enzedder Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Spotted a few birds working a worked wheat stubble last Sunday. Checked it out on the following 2 days and there seemed to be sufficient birds to make it worth shooting. The problem was the paddock is right beside the town where I live so I had to pick the right conditions so my shots wouldn't annoy too many people - a northerly wind would blow the sound of the shots over the houses whereas a southerly would blow the noise away. Yesterday was perfect - heavy showers in the morning clearing later with continuing strong southerly wind. I was set up in the paddock by 1:30pm with my dekes well upwind of my position. Action was intense for the first couple hours but then slakened off so I packed up by 5:00pm. Picked up 121 plus found another that a hawk had beaten me too. The day before The day later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollysp2 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Spotted a few birds working a worked wheat stubble last Sunday. Checked it out on the following 2 days and there seemed to be sufficient birds to make it worth shooting. The problem was the paddock is right beside the town where I live so I had to pick the right conditions so my shots wouldn't annoy too many people - a northerly wind would blow the sound of the shots over the houses whereas a southerly would blow the noise away. Yesterday was perfect - heavy showers in the morning clearing later with continuing strong southerly wind. I was set up in the paddock by 1:30pm with my dekes well upwind of my position. Action was intense for the first couple hours but then slakened off so I packed up by 5:00pm. Picked up 121 plus found another that a hawk had beaten me too. The day before The day later That some pies you can fill with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missedagainstan Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Worth setting up I'd say, well done, looked and sounded a great afternoon. :look: I shot a field right on the edge of town once and thought it was worth letting the local police know just in case anyone phoned them about a camo clad man in the hedge with a gun :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz2381 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 looks like it was worth wait. Great shooting :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Excellent shooting.Well done mate.Nice pics too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Excellent Shooting. Well Done. :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bothbarrels Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 nice one! what did you do with the birds? do they eat as well as woodies?? :look: BB. :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lez325 Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Nice shooting fella- I personally wouldnt eat Feral Pigeons- Ive seen them eat vomit outside McDonalds lol Les :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steyr 6.5 Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 (edited) Apparently they eat them in France...Dirty f a s t a r d s . I think I can see rings on a few of their feet :yp: Edited March 18, 2010 by stevienicknacks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhw100 Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 HAHA excellent bit of sport they're dirty blighters! yea i wouldnt fancy eating one either seeing as they sit in there own ****E all day! The dirty black ones from down london look scary with there red eyes too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzedder Posted March 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 nice one! what did you do with the birds? do they eat as well as woodies?? BB. Hi bothbarrels I used to eat them in the past either roasted or frying up the breasts but these days I sell them to the local gundog club & they use them for field trials. Unfortunately the club has enough in storage for the coming season at present so I'll be keeping this lot in the freezer until they are buying again. Not sure how the taste would compare with woodies as I haven't eaten woodies but they are probably eating similar food so would expect that they taste similar. The ferals around here are feeding on seed peas, barley & wheat at the mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzedder Posted March 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Apparently they eat them in France...Dirty f a s t a r d s . I think I can see rings on a few of their feet Hi snn You're right! Well spotted. There are 4 banded birds amongst them. Seems that the odd racing or loft pigeon goes wild and joins up with the ferals. So far this year have had 6 banded birds out of 419 so not a very high ratio. The other day I had a tumbler coming into the spread (which I left alone - but shot the feral following it) and also noticed a couple fantail pigeons feeding on the same paddock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Nice shooting well done , i love shooting ferals and sell all mine to the french as they seem to like them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepe Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Nice pictures too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George1990 Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Wondered why it look so warm and sunny for a minute there till i saw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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