Boofy999

I've had some fantastic shooting lately and I consider myself very lucky. I can't thank all the members on the forum enough for all the advice and tips that I've had! If any members are local to Somerset and would like to have a day out with me I would be delighted to take them out...... And hopefully learn some more! 😉

Thanks that's brilliant info! I'll try that!

Ah ok I thought I'd caused offence! The field I'm shooting on is standing barley I'm hoping to get out on it once it's cut, its quite a big field do you think I'd benefit from a bale hide in the middle?

What did I post that was out of line?

Ha! I do have quite good eyesight actually. What I thought was that I was underneath the bird so shooting low. When the shot is dispersed from the wad it begins travelling faster than the wad itself.... Correct? So when the wad hit the bird up the bum the shot was obviously already past the bird. My question was do you guys think I went above or below the bird as the wad and the shot obviously go in the same direction? This forum is fantastic, when I talk to none shooters they just look at me like I'm mental and boring! They don't understand the excitement!

What about the one where the wad hit the bird? Was I above or below it?

I'm based in Somerset. I understand the concept of lead for a crossing bird but when they are flying straight into your face at eye level or directly away from you, you can't shoot in front of the bird, can you? ....... Am I being daft?

When you say lead, if the birds coming or going directly at me or away do I go above or below the bird?

Hi guys, I've been lucky enough to have some really good shooting over the past few weeks and I've been putting a good few pigeons on the ground at the 30-50 yard range! I do however have a problem I'm missing what I would deem to be really easy "killable" birds, ones coming really close and others flying straight at the hide. On one occasion a bird flew directly over my head going away from me and as I fired I watched the wad hit the bird up the bum but no shot found the mark and the bird flew off none the worse for wear! What's going wrong???

I breast them out and sell them for 50p a breast, is this about right?

What's the general consensus of opinion when it comes to selling pigeons whole in feather or breasted? How much do you guys sell them for?

I think it's just something I've heard maybe! I'm going for the seventh session tomorrow and I'll hang around till it stops 🔫🐦😀

How many days can I shoot on the same field? I have a field of standing barley that the pigeons are hammering but I've already had 6 sessions on the same field! I've also read that pigeon shooting deteriorates after 5pm ish but I've been shooting birds until 9pm. Is this normal?