JDog Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Yes I can confirm that there are pigeons in the Cotswolds. This has not been the case for the last few months, at least not in my part of the world. Last Saturday I was inveigled into going to the Christmas Fair in Stow on the Wold. Quite what my other half thought I would get out of it I cannot imagine but in the interest of harmony I went along. Parking was a nightmare and after dropping my other half off I went looking for somewhere to park. I was shepherded out of town by marshalls and found myself out in the country surrounded by land I have the shooting on, some of which was being drilled with a late crop of winter wheat. How lucky was that? I returned to the Fair half an hour later and she never even queried my absence. Today I sorted my kit out, charged the rotary battery and went to have a look at those fields. There were quite a few pigeons on them, but there were five fields extending to probably 150 acres and it was not easy to find a flight line which would serve all of the fields. Having pushed them off the most likely fields to set up in I watched for half an hour before the first birds returned. Rushing to set up is never a good idea but after three months without a day's decoying my excitement could not be contained. I set up in a tall hedge with the wind coming from behind me, put the rotary 20m out directly in front and the decoys were placed in two groups not very far out with the rotary and a large space in the middle. The first two birds to come were carrion crows which I shot and on the gunshot birds appeared from all over the place and some decoyed well. Having not shot for such a long time I must admit I was a bit rusty (or useless) and I missed quite a few but after three and a half hours of shooting I picked 91 pigeons and four crows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 good three and half hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Amazing JDog If you wouldn't mind posting a picture of a pigeon, it might just jog my memory into what they look like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Amazing JDog If you wouldn't mind posting a picture of a pigeon, it might just jog my memory into what they look like I would do but Photobucket seems to be riddled with a virus. Do you, or does anyone else know of a suitable alternative to photobucket for image hosting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Quality bag Jdog...nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Great result, it has been well worth the wait . It would have been torturous for you to find them when your back was playing up. Again well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 nice bag JDog [about time too!] did have any young birds in the bag? i shot a few at weekend and was suprised to see the odd young bird with no neck marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 nice bag JDog [about time too!] did have any young birds in the bag? i shot a few at weekend and was suprised to see the odd young bird with no neck marks. Three very young birds with brown secondary feathers. I would guess that they hatched in early November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 A good bag there , never had a problem with photobucket , whats the issue ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Three very young birds with brown secondary feathers. I would guess that they hatched in early November. interesting seems they breed all year round nowadays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Excellent result. I'll bet everyone's green with envy in the current climate. ( is Jdog short for jammy dodger ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 A good bag there , never had a problem with photobucket , whats the issue ? There is no facility to upload from 'my computer' which is where the pictures are. All it offers me is to upload from my mobile by email. The shots were not taken on my mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Yes I can confirm that there are pigeons in the Cotswolds. This has not been the case for the last few months, at least not in my part of the world. Last Saturday I was inveigled into going to the Christmas Fair in Stow on the Wold. Quite what my other half thought I would get out of it I cannot imagine but in the interest of harmony I went along. Parking was a nightmare and after dropping my other half off I went looking for somewhere to park. I was shepherded out of town by marshalls and found myself out in the country surrounded by land I have the shooting on, some of which was being drilled with a late crop of winter wheat. How lucky was that? I returned to the Fair half an hour later and she never even queried my absence. Today I sorted my kit out, charged the rotary battery and went to have a look at those fields. There were quite a few pigeons on them, but there were five fields extending to probably 150 acres and it was not easy to find a flight line which would serve all of the fields. Having pushed them off the most likely fields to set up in I watched for half an hour before the first birds returned. Rushing to set up is never a good idea but after three months without a day's decoying my excitement could not be contained. I set up in a tall hedge with the wind coming from behind me, put the rotary 20m out directly in front and the decoys were placed in two groups not very far out with the rotary and a large space in the middle. The first two birds to come were carrion crows which I shot and on the gunshot birds appeared from all over the place and some decoyed well. Having not shot for such a long time I must admit I was a bit rusty (or useless) and I missed quite a few but after three and a half hours of shooting I picked 91 pigeons and four crows. great bag for time of year jdog will be sometime before we get back on the pigeons around here try this for pics http://www.imagebam.