motty Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 I didn't expect too much in the way of pigeons after my drive around yesterday afternoon. I was searching for a suitable spot to shoot this afternoon. I looked around a lot of rape and several freshly drilled fields. I didn't find much, but considering it was near 16.30 pm, perhaps I was too late for a proper look. So I looked over some of the ground with little optimism at 11am this morning. I spotted a load of pigeons landing somewhere between two rape fields. When I got closer, it was clear the pigeons were favouring some drillings. I phoned the farmer who was busy drilling some beans a couple of fields over. He confirmed the field had been drilled with barley a few days ago. I could not find a single grain anywhere on the surface, but the pigeons told me it was where they wanted to be. I hastily set up. I put the hide in the dry ditch, to try to protect myself from the gusty wind. The magnet was used (as usual) and I put out 5 dead birds and a half dozen fuds to get the ball rolling. From the start, the pigeons came in very well. I used a mixture of cartridges again and they did the job perfectly. I added almost all of the dead birds to the set up, as they were shot. It was very satisfying watching the pigeons diving down towards my decoys from 80 yards. I killed several doubles and I was pretty pleased with my performance. I paced one stone dead pigeon out to 64 yards, killed with an ounce of no.7. Another decoyer was having some sport on the next field over. I couldn't see how he was getting on, though. The action died off somewhat by 3.30 pm, and with rain coming I decided to pack up. I killed 66 pigeons (by some distance my best bag of the year) with 92 shots. I spoke to the other chap. He killed 48, so well done to him. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 nice one motty.. cracking bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Brilliant result, well deserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 nice one bud that is more like it I see it was dry were you was, the rain storms completely knackered our day today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 nice one bud that is more like it I see it was dry were you was, the rain storms completely knackered our day today It was fairly dry, though I had to endure a 10 minute hail storm just after setting up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Well done , it must be nice for you to get some at last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Nice bag motty, must of felt good to be amongst the pigeons again. 1oz of no 7 is a sweet load for decoying imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbw1shrops Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Well done Motty a long time coming hopefully things are looking up now 👍 PS what happened to laying them out all niceley in rows so we could all squint and count them lol Atb Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Ahhhrr No7.....my favourite. Use it in my frontstuffers I do Good shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actionpigeons Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 A very well done motty, My local farmer plough two weeks ago and still has not drilled. still one thing when he does, hopefully they may be the only fields in my area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Hi motty, was out to yesterday ,had two farmers ring me of problem fields ,one field was a big bag for certain but was so tricky to shoot with houses and a road could only see grief coming my way so decided to leave it . the other one was a rape field that had been hammered but I watched it for an hour and nothing came at all so went for a ride around and found a field of drilled pumpkins with a few on so set up in a dyke and had 35 for about 60 shots picked up but was a thick wood one side which I didn't have permission in so lost one or two . on another bit of bad luck when I saw some birds coming in went to get down put my foot on my gun bag slipped over and smashed my face on the rib of my gun ,now sporting a black lip and cut either side of my lip very lucky I didn't lose a tooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Good one Motty. I must say it does look bleak in your part of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krwigan Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plugster Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 well done Motty nice bit of sport you had there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Good write up, nice shooting motty. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted March 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Hi motty, was out to yesterday ,had two farmers ring me of problem fields ,one field was a big bag for certain but was so tricky to shoot with houses and a road could only see grief coming my way so decided to leave it . the other one was a rape field that had been hammered but I watched it for an hour and nothing came at all so went for a ride around and found a field of drilled pumpkins with a few on so set up in a dyke and had 35 for about 60 shots picked up but was a thick wood one side which I didn't have permission in so lost one or two . on another bit of bad luck when I saw some birds coming in went to get down put my foot on my gun bag slipped over and smashed my face on the rib of my gun ,now sporting a black lip and cut either side of my lip very lucky I didn't lose a tooth. Ouch! Hope you heal up soon. Pumpkins - that's something I haven't shot over before. Good one Motty. I must say it does look bleak in your part of the world. Yeah, not many rolling hills in that particular part of the world. Back in Norfolk it's a bit more picturesque. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Nice one Motty, I feel our day of a decent bag is looming too. Some drill in, some to go in so hoping they get on it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 You have your decoys very close in. Some are no more than 5m from the hide. I am not that brave but I will try it when I am next out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 You have your decoys very close in. Some are no more than 5m from the hide. I am not that brave but I will try it when I am next out. probably a case of putting them where the pigeon expect to see them , what little seed is spilled now days is usually around the headlands. With it being very windy this last few days the dyke edges also offer a little protection to the birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Good shooting motty. I was off checking the fields at work on Saturday and I saw a few pigeons coming off some rape. Didn't look like there had been many though as the rape was good and tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted March 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 You have your decoys very close in. Some are no more than 5m from the hide. I am not that brave but I will try it when I am next out. I always have my decoys fairly close. That way, if the pigeons start to veer off, they are normally still in range. I don't believe you can have the decoys too close, but you can have them too far out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbw1shrops Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 A very good tip there Motty ! 👌 Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blower86 Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Bang on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 I always have my decoys fairly close. That way, if the pigeons start to veer off, they are normally still in range. I don't believe you can have the decoys too close, but you can have them too far out. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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