bunny_blaster Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 During the week I had 2 phone calls off separate farmers saying pigeons on their crop, one about barley and the other about the spring rape I've shot for the last couple of weekends. I decided to shoot the rape Saturday and the barley on the Sunday. I watched both fields during the week and they had a good number of birds with flight lies going to both. Due to a number of reasons I only managed to get out for a couple of hours on the rape. It was hot and very still and the birds proved hard to decoy. I shot from 4.30-6.30 and picked 44 birds. Sunday came and I made my way towards the barley, checking a few other fields on the way. There wasn't much showing anywhere which wasn't a good start. I finally got to the barley that the birds had been building up nicely on through the week only to find the farmer had placed a gas banger in the field!! I watched for 30 mins but it had done its job and the birds were nowhere to be seen. I gave the farmer a ring and he said he'd forgotten I'd said I would come over. I left the farm rather annoyed and started looking elsewhere. I eventually came back to the same rape as Saturday and the flight line was fairly busy. I chose the field and set up in a thin patch of rape. To start with I just used a few dead birds on spikes and 3 landers. The birds were very spooky at first and I had to change the pattern a few times to get them to show any interest. I reluctantly put the magnet out thinking it would be the kiss of death after using it the day before but I was wrong. The birds came in straight away and became more confident. I ended the afternoon with 82 picked. Cheers Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Two quality bags Ben,great write up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Yes very good indeed. The end of May normally sees the spring rape get ahead of the pigeons but this has been an exceptional year. We may never see another year like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the pigeon man Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Great bags !!! Well shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Well done Ben, good result and write up. It does annoy me when you say you will turn out and they put a gas gun on the field . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 2 very good sessions there well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRNDL Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 I just need the top 2 rows of that bag for this years 1 session pigeon goal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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