Stealth Stalker Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Well we certainly found em The under keeper at the estate I help out on gave me and Pelty the nod that birds were building up on the chopped cover crops, it was agreed to let them get a first feed in, so there was no rush to get started. And the weather on Friday were'nt great with clear blue skies and a gentle breeze. We met up at about 10am and it was decided to concentrate on 2 areas, we flipped a coin to see who went where & I got the small cover crop to the North & Pelty got the large 1 to the South. The under keeper went and flagged off the other covers & was gonna join me. I went and set up with my back to a small pond, with the breeze which was now building, behind me. As I was putting out the 2 magnets it dawned on me that I'd left all my hide poles & whirly arms at home Doh! Luckily I only live a few minutes away so I was back just as Nick joined me. Cue loads of abuse It was about 11.30 by the time we had set up. From the start birds were decoying beautifully in between the 2 magnets, it was clear that we were on for a good day, half hour in and we were notching up the numbers on the clicker. Molly was working her socks off picking everything that was dropping in the kill zone, by about 2pm we had clicked the Ton & still the birds were coming in 2s & 3s. I was then starting to think of the 200, we couldn't hear any shooting coming from Pelty's direction but the wind had picked up as forecast. A quick call & he said that he moved nearer the woods & with the help of Nicks whirly he started getting the birds interest. Still the birds were pouring in to the decoys & by 4.30 we hit the magic 200, we called it a day at 5.30 as the birds had dropped off by then, there was 220 on the clicker There was a lot of picking up to do & we wanted to sweep a far hedge & lake where we'd seen birds obviously hit dropping, we picked 14 from around there, birds that would definately been lost without the dogs keen noses. Back at the yard we met up with Pelty who had a reasonable day with 82 woodies & 10 ferals, we had 224 woodies and 2 ferals & all for a ratio of just under 2 to 1 Cheers SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecooper1 Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 A good days shooting lads, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmar fudd Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 fantastic shooting mate! very well done to you fudd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA-airgunner Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Fantastic I wish we had those numbers down this way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlin vs Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 That's some shooting, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Brilliant they certainly love the cover crops. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Awesome, well shot mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olly321 Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 good shooting bud,what do you do with your dead pigeons mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcatsplat Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Good effort!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Excellent bag well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huffhuff Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 They tasted good too Good girl Molly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Gutted, could have been there. Great shooting chaps. And the pub will be chuffed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagsy Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Blimey, good darts I had a long walk round my shoot this afternoon and didn't see a single pigeon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Some shooting nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 So that's where they've all gone... Well shot Boys.. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker3 Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 fantastic bag well done lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfowler12 Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang 666 Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Very nice mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POPPY-72 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 excellent shooting :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tis1979 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Great day and shooting, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu nesling Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 proper red letter day...congrats, and well shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Excellent work lads, feel free to send some up here though ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchie the white hunter Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 WELL DONE !!!!!!!!!! :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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