JDog Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Today my companion and I let our enthusiasm get the better of us and we arrived two hours before the flight. We watched from 10 am and between then and 11:15 we saw fifteen birds going into the laid barley. My decision was to drive round elsewhere to look for other opportunities and return after midday to see if there was any change in numbers if we hadn't found anywhere else to shoot. We got back at 12:20 to see a weak flightline heading all of the way across the barley field and into the laid patch, not what we wanted to see. Soon another line started up from across the Fosseway and over the fallow field and into the barley field. This was what we had been waiting for. The photo shows the relationship between the fallow field, which really was very bare, and the barley field adjacent. The plan was to set up with two rotaries and lots of decoys in an attempt to decoy the birds onto the bare ground and we set up with a decent hedge behind us 50m apart with the rotaries opposite each other and the plastic decoys forming a pattern which was supposed to channel the birds off their line into the pattern between the hides. We replaced plastic with real birds as we shot them. When decoying away from the pigeon's chosen field it is inevitable that a smaller % will decoy as most birds will be set on the crop of their choice and so it proved today. The shooting was long range at times and the decoying was not perfect but we built a bag nicely and by 4:30 the line had just about stopped and we had 99 on the clickers and two cartridges between us (though more in the cars). We shared the last two cartridges and managed the 100th bird before we packed up. We picked 98 birds in the fallow field and in the hedges and the only two birds lost wobbled on into the barley field so we did not send the spaniel for obvious reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Another great bag and read , its great when a plan pays off , if only everybody shot around the ability to pick up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 another good day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Absolutely well done Jdog I saw your other post about the plan and it sounded well thought out, so it proved to be After the heated debate on shooting over standing crops, it may just serve to show others what can be achieved with a bit of thought for the situation, instead of blithely dropping dead and injured birds into a non collectable situation. Top marks that man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 quality day jdog.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Nice to hear things went to plan. Reconnaissance at it's best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuy Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 A great day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Well done JDog, thinking outside the box again and going for the difficult solution shooting the fallow field but you achieved your just reward with the Ton, great day. I told you on your previous post that those Brummie Pigeons would be on a day out???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Well done JDog, thinking outside the box again and going for the difficult solution shooting the fallow field but you achieved your just reward with the Ton, great day. I told you on your previous post that those Brummie Pigeons would be on a day out? ? ?? Yes they were City pigeons on an 'away day trip' and therefore unused to the ways of the countryside. Some had sticking plaster patches on their wings so you must have had a shot or two at them in the recent past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Yes they were City pigeons on an 'away day trip' and therefore unused to the ways of the countryside. Some had sticking plaster patches on their wings so you must have had a shot or two at them in the recent past. Those will be the high crossers that DB has a go at ninety yards??????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 I love it when a plan comes together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 I love it when a plan comes together! I think in the circumstances, I would probably have gone about things in a similar way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Cor Motty, what a compliment. I am flattered. Humour aside, the plan was pretty obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Cor Motty, what a compliment. I am flattered. Humour aside, the plan was pretty obvious. " Praise From Motty" you must be doing it right???????. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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