Gonna Shoot a Wabbit Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Hi all. well i am braving the frozen wastes in pursuit of pigeons today. i arrived at the designated frozen field of rape for 0800hrs. it is not politic to start banging away too early here as the farmers house is only a couple of hundred yards away. There were a few birds in the trees when i arrived that i walked off and quickly set the hide up. The background is a little thin but this is the best spot so fingers crossed all will be well. The decoys go out and i settle down to await the birds return. It is not long before the birds make an appearance and ignore the decoys and settle some 200yds up the field. D'oh!! a shot into the air lifts them and lo and behold 6 birds break away from the flock. 5 jinked at the decoy pattern but 1 came too close and fell to a shot from some 35yds out. HHMMMMMM change the pattern from "U" shape to dead eye duck special........ completely random to look like a wild flock but with a good 5yds between 'em. It shouldnt work but with twitchy birds that have been shot at for at least a month it usually works. Yes indeedy the next bird pitches straight in with no hesitation WooHOO . China is doing her usual vocalising with every shot as the birds come in groups of 20-50 that i try to leave. Do not be fooled by the innocent expression behind that look lurks the intellect of a blonde maniac There are stragglers following the main group i am trying to concentrate on and a steady flightline of birds is coming to the decoys and i have some 6-8 birds down and nip out for a quick tidy up as 2 birds are upside down. The birds are decoying well as i knock down another bird and as it twitches its last From nowhere a buzzard pounces on it grabs it in its talons and is off away :blink: Cheeky sod! Another few birds are added to the bag and as i lose feeling in my feet from the cold a cloud comes over us and it begins to snow. The birds have found somewhere else to feed and when i havent seen anything for 30 mins i called a halt at 1100hrs. The blonde maniac was out of the hide in an instant and was picking birds like a good 'un with the slain gathered and blonde loony still. under the conditions i am happy to bag a modest 12. All the best for xmas everyone and thanks for reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomV Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 nice to be out tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southdowns_stalking Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Well done, hope the feeling has returned to your feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
here iam Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Nicely put together mate well done the blonde maniac looks cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 nice little bag there well done, i know my rape fields are still covered in snow, but i am going out tomorrow and see what i can get, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Nice bag you have there considering the conditions,and a good write up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 A dozen is a nice bag, esp right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Love the write up and a nice few hours out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead-Eyed Duck Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Ah, I see that you abandoned your cool, calm, scientific, useless decoy pattern as usual....... and adopted mine, with good results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon Paul Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Nice write up, Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoTshoT-16 Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 good bag cosidering the weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
left & right Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 Well done good pics too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 Lovely bag.Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 nice bag;really good write up to everthing is hard earned at the moment i had 35 on tue..and shared 10 yesterday with the old fella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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