, you are the inspiration to a lot of us on here. the pigeons are difficult to deal with in large numbers. we will suss them out! thanks for the encouragement. aga man.

thanks for the comments chaps. and thanks for that daz. sometimes feels like you have'nt done enough when that many birds are on the field, but you know how it is on rape at this time time of year there like a swarm of bees. the farmer was chuffed though he said"come back whenever you want". forgot to say some of the birds today where young with no neck markings

set out to shoot a rape field today as we had planned earlier in the week, as the weather had forecast north wind. the field in question is around 70 acres split into two by a private road. birds had built steadily over the past week. and as we arrived at 8 am around 500+ lifted and filled the sky in swirling mass, it was some sight. as we started to set up the rain persisted in a driving wind and it was cold and muddy. as we put the decoys out the birds where steadily sreaming back from nearby woods and seemed desperate to get back on the field. we got into the hide after some minor hiccups { broken flask and whirly not working} and was faced with a problem. too many birds coming into the decoys. we realised firing at big flocks of birds is a no no but this is how they wanted to come. we stood up and shot 3. this sent the birds back to the wood. soon enough they returned again in huge numbers again we managed 3. this happened a few times throughout the morning until the birds started to ignore the decoys and land at the top end of the field. being down wind not even a scaring shot would shift them. i decided to take a few floaters and stand in the hadge up there. the sight of pigeons streaming in a 1/4 mile trail from the woods was amazing. i shot some more birds, but eventually they moved a mile or so away to somone elses rape. the birds seem to have become used to feeding in mass even with two whirleys and several deads on floater the decoying was hard work. we finished early afternoon with around 35 shot and about 30 picked. we were wet, cold covered in mud and tired. we felt like we earned every bird shot. it was however better than been at work and the farmer saw us making an effort. we will return with plan b. thanks to PW member Tan for his company. certainly a morning to remember.

take it as a lesson learned zipmiester. in future put the money in your fuel tank, have a drive round and take some good binoculars. most of the good bags posted on here by the likes of pigeon controler and a few others are generally acheived by doing plenty of groundwork and if necesary driving many miles and calling on farmers

going out on rape tommorow for the fisrt time this winter. the field has 2-300 birds on it. the birds are feeding and then resting up 800yds away in a wood.the pigeons are feeding steady for a few days on there so we will see. hopefully we'll have a good day and not just a couple of shots. was hoping for more wind but hey ho. looking forward to it anyhow, will keep you posted.

don't have a 20 bore but surely these are a bargain at £300 2 thousand.

found these in the local supermarket at 69p a bottle. thought i better have a dozen or so. not bad 4.8%. hope you got rid of your man flue

i think you should be asking your doctor these questions gary. have you had your blood pressure checked recently? could be a sign mabe stress? i think first aiders advise not putting your head back. atb aga man

home made bottle trap

just as bad up here mate. farmers only just drilled some winter wheat and puddles like small lakes are stood on it. 2012 has been terrible lets hope next year is better. btw it's raining as i type

very odd as you say never say never

+_1 and stick on a chrono if you can to make sure it's consistant.