lakeside1000 Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 (edited) After some limited success last week I decided to stay with flight line shooting rather than full decoy mode, so I paid a visit to the farm where for the last few weeks I have had virtually nothing to shoot at, I had spent an hour watching the pigeons moving back and forth to some houses nearby, there were plenty of trees for them to sit in and large gardens with fresh cut lawns to feed in, along the side of the road I have a beet field where the plants are just showing, so I set up as near to the road as safety would allow, put out half a dozen decoys and my magnet in the hope that it would draw them just far enough into the field to get a shot off, it worked like a charm, none of them ever intended to land but were so curious they had to come and have a look, flying over into the wind at about 60 feet up they were easy targets and I took 13 pigeons and one rook in just 3 hours for only 21 cartridges, picked up 11 and the rook, but lost two pigeons somewhere in a wheat field. but still went home very satisfied. Edited May 28, 2013 by lakeside1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiggy84arsenal Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Good shooting bud,, nice to find a flight line, I havnt seen one in months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Did you open them up to see what they were feeding on? TEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside1000 Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 No, but it was probably clover or something similar, they are just feeding in the gardens and tree tops, maybe some tree buds, but it isn't anything on the farm that's for sure, I'm off up there again on Thursday, I spotted several using a small copse on the corner of the field to rest in, so i'm taking my air arms s400 and see if I can quietly pick a few off, should be worth a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Well done, nice to see some shot birds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Great hit ratio..looks like you had a great few hours Always good to see another Rook bite the dust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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