JDog Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 (edited) I arrived at the chosen field at 8:30 which was too late as it turned out because there were 400 pigeons on it already. The hide position was chosen and I set up along a long belt of trees. The wind was gentle, right to left, so I put the rotary 30m to my right to encourage birds to fly past the hide to the pattern. Birds came from both directions and decoyed well and I thought that I was in for a bumper day but at 10:30 the lines just stopped and I hardly saw another bird in the air for some time. I packed up with 33 in the bag. Edited January 4, 2013 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongaanie Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 nice one mate they are on the sprouts here going tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAD1927 Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Had the same yesterday started at 0730hrs to find the birds had already made their way to the fields. odd birds for the rest of the day until 1500hrs then all hell broke loose. At one point I had approx 80 birds all try and pitch in at once!!!! then come 1600hrs all quiet again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 I always think it is important to get there for first light this time of year as normally the first 2-3 hours after is when you will get the vast majority of your shooting for the day. At least you seem to be getting some decent enough bags for the time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 nice bag JDog. same happened to me last week, they decoyed nicely for two hours then stopped. i reckon you did all you could and if you didn't have the magnet you wouldn't of shot them. well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckytrigger Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Nice bag in a short space of time. Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pigeon controller Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Well done in the time allowed. This is the problem in the short winter days as they feed for a short time and if they are spooked the move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotShot! Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Well done for 2 hours !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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