JDog Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 (edited) I saw the forecast on Friday was for more of the same ie strong winds and rain so I invited two hardy types to join me shooting today. The plan was for the three of us to go into separate spinneys (not large enough to be woods) without hides or decoys and just keep the large pigeon flock moving around the farm. We were in position by 10:30 and the shooting commenced straight away. These were not decoyed birds but birds which were dancing on a strong wind and they were never going to be easy. I walked the boundaries having placed the other two and I scared a few out of some poplars without any real hope of success. The others started shooting almost straight away and I must say I was envious of the number of shots they were having. Eventually I spotted a flight line into the farm, and the rape, and I tucked myself into some scrubby bushes at the end of a spinney and began to shoot a few. These birds were not easy. With a dip of a wing they could be away and gone without a shot being fired. The shooting started at 10:30 and by 1:00 it was finished and as we congregated before heading to the pub we counted out 63 pigeons picked between us which to me was some achievement given the conditions and none of the pigeons were shot at 70 yards. WP_000063 WP_000066 Edited February 15, 2014 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowcaller Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Well done a good result in hard conditions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rimotu66 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Sounds like a great day Ive been out today WITH decoys and got ...................................................2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 That's a great result Jdog I contemplated the same thing today,but having worked outside all week in this weather, I wimped out in favour of better weather tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Sound like a good day , especially the pub after bit ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 well done, good bag given the short time you were shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 nicely done your getting a few of late nice to see looks like you dodged the rain today were you was ,never stopped raining around until after 2pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurchers Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Nice job lads welldone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 great result, for some imaginative shooting, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Churchill Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Good shooting in this wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukkat Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 nice result. glenn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul taylor Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Nicely done. Still not easy at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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