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 nice one ...very jealous....went thro one of my so called good areas and sat in the car watching a rape field about 4" high next to a large wood,,,all i saw in an hour was 6 pigeons sitting in a dead ash tree......had a look in the wood, in the past, all the ground is usually covered all year round in poo........nothing now i havnt pulled the trigger since august !!! mind you it is nice to hear that for you the famine is over great day great right up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 I would do but Photobucket seems to be riddled with a virus. Do you, or does anyone else know of a suitable alternative to photobucket for image hosting? Or you could just post in the old fashioned way. If you have Microsoft picture manager if its on your computer. R click on pic, open with Microsoft picture manager, click edit at the top of the page, right hand side..compress,either compress as documents or web pages, which ever is closer to 300mb but not above. Save and then use that pic. Sorry if you know all this, but it avoids virus probs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lg1 Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 lol good story.... well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 There is no facility to upload from 'my computer' which is where the pictures are. All it offers me is to upload from my mobile by email. The shots were not taken on my mobile. If you have looked at photobucket from your mobile then it will sometimes stay in mobile view when you log on with a computer , you should be able to select it back , cant remember how of the top of my head but will see if I can find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 A pretty good bag for this time of year. Well done, 'Dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchrat Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 interesting seems they breed all year round nowadays Saw some mating on Friday..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Yes I can confirm that there are pigeons in the Cotswolds. This has not been the case for the last few months, at least not in my part of the world. Last Saturday I was inveigled into going to the Christmas Fair in Stow on the Wold. Quite what my other half thought I would get out of it I cannot imagine but in the interest of harmony I went along. Parking was a nightmare and after dropping my other half off I went looking for somewhere to park. I was shepherded out of town by marshalls and found myself out in the country surrounded by land I have the shooting on, some of which was being drilled with a late crop of winter wheat. How lucky was that? I returned to the Fair half an hour later and she never even queried my absence. Today I sorted my kit out, charged the rotary battery and went to have a look at those fields. There were quite a few pigeons on them, but there were five fields extending to probably 150 acres and it was not easy to find a flight line which would serve all of the fields. Having pushed them off the most likely fields to set up in I watched for half an hour before the first birds returned. Rushing to set up is never a good idea but after three months without a day's decoying my excitement could not be contained. I set up in a tall hedge with the wind coming from behind me, put the rotary 20m out directly in front and the decoys were placed in two groups not very far out with the rotary and a large space in the middle. The first two birds to come were carrion crows which I shot and on the gunshot birds appeared from all over the place and some decoyed well. Having not shot for such a long time I must admit I was a bit rusty (or useless) and I missed quite a few but after three and a half hours of shooting I picked 91 pigeons and four crows. I think you will have the pw record for winter shooting in your pocket...well done and well spotted... TEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Tinypic.com http://tinypic.com/ I would do but Photobucket seems to be riddled with a virus. Do you, or does anyone else know of a suitable alternative to photobucket for image hosting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 It's just an idea that's come into my tiny brain( this allows me to think like a pigeon) did you notice how many of your shot birds had acorns or rape in them?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kippylawkid Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Top effort that. Very lucky having drillings on your permission. It's a grand feeling when you realise there's a good opportunity on your patch. Still nowt worth reporting up here. Keeping my eye in on the pheasants though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody walloper Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 i hope you have thanked the other half for letting you go shopping with her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted December 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 It's just an idea that's come into my tiny brain( this allows me to think like a pigeon) did you notice how many of your shot birds had acorns or rape in them?? I think along the same lines. We are two sad old **** aren't we? Very few had acorns or beech mast in them and none had any rape and I checked the lot. They had been on the drillings since the previous Friday I would imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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