kippylawkid Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 Decided to shoot some bean stubbles on our pheasant syndicate farm that had steadily build up over a week with John, a pal of mine, He went to a south facing field that was sheltered from the harsh North Easterly showers that had around 200 on when he arrived and he started to shoot straight away. I took a block of 4 fields the other side of the farm. I spent over an hour flagging off 3 of the fields and got soaked in the process. I set up on the central field that commanded 2 distinct flightlines, with 2 flappers, 2 bouncers and 6 dead birds. Shot first bird at 11.15 and the birds came steadily all day. They stopped during the showers but came out in force the second it stopped. Best period was between 2 and 3 when I could hardly load quick enough. Shooting was difficult in gale force wind and I had to concentrate on making sure I got one from the big groups as they were off in a split second on the wind. Packed up at 4.30 and picked a very satisfying 145. Over 2/3 of the bag was made up of young, uneducated birds, John picked up 40 and said he'd had some very testing shooting. . Great sport and worth all the effort to flag off the fields and get a soaking on a day when many might have stayed by the fire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pesky pigeon Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 Well done all that hard work deserves a descent bag, great read . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 great day that dave nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Nice writ up mate good days shooting well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Good effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Well done Dave Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Well done great bag for all the effort you put in. Well done for sticking it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danoi99 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Wish my mate had the same level of dedication !!! If we don't see a bird for 20 mins.........he wants to pack up and go !!! He has the permission to shoot..............I just tag along !!! Nightmare . Well done sir.........great read...........not jealous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 well done boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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