blasterjudd Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 (edited) This week its been time to try out the Pea Drill as its been attracting the woodies in abundance Decided to go out at 6am and try my luck, trouble was no wind at all this might not be very productive? Thought i would travel light today and use my 20g sxs English which only weighs 5lb 3oz also to add a bit of variety i was going to try just using real bird, so first problem of the day try to shoot one and then build the pattern with any luck? Well hide up and a pigeon flew straight over my head bang and it was down in a flash my first bird for the pattern!!! First hour continued to be good and was fast and furious had 15 on the floor but had to move the pattern 3 times as the wind was now getting up and just my luck it kept changing direction and the birds were now struggling to get in over the pattern which made hitting the target just that bit harder..... By midday i had 44 birds on the deck and easily shot another 10 but as usual a few flew off trailing blood and feathers to drop a field or two away!!! All good fun for a mornings work and the dog enjoyed herself again, this is her first proper seasons work and am we ll pleased with her shes turning out to be spot on. Weve had quite a few hundred birds now in this area on various drilled crops so fingersXd the Peas could turn out to be good this year. We havent had Peas for over 30 years on this farm so am looking forward to some good shooting? Edited April 13, 2014 by blasterjudd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Good for you , nice to see someone getting some birds in Essex. Ive not been shooting for some time but on my travels around I have seen very few birds about, but yesterday on a large field of drill near home I drove by at 1 pm there was nothing to be seen, on my way past it at gone 5 pm around 250 to 300, the most birds Ive seen around here for a long time, so possibly some late feeding going on rather than an all day on the same field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Well done ,great result. Well worth the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddJob Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Ah so that's where they all are! I went out for a couple of afternoons last week and saw diddly squat. Sadly the farm is all rape or spring wheat so there's nothing that interesting for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blasterjudd Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) Nice one Mr Oddjob Im now shooting all the birds you didnt notice on your Rape........ Edited April 14, 2014 by blasterjudd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 nice write up and cracking pic..quality days sport.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddJob Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Oh I noticed them, at least the ones about, all 5 of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blasterjudd Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Well Mr Oddjob I shot those 5 so u have even less now - lol ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 good result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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