Wilksy II

Breasted birds make them a fair bit lighter and can you save your battery, extending your magnets run time

Hansome Yorkshireman and that’s where the similarities end! Haha!

Morning Gingercat! Sorry been working away, and thanks agaman, to be honest I just followed a biltong recipe off the internet, soak in red wine vinegar for a bit, (that halts the bacteria in its tracks) then roll in crushed coriander seeds and black pepper, or anything you fancy but better if it’s dry, then cover in a salt and brown sugar mix and leave for 3hrs. then wash off the excess coating in the red wine vinegar left from earlier and hang for 10 to however many days till dried out. Ive tried smoked paprika, dried rosemary, dried onion granuals, garlic powder, bbq (bit sticky) I’ve settled on salt and black pepper keep us posted how it goes and if you hit on a good recipe, it’s a great way of using pigeon, I took about 30 breasts to Guernsey with me and it kept well over the 7 day’s, (not many woodies on Guernsey!)

Well done on a good bag you two, and fair play mightymariner for getting them some shooting!

Thanks for your kind comments marshman and clodhopper!

Great shooting PC, pity you couldn’t make the 90 but still a huge effort to bag what you did.

Ah sorry! Birds and mist that rolls in of the sea or the Humber

Agaman has been trying to get me on his peas for a couple of weeks, Sunday’s have been our best chance of meeting but I’ve been busy with family stuff, and today was no different but we both put a shift in with our broods and arranged to meet at 4pm, pigeons are definitely on the peas and agamans farmer was keen to get them shifted, he’s been going most evenings, short and sweet sessions and this was to be the same, we found a good few on the second field we looked at and set up a flapper,magnet and three dead bods on cradles, with our backs to hedge and the wind right to left,the birds came back nicely in small groups. Agaman was too kind insisting on letting me shoot as he had been doing a fair bit recently, but I was feeling the pressure and fluffed my first few chance, but then I dropped one and slowly settled in, Agaman eventually took some shots mainly to try some new steel shot carts which shed no more light on steels ability to clean kill with some very strange behaviour from shot birds. we shot till 8:15pm and as a sea roke had moved in making everything damp we decided to pack up, even though the birds were still moving,final bag was 28 picked, which provided me more sport that I’ve had in awhile but more than that it was great to have a catch up and a natter with Agaman, a true gent! ( pics to follow)

Sounds a great day, well done on the final tally but the raf fly past sounds the cherry on the top for me

Hell! Good work lads! Not enough folk shoot Corvids as they can’t get anything for them but they still need controlling at the end of the day!

Cheers mate that will be great!

Great bag and report agaman! I’ve been driving past those pigeons and seen them building up, glad you got a chance to get under them Well done pal! And if it’s the same Ben I’m thinking if he did me some steel for flighting last season he does know his stuff

Short notice sorry but it’s held at Beverley ctc, 25 sporting £10 grouse flush £12 per gun two/three man flush £10 per gun rabbit £5 dtl £5 from 2:30 onwards first prize a day’s shooting on the dalton estate

No problem, just an option if you you do go ahead and buy it, i put a kickeez on my old aya yeoman think it was £44

Now then Jdog, I’ll do it for you if your over this side of the river, maybe tie it in with a visit to agamans! (Sorry agaman no pressure to find him some pigeons)

The new advert says they’re clown proof, it doesn’t mention clowns driving them! Well shot PC!

I’ll chuck lime in the hat

Great couple of outings and report muncher cheers for posting!

It does sound a nice afternoons decoying great report!

Ha! And I never miss with a spirit level!

Ah! I’m in cave next week, not seen many pigeons around that said I shot two crackers flying over the house with my spirit level!

Hahaha! I know theres been no wet mud for quite awhile I’ll take it to the poles this week now I’ve been publicly shamed! Was you working or looking for pigeons?

‘‘Twas me! On Manor House road? I’m fitting a kitchen down there!

Good man always nice to see people’s outings, good work!

Great report Aga man! And nice to see you getting some good bags, it’s been a strange year for pigeons so far for sure! Also great that you’ve got an outlet for your birds in this fair county of ours, keep the reports coming now your back on the ‘osse!