pigeon controller Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) Friday was a wash out as far as shooting was concerned but I did drive around to see if we had birds to shoot. Saturday started by going over the ground we had looked at last week especially the field we shot , not a bird. The only birds we could find were in the trees on the buds in small groups, I had counted twenty five on my Beech tree at home in the week. We looked at our pea fields but two had not come up yet and the third was about 25mm but had a banger on it. Last week we passed a field which had been sown with beans ,I also passed it on Bank Holiday Monday and it was half done with about a dozen birds on it. On our way back from the pea field and after seventy miles we passed it again . It had no birds down but the heavy rain on Friday had exposed a good number of beans. We watched it for a good ten minutes and it had birds flighting the bottom edge. So we drove to the Farm to see the farmer who was not there so we gave him a ring and the gave the go ahead. We returned to the field and started to unload our gear when Bunny Basher drove up , as he dropped his passenger window his mate told us that they have been watching this field for a week, so I invited them to shoot with us Ben at this point declined but said he would give me a ring later. Due to the road and two public foot paths that cross the field we had to shoot on the bottom edge, now this was freshly worked and had no visible beans on it , it may be ground cover , but the wind was off our backs. So we set up with ten stand ups and two angels and for the first hour not one bird returned all that came along the tree line was a crow which we shot and put out as a decoy . We kept shooting crows but they were very spooky and we had five out as decoys and in an hour we had twentyfive bringing in the shot birds. The pigeons started to move but would not decoy so DB walked down the hedge and stood in the corner of the field as they were flighting across the corner as he shot them others were then flying over the pattern in range . He came back with six birds and put them out . We tried the magnet , moved the magnet, took it down again the birds would not commit but would fly over high but not high enough. It's Sod Law but Ben gave me a ring and a flock of about fifty birds came over while I was on the phone I again invited him to join us but he declined. We shot this field about three weeks before and then the last hour it went mad so we stuck it out to 18.00 and ended the day with eighty Pigeons and thirtyone Crows and Jackdaws Edited April 26, 2014 by pigeon controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 you guys have got a serious pigeon itch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Well done PC sounds like you earned every one of those birds today. Top result given the limited oportunities at the minute. What had to happen though? you bumping into bb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbw1shrops Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Well done as always PC ! You never cease to amaze me, you put a lot of time and effort into these sporting birds (and fuel) lol but 9.9 times out of 10 always come up trumps. PS hope Ben don't see these pics he will be gutted. Atb Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunny_blaster Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 I knew we should of joined you! There's always another day I suppose. I told you you will shoot a few on there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted April 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 I knew we should of joined you! There's always another day I suppose. I told you you will shoot a few on there... I think you would have had a good day if you had set up at the top edge of the field as at the end of the day they were piling in at the top . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunny_blaster Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 You're probably right PC. We went and had a look the other side of the wood to see if we could find where they were flighting from but to no avail. Ended up shooting some crows on a sheep farm just down the road so not a completely wasted day in the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 looks like you worked hard again P.c...and got the rewards for it good stuff.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Well done PC sounds like you earned every one of those birds today. Top result given the limited oportunities at the minute. What had to happen though? you bumping into bb? I believe Ben had been watching the field all week and intended to return later, when I contacted the Farmer he did not tell me anybody else was intending to shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukkat Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Great write up, and a good day in the end pc. Glenn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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