John - Sporting Shooter Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Whilst it is almost always socially unacceptable to have personal wind, the converse is almost always true for pigeon shooting over decoys in the winter, especially over rape. So far this year (35 days) in my part of Gloucestershire there has been a decent wind on only two days. Lack of wind makes it much more difficult to channel birds into a flightline and if shots are fired every bird in the area will hear them and fly off to feed on one of the many other fields of rape. This is very frustrating and whilst it is always good to get out shooting, choosing to go out when conditions are so still generally means that it is likely that not many shots will be fired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remmy1100 Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 (edited) this is so very true we up north have had very little wind ,5mph winds only still i prefer to try instead of sitting indoors with the kids fighting on all day :( :( forecast for 20 mph winds next week though ,out shooting some new permission tomorrow ,no choice but the farmer is screaming for help massive flocks have been feeding on his rape and marching on it like a plague of locust Edited February 4, 2006 by remmy1100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadly Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 (hello everyone newbie 1st post)Same problem in east yorkshire no wind, no apparent flight lines, one shot flock dissapear never to be seen again. Fairly new to pigeon shooting, will flight lines become more visible when the wind gets up and the flocks split up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 (hello everyone newbie 1st post)Same problem in east yorkshire no wind, no apparent flight lines, one shot flock dissapear never to be seen again. Fairly new to pigeon shooting, will flight lines become more visible when the wind gets up and the flocks split up? hi deadly. welcome to the forum. flight lines, not all the farms i shoot on have em, just have to do your best with what you have.things may get better next week with the high winds that they are forcasting. just get out and see. keep knocking on the doors you want. good luck . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John - Sporting Shooter Posted February 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 The point about having a decent wind is that not only do the flight lines (if there are any) become easier to spot, but also the pigeons cannot descend into a field from great heights as they do when there is little or no breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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