mrpip Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Arrived at the farm to find most of the swathed rape cleaned up & the stubbles disced up, on the largest of the fields left a strip of about 6 rows had been done to the boundry which is a riverbank, dividing the block in half. Plenty of pigeon feeding as I drove down the strip they were getting up infront of the landie, only piece of hedge about 20 yds at the end of the strip could'nt have designed it better. Set up at 2.30 with 10 shells & rotar had 3 over the decoys before I got back in the hide, 20 down in the first hour then they just dissapeared, nothing till 5.30 then a few started to show, finished at 7.15 with 32 picked up lost 4 well out in the rape. Dog was'nt impressed only allowed her to retrieve 3 off the riverbank & a couple that dropped in front of the hide, stubble like bayonets some of it 2ft high. Weather was red hot & the flys were a pain (forgot my bag). Another enjoyable afternoon out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhumble5 Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Well done mate. I was out on Sunday it was very quite only got one pigeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.philmypower. Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 nice bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Nice shooting fella, I had my first shoot of the summer, Saturday gone over swathed rape and managed 30, keep up the good work Regards Maxwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcatsplat Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 I'd set up between a row of trees on fresh cut rape, but absolutely nothing doing, so not being blessed with patience went for a walk in the woods at the end of the field. Got a couple of bunnies and sat down on a handy box taking potshots as the pigeons came over the top of the woods. Walking back to where i'd set up my decoys, half a dozen birds flew off out of the pattern. Cue me sticking out the dead uns i had making more out of the pattern (had only brought 12 fuds out with me - no flappers or rotary) and then had a cracking half an hour of decoying. They're cutting the wheat at the moment, so now have a freezerful to decoy with later this week!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony73 Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Trying to figure out where you are and which p/station it is? Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu nesling Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 clue...its on the trent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miapia221 Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Well done, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpip Posted July 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 clue...its on the trent. another clue it begins with C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpip Posted July 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 I'd set up between a row of trees on fresh cut rape, but absolutely nothing doing, so not being blessed with patience went for a walk in the woods at the end of the field. Got a couple of bunnies and sat down on a handy box taking potshots as the pigeons came over the top of the woods. Walking back to where i'd set up my decoys, half a dozen birds flew off out of the pattern. Cue me sticking out the dead uns i had making more out of the pattern (had only brought 12 fuds out with me - no flappers or rotary) and then had a cracking half an hour of decoying. They're cutting the wheat at the moment, so now have a freezerful to decoy with later this week!! I usually use dead pigeons after I've took the breast meat off, but slung the last lot they don't keep long even in the fridge in garage in this weather OK in the winter, call em my real shells. Did'nt put no dead ones out the plastics were working OK & they would have been fly blown pretty quick. As for patience been told I've got pigeon fever Just love being out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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