silver pigeon 3 Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 (edited) Hi, Finished work at about 5.45 yesterday and the weather was ideal for a spot of decoying so i went home pleaded with the mrs and got a pass out , Asked the eldest if he fancied a few hours out and he was into his camo in double quick time. Arrived at the field of cut wheat at about 6.10 and to my dismay it was completely devoid of any pigeons, but while we were watching a few were passing over so we thought as time was not on our side we would give it a go. We quickly put out 12 shells and a couple of floaters and while we were setting the hide 4 pigeons dropped straight in to the pattern, so things were looking up. Once we were settled in the hide the first chance came about 5 mins later as a pair flew to have a look at the decoys but veered of about 30 yards out, thought i would chance my luck and nailed the tail bird as a quartering away crosser at about 40 yards, so things were definately on the up now! Next chance came to my lad Oakley a few mins later as a young bird came close in from left to right and hovered nicely directly out in front of us for a split second, long enough for 21g of 7.5s out of his 12 to neatly bowl him over (i must stress that the range was no longer than 15 yards). The evening continued much the same with birds dropping in every 5 minutes or so, we took turns to take shots and i ended up with 19 for 24 shots and Oakley ended up with 3 for quite a few shots. Packed up at about 8pm as we were reasonably close (500 yards) to a couple of cottages The best shot of the day was when i told Oakley to take a bird that was coming in to the decoys from dead infront, i was watching the bird and he took the shot but the bird flew off i asked him why he didn't take a second shot and he said why the bird is down? turns out i was watching the wrong bird and he had taken a fast left to right crosser intead This is the picture of 18 of the birds the rest were picked up on the way to the car. Edited August 5, 2011 by silver pigeon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Well done......but boy does he need a haircut....at first i thought he had one of those russian hats on,...thought it must be cold where you are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 (edited) Well done......but boy does he need a haircut....at first i thought he had one of those russian hats on,...thought it must be cold where you are A grenadier guardsman in the making Well shot gents Edited August 5, 2011 by chrispti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddywack12 Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Great write up. Nice bit of father son time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon 3 Posted August 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Yeah haircut is scheduled for tonight , it does look worse in the photo than it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfowler12 Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Good shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenBhoy Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 (edited) cracking shooting, always good to see youngsters coming through Well done......but boy does he need a haircut....at first i thought he had one of those russian hats on,...thought it must be cold where you are elvis that cracked me up, still chuckling now!! Edited August 5, 2011 by BenBhoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 (edited) Yeah haircut is scheduled for tonight , it does look worse in the photo than it is Good shooting nice bit of father son time Edited August 5, 2011 by mpk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Yeah haircut is scheduled for tonight , it does look worse in the photo than it is IM ONLY JEALOUS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon 3 Posted August 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 IM ONLY JEALOUS!!! Jealous of the hair or pigeons , or are you lacking in both departments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.philmypower. Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Good effort boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 IM ONLY JEALOUS!!! Perhaps if you ask nicely EE he might post you the clippings and some bostic and you're laughing. Might be enough for a decent beard as well. Joking aside, good shooting chaps. Memories you will cherish I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Jealous of the hair or pigeons , or are you lacking in both departments :lol: Just the hair, plenty of pigeon around ATM lol :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygreengrass Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Good shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Great result! Much better to spend time with the lad outdoors doing something you both enjoy than sat in watching telly. When the lad gets his hair cut you could always put it up for auction, I'm sure that there are quite a few members that could make good use of it with a tube of superglue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Nice to see the younguns enjoying the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Excellent, and a nice looking smile on the young lad's face. Good luck to him in the future years for many happy, successful and safe shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
here iam Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Your lads smile says it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon123 Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Well done boys, Good shooting :good: Nice to see that the boy is starting young, and everybody has to start somewhere no matter how manny shots are taken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spara Dritto Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 That’s a happy son and a proud father. Awesome work. It's good he got some as he would have been down heartened if he didn't, top job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Well done Young Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon 3 Posted August 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 cheers for all the replys guys, He loves all things to do with shooting and the countryside and is really excited about joining me on a trip or two wildfowling this season. When i came downstairs the morning after we had shot the pigeons he was already outside plucking the breast feathers and insisted on breasting his 3 out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 cheers for all the replys guys, He loves all things to do with shooting and the countryside and is really excited about joining me on a trip or two wildfowling this season. When i came downstairs the morning after we had shot the pigeons he was already outside plucking the breast feathers and insisted on breasting his 3 out Good lad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadge-it Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 Goog shooting now its time for him to breast them and have them for tea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren h Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 Great shooting mate, he'll loose a couple of pounds after his haircut. Daz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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