la bala Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Good write up boys, sorry it didnt turn out red letter, but hey, thats pigeon shooting. I think it happens to all of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayano3 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 I don't need to shoot pigeons to protect crops. I just turn up and they clear off until I leave. They must have heard about my shooting skills 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdsallpl Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 It's good to hear there are birds about in such numbers. I reckon they have all left Leicestershire to visit Lincolnshire. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 It's a bit like fishing this shooting lark. You gave it a good go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Or been there yesterday. It's a bit like fishing this shooting lark. You gave it a good go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 To be honest , it was poor. I checked the field the previous day and there were a good 500 or so on the field . I knew they had been getting on the field late afternoons so we went down around 12 pm and barely not a bird to be seen ! So plan B was to shoot a pea field I had seen good numbers on earlier in the week , so drove a mile up the road to the peas ----------------------you guessed it not a pigeon on the field or in the air . So back to the mustard as I was confident birds would get on it later on , in 20 mins or so we were away there was perhaps a 100 on the field when we got back to it. So I put my guest Dean in what I thought would be the best spot while me and ayano3 went up the other end of the field , Dean had 4 or 5 shots while we were setting up managing a couple for his magnet It was very slow for Graham and myself we saw a few birds but most showed no interest in coming into the pattern and just drifted wide , we only managed 8 between us . Dean up the other end did get some shooting and managed about 12 for 30 or so shots . As it was slow me and Graham packed in he headed home and I joined Dean for a hour , no sooner had Graham gone birds started pouring into where we had just packed up ! this was about 17.30 and 200 or so dropped in while I was with Dean , typical !. We packed up and out of interest I took Dean down to the peas that we looked at earlier , low and behold there was about 1000 birds on them So all in all a frustrating day its fair to say. Dean seemed happy enough and took some pigeon breasts for the freezer , but I did feel a little bad that the day did not work out as well as I thought it would . I think it sounds like a good day for your guest. I would be happy with a couple of shots and a pigeon for eating - when you can't get a decent permission of your own, a dozen or so pigeons is a good day :-) Good on you for the offer :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted May 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 You may be right , and I know some people are happy for a day out and just to get a few shots . But it is dissapointing that a better day was not had with the numbers of birds using the field we shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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