pigeon controller

Just picked up on this thread. A very happy belated birthday to you MM, John.

He helps me walk my eight miles a day, recalls well and picks up pigeon on the garage floor. Not tried him out in the field as he is my first shooting dog and I’ve been a visitor on Bens shoot lately. Will endeavour to use his nose on the rape.

Certainly Marsh man, one days shooting is much better than eighteen months of treatment!! The irony is that during my stay in hospital I would watch Utube pigeon shooting in the daytime and Prime sniper films at night.

The four thawed birds were used , two on the magnet and two flyers.

I was pleased to receive the call from Ben and have started to be catagorised as " Rent a Scarecrow", I jest it was a great days shooting at these birds who do not decoy. I started with four thawed birds and fifteen plastics with 3D covers on them and during the day I took them in and put all the birds shot out as decoys, 70 plus all round the tree. Over the day I only had approx ten set for the pattern the majority of the birds flew over the pattern but within my range. When I packed up I think I had about a dozen young birds and some of the adult birds were large, a real handful

Well done Daz, everything comes to him who waits!!

Well done Ben, that’s an excellent result for non- decoying birds. Nice to see that you’ve got your priorities right .

Well done, most of our land in cultivated. Thanks for posting.

I was coerced into tipping them out of the Disco , had I planned the picture they would have been laid out Thanks to all for your kind words.

Following monthly chemo for 12 months and a stem cell transplant in February I’m finally getting some form of fitness back. Ben has been very kind and allowed me to join him on a number of occasions but my shooting was not up to his standard but I did appreciate the invites started to get my eye in. Following my normal month in Greece I was raring have a go on the stubbles. I was informed that the oak tree was the place but set up under the wrong oak tree!!! I had 155 shots for 111 birds which I was happy about. Ben came later than I and set up but it was not the right place so he moved to where the line had moved to and gained the better shooting. I must thank him for the opportunity to shoot and deny the rumours that he is my carer.

I have always stood to shoot. The hide is constructed to be higher at the edges so I can move to the centre to shoot over it but watch the incoming birds from the edge. I reload the gun inside the hide not over the top. Thats the way I do it.

The kit list looks ok , hide poles can be cheap enough. The main thing to remember is to keep still just Move, Mount and Shoot.

Well done Ben another exceptional day. Re the numbers of pigeons I think it is the mild winters and the birds are breeding all the year round. I hope the Bass fishing goes well.

For as long as I can remember I have had a penknife of some sort in my possession which I carry at all times. This started with a single blade for sharpening pencils at school and cutting string on various projects. Through most of my working career I carried a Swiss Army knife which would be used in the office, workshop and even the pub to open bottles, tighten hinges and repair office furniture. On one occasion I remember well the saw was used to trim a pallet to allow it to fit in a delivery vehicle. The only time it was surrendered was during flights abroad on business and pleasure. The reason for raising this is my daughter is worried that I will be arrested if ever searched for carrying a “ bladed article in a public place”. That knife is part of my psyche for which I have carried in one way or another for seventy odd years. If I used it in an aggressive way, which I would not , the thought of loosing my guns is a big deterrent. As stated by others anything can be classed as a weapon, I carry a screwdriver, adjustable spanner and pliers in my door pocket of the Disco . If stopped by the Police they would hold that against me but the number of times I’ve helped Farmers and others at the roadside justifies them being in that place. Rant Over.

Well done , worth the move.