motty Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 I intended to shoot on a field of peas yesterday. It looked quite promising last week, so i invited my mate Sam to come along. However, i had a drive around on Thursday, and happened to see some pigeons dropping in on one of the worst hit rape fields i've seen.There are only one or two flowering patches, the rest is about 4" tall on this 10ish acre field. I didn't have permission to shoot it, but given it was next door to some land i do shoot on, i did a little detective work. A few phone calls later and i was told i could shoot it as many times as i liked. So, yesterday morning we arrived at the rape field and watched the birds drop in. We decided where to set up and what gear to use.We walked over and set a hide in a nice dry ditch and put a magnet and flocked shells out. The wind was in our faces which wasn't ideal, but i thought this would help muffle the shot noise from the main wood which was less than 1/4 of a mile in front of the hide. The birds came mostly from behind to start with and many didn't decoy how we wanted, but we killed them at a reasonable rate - and not many escaped. By 1pm we decided to move to the other side of the field to see if they would decoy any better. This worked to a certain extent but it still wasn't perfect. Pigeons poured out of the wood (which was now behind us) but many ignored the set up. We got a steady trickle coming in, though, which kept us interested. We had some cracking shots, some good banter and it was a highly enjoyable outing. We packed up at about 4ish with 110 pigeons. I'm glad we didn't shoot on the peas - i had a couple of hours there today and only got 9. Final bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tis1979 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Well done mate, good effort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby63 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Welldone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 result on 2 counts gaining a new permission and a cracking bag nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Good shooting , seems that the pigeons round this way are staying on the rape later than ever , I have a couple of nice looking pea fields that are not being touched ,yet i put a good bunch up off some rape yesterday when doing a reccy , think I may give it a go monday as one corner and the edge is clearly being hammered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karpman Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Creaking stuff out in the morning on linseed, half that and I will be a happy man actually a qtr will do lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Well do e lads, nice to see a decent bag posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 good shooting fella' s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Great result. Enjoyed the write up and pictures too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Well shot mate They are all on the fields and football pitches at the moment down here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted May 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Well shot mate They are all on the fields and football pitches at the moment down here Funnily enough, on Thursday i also saw the most pigeons i've ever seen on a football pitch. Must have been almost 500 on there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Nice 1 mate good bag that Ive no peas this year just spring rape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 :good: well done mate BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoggy Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 What a top result..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Well done excellent bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyotemaster Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Nice job Motty!!! That is an excellent bunch of birds. Pays to go with your instincts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted May 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 Had a cracking day on the same field yesterday. Will post pictures when i get chance - work calls. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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