motty Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 It was about time i shot a good bag of pigeons on peas, this year. On friday i got my chance. I had looked at a few fields over the previous couple of days but only one really stood out as being a possible 100+ field. Both times i had checked the field there was more than 500 feeding. As i've also had a few ton bags in this area over the last few years, things looked promising. The only thing that could ruin it was the weather. So, after only 2 hours sleep (due to work) i was off to my field. I had a mate (Carl) with me. After discussing where to go and what gear to use, we went and got set up. This was at 11am. We set the hide out in the open - no hedge/bush/tree needed to set up next to. The pigeons proved to take no notice of it what-so-ever. The decoys consisted of just 1 magnet, 6 dead birds on cradles and 2 dead birds on 'glider' cradles. We started well, shooting over 30 in the first hour. Things looked good. Then the rain started... along with the thunder and lightning. We got pretty wet but it blew over in about 10 minutes. For the rest of the day it stayed pretty dry, but the wind got up and made the shooting difficult. Another thing we could have done without was the pigeons coming in lots of 10 a lot of the time - sometimes as many as thirty in some bunches. If they'd have been kinder and come in 2s and 3s, i reckon 300 could have been shot. As difficult as the shooting was at times, i still managed a triple with the xtrema and a 2 with 1 shot, along with the many left and rights we both got. It was just a matter of time before the magic 100 was up. That figure was reached by 2pm ish. Of course, we hoped for many more and they continued to decoy really well to the small pattern, only a few dead birds layed down to bulk it out a bit. In the end the tap was turned off slightly. By 4pm the pigeons had began to ignore our layout, possibly due to be shot into earlier.We decided to pack up. It was a great few hours, we shot 154 pigeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse James Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) Fantastic read and fantastic bag buddy... Wow i would give my right arm for a day like that... and some quality shots too, and a triple to top the day. what was the cartridge count to birds may I ask. well done bud. lee Edited June 17, 2012 by Jesse James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 excellent mate nice going many young one among them? we are getting quite a few young ones up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Well shot lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 your having a great year up to now and certainly no shortage of pigeon round your neck of the woods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Cracking days sport/crop protection Motty, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtailhawk1 Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Cracking bag well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedge Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Well done - hope the pigeons pick up around here soon. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Well done! What camo net is that you're using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tod Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 good bag fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinxy72 Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 well done m8 .. great day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halight Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Well done mate, glad you had a goods day shoot, Good write up there with some good photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Another great bag Motty, well done!! Cos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Excellent Motty. There's never any peas for me to shoot over, I'm quite jealous. But you know the old saying' "There's no peas for the wicked" Thats how it goes isn't it ? :lol: By the way, Surf's rule OK. Aren't they a great shooting vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygreengrass Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Cracking bag well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted June 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Fantastic read and fantastic bag buddy... Wow i would give my right arm for a day like that... and some quality shots too, and a triple to top the day. what was the cartridge count to birds may I ask. well done bud. lee We didn't count the cartridges, but we wouldn't have used more than 300, maybe 250. excellent mate nice going many young one among them? we are getting quite a few young ones up here. Yes, we did have 4 or 5 in the bag, we let some fly on unshot, too. your having a great year up to now and certainly no shortage of pigeon round your neck of the woods Yeah, the year started slowly, but the last few weeks have been brilliant. Well done! What camo net is that you're using? We used an original stealth net around the front, a brown stealth net around the back, with a bit of old army camo net, too. Excellent Motty. There's never any peas for me to shoot over, I'm quite jealous. But you know the old saying' "There's no peas for the wicked" Thats how it goes isn't it ? :lol: By the way, Surf's rule OK. Aren't they a great shooting vehicle. I'm extremely lucky, i shoot for a pea contractor who normally grows over 1000 acres each year, so i have plenty to choose from. Yes, i love my surf.I'd love it even more if i could squeeze 30 mpg out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Yes, i love my surf.I'd love it even more if i could squeeze 30 mpg out of it. Getting off the subject a bit here I know, but, is it an Intercooler version. Mine is, and I get over 30mpg if I keep at 70mph or below on a run. I've had it for 6 years and I can't see me getting shut yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verminator69 Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Top darts fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wboulter Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 nice going lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker3 Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 well done thats a cracking bag buddy wish we could just see a pigeon up here the now let alone shoot one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREENGRASS Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 I’ve got a sore shoulder just looking at all these birds. I would have had to use about 400 cartridges to get that many. Now that’s why my shoulder was always sore :yp: Good shooting all the same. GG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted June 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Getting off the subject a bit here I know, but, is it an Intercooler version. Mine is, and I get over 30mpg if I keep at 70mph or below on a run. I've had it for 6 years and I can't see me getting shut yet. No, mine isn't an intercooler, but still an ssrg like yours. I've had mine for 2 years and i like most things about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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