motty Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 I passed some rape stubbles yesterday after a pretty much wasted drive round looking for any pigeon activity on some of my ground. These stubbles are only 5 minutes drive from my house. It is a block of 3 fields that total somewhere in the region of 70 acres. There was a big flock of birds moving on the middle one as i drove by. I would have liked to have a go at them this morning - trouble is i don't have permission, but my mate does. I phoned him to let him know there was a few on the land and left it at that - secretly hoping for an invite. Lo and behold, i got one late on Saturday night. We met up just before 1pm at the fields and sat watching. There seemed plenty there, as expected. As we drove across, around 1000 birds got off of the fields. This looked promising. We put the hide out on the edge of the middle field, in the open. Around 20 dead birds were put to the right of us, 20 shells on the left. A magnet was placed to either side of the pattern. We got settled (wind on our backs), in the hide at just after 1.30pm. The action was immediate. We needed to be on our guard as pigeons poured in from all directions. After 10 minutes and 20 birds down, i knew we would be on for a ton. This would be very welcome as i've struggled somewhat and got only mediocre bags of late. A few lander cradles added and a turbo flapper enhanced the pattern to get the birds committing that little bit better. Many left and rights were falling but some silly birds were missed. We could have increased the kill rate further, but we tried not to shoot too many juvenile birds, which there were plenty of. In fact, i don't think i've ever seen that many at this time of year. We cruised past the 100 mark within 2 hours. My mate said we might get to 150. A steady trickle of birds kept coming. We went past 200 by 6pm. By 6.30 the weather looked dodgy so started to pack up. A storm slightly spoiled the finish of the day as we ( and all the pigeons), got thoroughly soaked. However, i didn't mind too much, as we ended with 216 pigeons and a feral.A thoroughly enjoyable few hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jez28 Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Sounds like a great afternoon! Good stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Nice shooting a brahmer time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 A great afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Great result and I thought my invite was a good one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendon ratter Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 A cracking result there......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghorn Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Fantastic shooting, another unbelievable post from Motty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Nice write up and good shooting. I would be interested to know about the "angel landers" as I was thinking of adapting some cradles for this! Did you buy these or are these something you made? Cos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpip Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Great result there, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Nice one ,good result ,and on that note the car is loaded up and i`m out tomorrow and cartridges i`ll using will be Eley hb pigeon and not the lead free ones i used tuesday .Getting back on track i am glad you enjoyed your days shooting well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted August 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Nice write up and good shooting. I would be interested to know about the "angel landers" as I was thinking of adapting some cradles for this! Did you buy these or are these something you made? Cos I bought them from A1 decoying. All they are is tall cradles into which a piece of springy steel is inserted to hold the wings. They are not 'angels' as such but look like birds gliding towards the pattern, similar to what a floater looks like. They take only a few seconds to put out and seem to help attract pigeons. I'm sure we didn't need to use them on this particular day, i just hoped the birds might commit a touch better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 I bought them from A1 decoying. All they are is tall cradles into which a piece of springy steel is inserted to hold the wings. They are not 'angels' as such but look like birds gliding towards the pattern, similar to what a floater looks like. They take only a few seconds to put out and seem to help attract pigeons. I'm sure we didn't need to use them on this particular day, i just hoped the birds might commit a touch better. OK I understand. That's similar to what I had in mind, I was thinking to add some garden wire to my cradles to hold the wings out. Only difference is my cradles aren't that tall so will have to use some garden cane to extend them in taller crops. Coincidently I was just speaking to A1 Decoying and ordered an intermittent timer which Tom reccomended..... Thanks Cos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenBhoy Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Nice write up and good shooting. I would be interested to know about the "angel landers" as I was thinking of adapting some cradles for this! Did you buy these or are these something you made? Cos i have an angel lander which i bought. will be using it very shortly so will let you all know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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