fenboy Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) It is only two or three days since I was bemoaning the lack of pigeon on the peas I shoot over. However I have now started to notice a few on some of the fields and today had a text from the farmer to say quite a few were on a couple of fields in particular. So I thought it would be rude not to have a look it was 4pm before I managed to get down the field and I put perhaps 200 or so off one end , so looked promising , except the wind would be in my face and the sun in my eyes , if I set up there , I watched the pigeon starting to return and they were coming over a sugar beet field across a large tree then turning to head for the peas. So I decided to intercept them on the beet and set up under the tree , this turned out to be a mistake as lots of pigeon came into the tree that I could not get a shot at , I should have set up a field hide . But never mind , I started with 15 of the ringers sock decoys , and managed to replace them all with dead birds within a hour and also put the magnet out , today the magnet did not seem to make much difference to be honest but it was not putting them off so I left it out. I can honestly say I was amazed at just how many birds were about and I think there may have been upwards off 1500 birds dropping in several areas of the large pea field , I managed to pull quite a few but unfortunately shot as poorly as I have for years ! I managed 53 with another couple not picked but I really should have had 20 or so more for the 101 shots I fired I will be paying the peas another visit this week so hopefully the pigeon will stick around. Edited May 19, 2014 by fenboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbiter Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 great result mate...........DAZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.w. Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Nice afternoons work Fenboy, that look a big ole field your got there or is it how the photo make it look. were got a big area of peas down the marsh and up to the weekend next to nothing was going on them and yet the rape ive been going on had a good 200+ got out of the trees, so hopefully our peas will start to produce a few before long.........P S........Today I went to Cromer on the bus and never hardly saw a pigeon anywhere but I must say how well the country side is looking at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Nice one Fenboy, and a hit ratio 1:2 isn't terrible either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 1500 on one field? What have you been doing with your time recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty* Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Well done fenboy, looks like u could be back in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenny Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Hi Fenboy very nice bag well done Fenny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 A mighty fine bit of sport. Nice bag, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Hi FB very nice. We got a lot of bass now showing down here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Quality bag..I feel another outing is imminent. I get excited when i see 15 pigeons.... Quality afternoon nice one ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Nice bag, Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Well done Fenboy Another cracking write up + Pics. Good shooting bud atb Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddaftspaniel Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Good shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Well done there Fenboy . It looks like it's time to dust off the barbie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m greeny Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 1500 on one field i would be lucky to see that many in a month up here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Well done , great result , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted May 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 1500 on one field? What have you been doing with your time recently? Its literally gone from nothing to that in the space of a couple of days, I could not believe my eyes they were constantly going to the peas from around 16.00 and were still dropping in at 20.30 when I made it back to the car ( dont forget something to put the dead birds in , it makes it a long job if you forget ! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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