JDog Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Late afternoon I went to walk the dogs in one of my woods. This was a dual excercise including the possibility of shooting a few pigeons coming into roost. It was very windy indeed and the earliest pigeons to come in were blown all over the place and I couldn't even lay a bead on them. I had been there 30 minutes when a conifer which must have been 90' high blew down just behind me. This was frightening, and looking round I could see the bases of the trees around me swaying and lifting up the tree roots underground. This was time to beat a hasty retreat especially as I have an appointment with two PW members tomorrow and they would never believe my excuse that I was dead lying under a tree if I failed to turn up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsdad Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Your infamous hat would have protected you wouldn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 A pigeon is not worth risking life for , though I may just get that desperate ! Good luck with your shooters tomorrow , hopefully you will be able to keep the hide down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza9t9 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Close one, i bet the air was blue. It's certainly windy up here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Prawn Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Had a huge Norwegian Spruce taken down in our garden as during the last storm I could see the ground around it lifting up and down as the tree swayed, it's a scary thing when it could easily have reached mine or any of the neighbours houses. Glad to know you're safe though, easy to forget in some places windfall is a major killer - on honeymoon in Thailand we went to an island where they dropped every coconut as soon as it formed as so many people got hurt or killed by them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Hope tomorrow goes well. It is a shame I'm away working otherwise I would have asked to come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 (edited) Crickey Jdog, with Jaspers close shave with the attempted self strangulation and your experiences today.....be careful Edited February 12, 2014 by turbo33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 Your infamous hat would have protected you wouldn't it? I'm with oscarsdad it was possibly the vortex created by you cap that protected you . Let the force be with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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