pigeon controller Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 We had a phone call on Thursday night( I'ts great when they phone you) saying that there were a few birds on the downed barley so Friday morning we were up and ready. When we arrived at the field we watched it for twenty minutes and six birds came in so we decided the give it a try this was at 10.00 and by 12.00 we had had fifteen birds. Then as if we had rung the dinner bell they kept coming in. We packed up at 17.00 and picked up one hundred and twenty four. The only problem with this type of shooting which we call "tin can shooting" is that you have to shoot over the holes in the barley and not at the high passing shots this is so you do not do more damage to the crop picking up than the pigeons are doing. This is not a moan it is still a cracking day. Saturday saw us at another farm who had left a message at home that he had a problem but he had also tried to contact his regular shooter. When we arrived he had a gas gun going off every thirty seconds which made us think the other shooter was all ready on the ground. As we watched the field the other shooter arrived and raced passed us to get down on the farm. So we gave him the benefit of shooting and moved on. We spent another hour or so driving round and foumd nothing so we decided the to talk to the farmer who had left the message. We were informed that he had gone away without his mobile but would phone back each night to check on the farm. We then decide to view the field again and see how the regular shooter was getting on. This showed us that he had driven to the top end of the field and switched the gas gun off and was not shooting many at all as he was pushing the birds down wind into the bottom edge of a forty acre field also there were birds coming to the field from a different direction at the bottom edge. So we went and gained permission on the next farm to shoot over his grass which was too tall the decoy but we set them up anyway. The other problem was that we had to carry all our gear over two very wet field approx 1,500 yards as he would not let us drive over the fields. We were about 50 yards off the actual flightline but ended the day with seventy nine birds in the bag we had also sent a good number of birds up to the other shooter in the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfox Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 brill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wboulter Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 nice shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Well done,you consistently get those big bags in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecooper1 Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Another couple of good consistent couple days mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 once again wow, ,you da man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 business as usual pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 well done fella. starting to build on the barley round here now dare say you could shoot another bag of that barley before the combine arrives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Well done again! Good write up and pictures, thanks for sharing. Cos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Nice one mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Well done , will you adopt me ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfowler12 Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Class, as per Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Well done mate BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.philmypower. Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 You don't half get some shooting, well done AGAIN. not jelouse honest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker3 Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 nice job fella again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halight Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 well done mate, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Well done fella thats fab shooting :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Man Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Great write up. Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoggy Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Super shooting.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyotemaster Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Excellent shooting PC, the farmers obviously know who to call when they need a birdbuster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Nice work, Pc. I too had a call from a farmer just over a week ago which resulted in 102 from laid barley. Not surprising when you realise how much money the crop is worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Nice 1 pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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