JDog
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Certainly Cornus, maybe not Alba 'sibirica'.
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I had given up on spring drillings, with it being so wet and two of my larger farmers (hectarage not waist girth) deciding to fallow a lot of their fields.
Yesterday I saw some heading to a drilled field and through the farm manager and then the owner I received permission.
The wind was perishing from the north. However that wind was ideal for this field. It would be fair to say that of the birds to come back to the field 80% were Stock doves. Very frustrating.
Not many decoyed but I was on a long established line and shot some good ones in a picked total of 32 pigeons.
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Thanks for posting. That was quite a trip.
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On 12/04/2024 at 10:19, old'un said:
Always use a fishing brolly when its raining, a bitter wind or shooting blacks.
Pictures below, pigeon shooting and it was a bitterly cold wind but the brolly helped keep the wind off my back.
I remember when you posted about this outing. At the time I was impressed with your hide.
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Excellent stuff and a good read.
What were the pigeons finding in that field?
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Fine looking dog.
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Muncher's title was so good I had to purloin it. Apologies Muncher.
I have shot this rape field four times over the winter with little joy. 'This would be better in a wind' I told myself. Yesterday's wind was perfect.
Taking no kit I went the the leeward corner of a wood with adjacent well-eaten rape. Lots of droppings indicated recent pigeon use. A good thick and well maintained hedge would be my cover (Norfolk is sadly lacking in such features). A Magpie got me off the mark. Then followed ten hectic minutes when I fired far too many shots for little reward. Returning birds were sporadic to say the least but I had carried nothing other than a gun and cartridges so I was well pleased to get some sport. Good sport it was too, every bird coming low into the wind across the field then changing flying habits once the still air was encountered.
I picked twenty pigeons. This was good sport, the best for a while.
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I can almost hear the language from here. Great sport it must have been.
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9 minutes ago, motty said:
Some great sport you've had. I have found the pigeons on/off the clover and rape at the moment - very inconsistent.
Risen from the dead.
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15 hours ago, Yellow Bear said:
Is that the one with all the head carvings on the outside?
No not this one.
16 hours ago, jall25 said:- Stunning - and where money from funds like the lottery should be spent
The local multi millionaires now have the repairs and maintenance in hand.
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Out and about this morning I saw two ducks in a splash due to overnight rain.
They were a pair, smaller than Mallard and larger than Teal. The male seemed to be a ruddy colour and a lighter eye stripe.
When I tried to get closer they flew off only to land in a tree! I have never seen such behaviour.
Any ideas?
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Move the saplings.
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My wife and I took advantage of a dry afternoon to walk the dogs from a nearby village.
The ground was sodden with many pools of water which the dogs loved.
We then came across a church in the middle of nowhere and went inside. The church was built in Saxon times ie before 1066 AD and added to several times. There is a wall painting dated to circa 1340 the image if which I show. This painting stood the test of time until 2016 when some ******** stripped copper from the roof and water penetrated and spoiled the images.
Nevertheless it was still a stirring experience.
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An interesting and intellectual post Mungler.
The great pity is that many, possibly even the majority of Western leaders don't see the picture with such clarity.
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You have perfected that method of pigeon shooting.
Your presentation may be called a 'Boggy crescent'.
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My guess is a Chiffchaff. They have been arriving in the UK for three weeks now. Willow warblers arrive mid April in most parts.
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Very good BB.
1 minute ago, Old Boggy said:Well done and thanks for posting.
That just goes to show that regular reconnaissance and setting up where the pigeons want to be and not where it’s most convenient, pays dividends every time.
OB
My thoughts exactly.
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Well done the Eminems. My regards to both of you. It's been a while.
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Biden has already said that the American Government would foot the bill for a new bridge. Of course he was speaking out of turn in a blatant attempt at vote gathering. He will be long gone before that bridge is rebuilt.
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I would obtain the incident number from the Police. You may use it to your advantage should a similar incident occur in the future.
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6 minutes ago, Rim Fire said:
Mabe highlighting it has done him some good and he won't put up anymore vids of that nature
What possessed you to put the video up on this forum? Surely any exposure of this kind is bad news for the shooting community and you have simply exacerbated the problem.
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The posting of this video is promulgating the action.
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A very good write up of your exploits. You must have ached for days afterwards.
Thanks for posting.
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16 minutes ago, twenty said:
A Swallow, House Martin and c40 Sand Martin at Frampton on Severn yesterday
I stood in a ditch yesterday with a 25mph howling wind and a temperature of 4 degrees. Those birds wouldn't have found many insects in that.
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Here we are 19th April and I have yet to see a Swallow.