motty Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 I took the afternoon off work to have another go at the pigeons yesterday. Some other shooters were on one of the fields that i'd earmarked as a possible venue, so i went to another reasonable looking spot. I was set up by 1.30 pm. There was a strong wind blowing and i set up with it in my face. I put a net up in the ditch to hide me a little better. The magnet went to the right of the pattern of 20 flocked shells (couldn't shoot left because of a house) and so it began. I had estimated i may get between 30 -40 birds in this session - if the rain stayed away. I started shooting poorly with the o/u but stuck with it. Soon enough, i began taking quite a few left and rights. I used mainly rio 28gm 7 1/2. They were doing the job when i was on target. I had to be alert as birds came in from behind without warning - some great snap shooting required and a test of the old DTL skills. I realised after a couple of hours that a 100+ could be on. I already had 50 odd down, which i added to the pattern. The pigeons were committing so well, even a bloke metal detecting 200 yards to my left didn't put them off. In the end i smashed past 100 and they still continued to come in. I lost the foresight bead of the gun after snagging it in the net. I shot better without it. Some cracking birds were taken and i had a 2 for 1 as well. I decided to call it a day at 5.30pm. I had seriously underestimated how many pigeons were using this field. Hundreds had congregated at the other end of the field while i was packing up. I may visit this field again at the weekend. This was my 5th 100+ of the year, but the most satisfying. I shot 125 pigeons. Here are a few pictures - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Pics will be posted later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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motty Posted July 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Final bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Nice bag mate well done and good pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Cheers Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verminator69 Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Nice report fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Brilliant. Thanks for putting up the pics of your pattern and hide too, much more interesting than just a pic of a pile of dead birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olly321 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 nice shooting bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Good Shooting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Brilliant. Thanks for putting up the pics of your pattern and hide too, much more interesting than just a pic of a pile of dead birds Left the kill zone full of dead birds. Didn't really have time to move them. Over a hundred birds in the pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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