Terrierist Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 Just looking at the conditions on BBC and me little home weather station.. 3.1 Mph NE wind, showing settled with 994.8 on the barometer.. Got a feeling it's going to be really hard work without any wind.. Anybody out up North have the same feelings? Whats the weather like around the UK? Good Luck to all out today Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lez325 Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 I went out at 7am- the Snow forced me home by 10am- and Im in Sunny Somerset- the birds dont seem to like flying in the snow and there is very little wind down here today- Ah well theres always tomorrow Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popgun Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 I'm out roost shooting this afternoon it's bright sun and flat calm here so not the best for shooting but a **** day with the gun is better than watching telly i'll come home this evening get cleaned up then down the ferryman for a few pints and a game of darts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren h Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 I'm out roost shooting this afternoon it's bright sun and flat calm here so not the best for shooting but a **** day with the gun is better than watching telly i'll come home this evening get cleaned up then down the ferryman for a few pints and a game of darts. Sounds like a perfect day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 Out with the local club roost shooting on a major estate in se Scotland. A skiff of snow on the coast here but could be more at the venue inland, bright sunshine and no prospect of any significant wind so no high hopes. Last night 3 of us shot 37 from the same estate that the club shot last weekend for a mere 22 with a dozen members out. It appears as if there are a few more pigeons around here just now but still very low numbers compared to usual. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
night owl Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 out at 7 this morning back by 8 1 magpie of the dung heap and a 1 crow out ratting to night at the land fill site should be a good night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trxnav Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 bright high sun mate and no wind down here in norfolk went for mooch around this mornin hoping to catch charlie out but gonna give the roost shootin a miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 I had 2 guns out today, saw thousands of pigeons but ended the day with only 35 for about 140 shots, flat calm and sunny all day. Minus 6 last night and a slight covering of snow but there still piling into the barley stubbles up here. cheers, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 im taking the boy out in the morning with his .410, looks like its going to hammer it down. cant bloody wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 Got to the shoot around 10am and had a drive around. Found a couple of hundred pigeons on a sunny south facing slope, out of the wind and there was a good flight line coming from the south. It was my first day out unaccompanied since I let my last certificate lapse about 15 years ago so I was keen to get started. Put up a Pop-a-Bivvy shelter as there was nothing else to use, and strung up some light camo' sheet at the front then put my deeks out. Hardly had time to load the gun when the first customer arrived and I christened my brand new thirty-two year old gun's right barrel. I was about three paces out from the hide when a hen spar came whizzing by my right knee and tried to nick my pigeon. Had five more shots for one more bird in the next half hour before it all dried up. In the afternoon it was really slow. I dropped two more in the field and saw one more drop dead over the boundary. Ended up with five for thirteen shots. Should have got there earlier I reckon. Went roost shooting at four, packed up at quarter past five, never saw a pigeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 Sunny, no wind, decoys and magnet on ploughed field , finished with 16. Very chuffed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayo Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 I had a look out today but it was quiet ,nothing on the Rape with just the odd one flying on a mission somewhere . I managed to get three coming back to roost and their crops were full of beans so somewhere there is a bean stubble field I had a drive around but could not find it and by that time it was nearly dark so I called it a day Still beats sitting in the house or getting dragged around Tescos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 went rooost shooting on the estate today, 3 of us had a good day pigeons came in well finished up with 52 pigeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiemonsterandmerlin. Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 Me and Dad out from 1500hrs til 1715hrs no wind sunny same wood as last weekend. 62 between us full of rape but still a general lack of birds in this part oxfordshire . Friend shot a wood a couple of clicks away he only had two shots. Regards OTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 Me and dad went out yester and we started on the rape and we sat for 2 hours and only shot 2 pigeons, so we went for a walk round the farm a picked a few up here and there and we then went roost shooting and ended up with 40 pigeons, 4 crows, 2 mag pies and 6 rabits so not a bad day :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyflier Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 went out for the afternoon roost shoot, No wind, bright sunshine = terrible :blink: The score was so awful, I'm not even going to tell you what it was mind you, with one belt of trees uncovered by the Old fella who shoots there until 5pm didn't help....... The flying rats found a wood that didn't go 'bang' (He doesn't like to go too early, 'cos it costs a lot in cartridges) Oh well, there's always next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilco Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 Went out yesterday bright and early, at the rape fields by 8.15. Very very little wind and bright sunshine really not ideal. Saw serious amounts of pigoens on the rape and a steady stream coming down from the trees nearby but with the non existant wind i knew it would be one shot and they would dissapear. Me and my mate ended up moving the hide 4 times during the day, fired well over 50 shots and only got 14. Just goes to show its better to wait for a windy day rather than go out and try to force a good day out of a bad day. Still good fun, but looking for a much bigger bag next time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooting Tom Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 decoying in the morning saw a few landed 200 yards either side of us. then roost shooting from 2 with 2 other guns they had 25 odd, we got 4 once we found the right place the wood was very big and had never shot it before. lol great day though and really enjoyed it. not much wind nice sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrierist Posted February 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Well our day out went belting!! I'm currently sort of mentoring a really keen lad, he shot his first shotgun last day of the season, a 28 bore, and killed a partridge and a pheasant.. Pigeons were the ideal thing to progress on. We had a really bright day, flat calm, and as a rule we start to batter the piddies after 13:30 Hrs... So there I am, decoys lofted in a tree, waiting for young Liam and..13:15 a flock of about 40 landed right in the deeks!! I was biting me lip and cursing under me breath, couldn't shoot til 13:30, keepers rules.. Damn! We had a good day though, 13 birds for 30 shots, Liam had a cracking high curler, he's using a 12 now and is handling it safely and confidently, superb! Me? I got a corking left and right as three came into the deeks, and a very high right to left crosser well above the branches... So a pretty good day!! Attached is a picture of me with the bag an hour before we packed up, literally seconds after I got up from the picture, a Buzzard crashed through the canopy to try and pinch the woodies.. Shows the camo was working..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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