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mike-b
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right thought id put some pics of a afternoon roost shoting last year on the farm me and my buddy shoot, we are very lucky to be able to shoot one wood in particular all year round so consequently we tend to roost shoot more than decoy! bags are never huge between 30-60 between us per afternoon but the shooting is first class the wood consist of mainly 105ft poplar trees so most incoming and passing pigeons are very high and make for for some of the best sport ive ever had! anyway heres some pics and il try upload the short vid to if it will

 

 

 

firstly here is the lay out of the wood!

 

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us on arrival and the trusty hound meg

 

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And on entering the wood a quick look out across the water meadow

and a wood full of pigeons

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and a zoomed in shot of what was waiting further down the wood

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so all looked good for the rest of the afternoon!!!

 

and the dog poised ready to go! and the bulky pain in the *** cheap nasty cam that i got the footage with

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being a tree surgeon i should know better than to stand under a dead poplar but it attracts them from fields away!

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the 1100 and the dog ! what a combo!!!!

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my second set of eyes she never misses one when they come over

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my buddy lee off to his position ready for the onslaught!!!

 

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like a formation of blue bombers coming over my possition!!!

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was to busy shooting to get any more pics but heres the video i took its poor quality but you get a little idea!!!

 

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hope this has all worked il try get better footage this year!!!

 

 

 

 

 

and the final pic of the aftermath of that afternoon!!

me on the left lee on the right!

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yeah we both think of our self as very lucky roost shoting for most people is 2 saterdays a year but we are thankfull enough to be able to do it every other weekend from autum to spring as soon as the leaves are off we will get back on it i want to get some real good footage of the shooting! can anybody recomend a good cam i can fit to the gun to get some better footage?

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We had some great roosts last year and met up with some PW members as well.

Brings it all back, thanks for the pictures....nice lab mate.....looking very keen to work.

keen isnt the word, that dog gets possesed when were shooting (not in a uncontrolable way) no instruction needed when they come over she hunkers down watched the one i hit (the odd occasion i do) and before its hit the ground shes catching it out of the sky while watching the other come down and marking it, it make's for very relaxing shooting :good:

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