adam f Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 After a few weeks off got back on the pigeon today. Very hard to find though... after an hours driving 3 farms all we managed to find was the odd dozen here and there. All of the fields bar one have now been either turned over or drilled now - they dont seem to be on the new shoots, finding them on the drilling was hard, so in the end we settled in against a thick hedgerow where they seemed to be roosting in the strong wind on the lasty stubble field which has greened over. Shot for just 2.5 hrs, but it was quite hectic - shot 12 birds (6 piddies, 6 crows) for 18 carts (my best ever average) and proved that having my stock steamed and dropping the comb a few degs has really helped. The shooting was great fun - the birds decoyed really well and were dropping in hard and fast making for some exciting shooting - I pulled off a couple of long, high fast birds that really surprised me! All the piddies were young birds. Really warm for Oct, out of the wind in the hide it was like mid-summer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 well done mate all that matters is you enjoyed yourself i think we have heard enough about ratios this week and that should be the last thing on your mind it only makes things look worse than they actually are atb dolphin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 After a few weeks off got back on the pigeon today. Very hard to find though... after an hours driving 3 farms all we managed to find was the odd dozen here and there. All of the fields bar one have now been either turned over or drilled now - they dont seem to be on the new shoots, finding them on the drilling was hard, so in the end we settled in against a thick hedgerow where they seemed to be roosting in the strong wind on the lasty stubble field which has greened over. Shot for just 2.5 hrs, but it was quite hectic - shot 12 birds (6 piddies, 6 crows) for 18 carts (my best ever average) and proved that having my stock steamed and dropping the comb a few degs has really helped. The shooting was great fun - the birds decoyed really well and were dropping in hard and fast making for some exciting shooting - I pulled off a couple of long, high fast birds that really surprised me! All the piddies were young birds. Really warm for Oct, out of the wind in the hide it was like mid-summer! yes same for us today ended up shooting in tee shirt today really warm in the sun and it was right in our eyes when shooting so we didn;t shoot like we normally do due to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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adam f Posted October 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 well done mate all that matters is you enjoyed yourself i think we have heard enough about ratios this week and that should be the last thing on your mind it only makes things look worse than they actually are atb dolphin Very true. After an hour I was something like 8 for 10 then I started thinking about it, it all went downhill!! As you say it's all about having fun not counting numbers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 good bag, size is not ever thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoTshoT-16 Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 did you eat any of the kill good average keep at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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