pavman Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 went out for a woodie session on some stubble sunday good chance to dust off the shottie and give the new pup some work set up the deeks and the rotary had my first cuppa and a few give me a look but dont come in change the deek set out same thing happens, take the ratary away and one comes in and i miss it then another then another now i am getting mad with myself for doing so much Rifle work and no shottie so i decide I am not swinging through but not sure how to make my head work to resolve it, a few shots later we have one and pup is sent for a retrieve and just as she gets there it takes off and makes it over the field so i have to call the pup back! and so the farce continued by the time rain set in I was 17 shots for 2 woodies and a crow and i cant remember having shot so bad (ever) whilst its very frustrating it just shows we dont always get 100 plus bags and sometimes we can make a right hash of things........ with luck i have paid for my sins and the next outing will be more fruitful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 went out for a woodie session on some stubble sunday good chance to dust off the shottie and give the new pup some work set up the deeks and the rotary had my first cuppa and a few give me a look but dont come in change the deek set out same thing happens, take the ratary away and one comes in and i miss it then another then another now i am getting mad with myself for doing so much Rifle work and no shottie so i decide I am not swinging through but not sure how to make my head work to resolve it, a few shots later we have one and pup is sent for a retrieve and just as she gets there it takes off and makes it over the field so i have to call the pup back! and so the farce continued by the time rain set in I was 17 shots for 2 woodies and a crow and i cant remember having shot so bad (ever) whilst its very frustrating it just shows we dont always get 100 plus bags and sometimes we can make a right hash of things........ with luck i have paid for my sins and the next outing will be more fruitful Blame that fruit and nut last night for the wobbly knees mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 We all have days like that ,ive had a few of them just of late but was back on the money on sat afternoon which i was happy with ,will see what this week brings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrion crow Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 went out for a woodie session on some stubble sunday good chance to dust off the shottie and give the new pup some work set up the deeks and the rotary had my first cuppa and a few give me a look but dont come in change the deek set out same thing happens, take the ratary away and one comes in and i miss it then another then another now i am getting mad with myself for doing so much Rifle work and no shottie so i decide I am not swinging through but not sure how to make my head work to resolve it, a few shots later we have one and pup is sent for a retrieve and just as she gets there it takes off and makes it over the field so i have to call the pup back! and so the farce continued by the time rain set in I was 17 shots for 2 woodies and a crow and i cant remember having shot so bad (ever) whilst its very frustrating it just shows we dont always get 100 plus bags and sometimes we can make a right hash of things........ with luck i have paid for my sins and the next outing will be more fruitful Went out Sat 4 hours 10 shots 1 yes 1 pigeon, tried it all got flask out, went for a pee changed deek paterns etc nothing worked like the song things can only get better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretman_2009 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 went out for a woodie session on some stubble sunday good chance to dust off the shottie and give the new pup some work set up the deeks and the rotary had my first cuppa and a few give me a look but dont come in change the deek set out same thing happens, take the ratary away and one comes in and i miss it then another then another now i am getting mad with myself for doing so much Rifle work and no shottie so i decide I am not swinging through but not sure how to make my head work to resolve it, a few shots later we have one and pup is sent for a retrieve and just as she gets there it takes off and makes it over the field so i have to call the pup back! and so the farce continued by the time rain set in I was 17 shots for 2 woodies and a crow and i cant remember having shot so bad (ever) whilst its very frustrating it just shows we dont always get 100 plus bags and sometimes we can make a right hash of things........ with luck i have paid for my sins and the next outing will be more fruitful had same sort of weekend 35 shots for 7 pigeons must have been weather ended up standing in ditch with camo net 3 dead birds and 4 plastic on wobblers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firdom Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Pleased it's not just me had the same on last 2 outings never had that before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Same here, we went out on sunday, and managed one shot for one bird, they just wouldn't come into the pattern. We moved them about, bouncer out, then back in...nothing worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kippylawkid Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Same here, we went out on sunday, and managed one shot for one bird, they just wouldn't come into the pattern. We moved them about, bouncer out, then back in...nothing worked. It's the beauty of the game though gents. It would be no fun at all if every bird on every shooting trip threw themselves onto the pattern. They're wild birds and sometimes (no matter how good we think we are) they just don't play ball. That's why we keep coming back for more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 The worst thing for my consistency is to switch between clays and live birds. When I have been shooting pigeons I miss clays behind and when I go back to pigeons, I am usually giving them too much lead. Having mentioned this to a few other shooters, I am not the only one that this happens to. Thats why I don't shoot clays too often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benellimelody Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 The worst thing for my consistency is to switch between clays and live birds.When I have been shooting pigeons I miss clays behind and when I go back to pigeons, I am usually giving them too much lead. Having mentioned this to a few other shooters, I am not the only one that this happens to. Thats why I don't shoot clays too often. I am exactly the same as this. Had been doing a lot on the clays and then went out decoyin and was really strugglin. Not done any clays for a while and can hit the pigeons once more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman2 Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 (edited) went out for a woodie session on some stubble sunday good chance to dust off the shottie and give the new pup some work set up the deeks and the rotary had my first cuppa and a few give me a look but dont come in change the deek set out same thing happens, take the ratary away and one comes in and i miss it then another then another now i am getting mad with myself for doing so much Rifle work and no shottie so i decide I am not swinging through but not sure how to make my head work to resolve it, a few shots later we have one and pup is sent for a retrieve and just as she gets there it takes off and makes it over the field so i have to call the pup back! and so the farce continued by the time rain set in I was 17 shots for 2 woodies and a crow and i cant remember having shot so bad (ever) whilst its very frustrating it just shows we dont always get 100 plus bags and sometimes we can make a right hash of things........ with luck i have paid for my sins and the next outing will be more fruitful Get out and shoot 100 english skeet, that will get your swinging thru em. I think people are confusing shooting clays with different guns to their field gun, balance weight barrel lenght all make a difference. Edited September 28, 2010 by manxman2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Get out and shoot 100 english skeet, that will get your swinging thru em.I think people are confusing shooting clays with different guns to their field gun, balance weight barrel lenght all make a difference. I use the same guns for pigeons and clays, only the cartridges differ. I ain't rich enough to have specific guns for specific purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunters_return Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Ferrells on a high wind can make your blood boil. I took a very good pigeon and clay shooter with me to my ferrell permission a while back, and they drove him insane. He said they were the hardest thing he had ever tried to shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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