stiggy84arsenal Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 As title says..... gale force winds tomoro in the south.. whos gunna be out taking advantage!!!! im in north hampshire and we've got plenty of birds hopefully i should get a few.. pictures posted to moro once im home :0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie_M Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Nowere to go or i would be out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 I'm out early am on the rabbits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazed Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 I'm out early am on the rabbits. Dont forget to Pack your wet suit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Dont forget to Pack your wet suit Sunny down here apparently, but breezy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 As title says..... gale force winds tomoro in the south.. whos gunna be out taking advantage!!!! im in north hampshire and we've got plenty of birds hopefully i should get a few.. pictures posted to moro once im home :0) I personally don't think strong winds are an advantage when decoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED BEARD Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 i'm out,the met office say's dry for us tomorrow (its hammering it down here now)..................................we'll see if they're right tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangled99 Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 I'm in Kent and I'm going out before first light as the farmer reckons his wheat drillings are getting hammered and I reckon it could be a good day as it's been raining solid for 2 days now and the forecast is dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good shot? Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 I'll be out, rain or snow but forecast here says ok till PM, but will see for myself tomorrow morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the crowman Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 I will be out if can dry out after tonights shift :( :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainman_l Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 I was out yesterday. Had a great couple of hours. Watched the sun come over the horizon whilst I sat in the car with the wind rocking it side to side. Nothing was moving so had another cup of coffee and thought about going home. Just as I reach over my shoulder to put my seatbelt on, I see a huge flock heading towards the farm, watch them pass over and land in the trees followed by another two flocks who land in the field. Watched them for 10 mins and they were loving the high winds. Darting around all over the place just for the fun - who wouldnt?. Just took a flapper and 50 carts, no decoys, no hide, and a folding stool. I had to lean into wind several times walking to my chosen spot - it was fearsome and made you feel quite humble. I wouldnt have lasted half an hour in this weather so chose a set up where I was out of the wind using the woods as a wind break and facing some open ground oppositve another wood. A spot where I had watched them fly through this open valley between the two woods at 20-30 yards high. I sat down just behind some light cover and whilst I prepared the gun and sipped a coffee. They were zipping down this channel, wings back like fighter jets in twos and small groups. Mentally prepared my self for the taks then it took me two of three shots before I finnally got my eye in but then had two hours of the most exciting shooting and some of the most testing conditions I have had ever. I only managed 24 (but this trip was never going to be about numbers) and lost a couple in the woods, but yesterday was one of my most satisfying trips in quite a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Sounds good, I didn't do so well. Most of the rabbits were sheltering in loads of cover to get away from the gale-force winds. Twice I sat and watched a black rabbit once at 20 yards and once at around 40 but as I have been asked by the farmer to leave them I couldn't take the shots. I managed one rabbit but I sent the dog out over a bridged stream to get it but instead of bringing it back across the bridge, she tried to swim the swolen stream with it, and lost it. I did shoot a squirrel though, and I saw plenty of pigeons on the rape so I'll come back mid-week for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainman_l Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 The pigeons our way still not interested in the rape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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