Templar 84 Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Second proper outing and first ton! absolutely over the moon, fantastic day thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you again Terry . We arrived at a farm with the sky literally blue, we picked a spot which they had been hitting pretty hard over the last few days, trees infront to the right and behind. Set up the pattern and the magnet, got into the hide and we were ready. We had downed 5 birds in as many minuets, nice breeze on our backs the birds were flying around behind the field behind us and landing in front, superb. All in all we shot around 125 birds, picked 97, some ended up in dense woodland, others in areas of the crop that had not been hit and that we were certainly not going to damage by attempting to retrieve the downed birds. Terry did some amazing shooting, left right pairs it was a pleasure to watch, we swapped guns during the second half of the session. My shot of the day was a bird from right to left at around 60ish yds, not bad for the second shot with a semi-auto! Long shot, first pair, and first ton. All in all a fantastic day, with some real good sport, certainly won’t forget it. Image below with my take home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Awesome shooting mate well done on your first 100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlistairB Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Excellent day, well done, still waiting for my first 100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Congratulations. Thats it you're hooked now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Second proper outing and first ton! absolutely over the moon, fantastic day thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you again Terry . We arrived at a farm with the sky literally blue, we picked a spot which they had been hitting pretty hard over the last few days, trees infront to the right and behind. Set up the pattern and the magnet, got into the hide and we were ready. We had downed 5 birds in as many minuets, nice breeze on our backs the birds were flying around behind the field behind us and landing in front, superb. All in all we shot around 125 birds, picked 97, some ended up in dense woodland, others in areas of the crop that had not been hit and that we were certainly not going to damage by attempting to retrieve the downed birds. Terry did some amazing shooting, left right pairs it was a pleasure to watch, we swapped guns during the second half of the session. My shot of the day was a bird from right to left at around 60ish yds, not bad for the second shot with a semi-auto! Long shot, first pair, and first ton. All in all a fantastic day, with some real good sport, certainly won’t forget it. Image below with my take home. James' Shooting improved through out the day, with some really good distance birds. Yes we missed some really easy birds, but we were there for the learning. One of the last shots James took, was a high incoming bird, (yes he was a little impatient but excitement kicks in)30+yards up 40+yards out, came down dead as :hmm: "dead pigeon should come down" :lol: It is always a shape when you have to leave birds in the field, but we would have done more damage then the Pigeons. I picked 5 up this morning when I was over at the shoot setting up another shooter to keep the farm covered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby63 Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Welldone bet the profile pic changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang 666 Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Excellent day, well done, still waiting for my first 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Well done a very good bag. I was about 150yds from you and saw the constant stream of birds heading your way the few hours I was there. I shot 34 and managed to pick all mine bar seven which dropped into the standing crop. Apparently another gun out on the farm shot 140 odd too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfox Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Well done a very good bag. I was about 150yds from you and saw the constant stream of birds heading your way the few hours I was there. I shot 34 and managed to pick all mine bar seven which dropped into the standing crop. Apparently another gun out on the farm shot 140 odd too. well done on your first ton by the sounds of it that farm was buzzing with them going off the bag reports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templar 84 Posted July 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Thanks guys - and yes - profile pic will certainly be changing!! Sorry Phil, got carried away reminiscing about my day; You had a super bag too, especially in relation to your shoot duration. Still buzzing from it. Roll on the next ton! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Great write up and. congratulations on your first red letter day. As always well done Terry, that's another one you've hooked! Terry can't do weekend but watching the weather for Friday, if it's looking decent Ill give you a shout tomorrow. Cos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Well done a very good bag. I was about 150yds from you and saw the constant stream of birds heading your way the few hours I was there. I shot 34 and managed to pick all mine bar seven which dropped into the standing crop. Apparently another gun out on the farm shot 140 odd too. Well done Phil, a 34 bag is not to be sniffed at by any means! Cos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Very true Cos. Many's the time I've come home empty handed! Will be back there for a second helping today, one of the advantages of being retired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 (edited) James' Shooting improved through out the day, with some really good distance birds. Yes we missed some really easy birds, but we were there for the learning. One of the last shots James took, was a high incoming bird, (yes he was a little impatient but excitement kicks in)30+yards up 40+yards out, came down dead as :hmm: "dead pigeon should come down" :lol: It is always a shape when you have to leave birds in the field, but we would have done more damage then the Pigeons. I picked 5 up this morning when I was over at the shoot setting up another shooter to keep the farm covered. David covered for me this morning (Wednesday) and shot a very creditable 152, I will try and post up the picture later if I can Edited July 19, 2012 by bakerboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 I picked 5 up this morning when I was over at the shoot setting up another shooter to keep the farm covered. David covered for me this morning (Wednesday) and shot a very creditable 152, I will try and post up the picture later if I can That's excellent news, farmer must be a lot happier! I'll be keeping an eye on the weather and may pop over tomorrow, I'll let you know later today Cos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 That's excellent news, farmer must be a lot happier! I'll be keeping an eye on the weather and may pop over tomorrow, I'll let you know later today Cos I will be out from 11.30 returning late, try my mobile at 6.00ish if you want me. I can meet you early tomorrow if you want to set you up, but must be home again by 8.30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templar 84 Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 another large bag like that will certainly please the farmer. Well done on the finds too Terry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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