pigeon controller Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 Out on Friday as normal and headed to some local Rape stubble , the first two farms had been disced and no birds about. Continued and looked at some Barley stubble ploughed in., kept looking for another two hours till we came on a flight line to some Rape stubble. Watched it for ten minutes and birds were down and others joining, so went to see the farmer and got the go ahead but he said we would need to speak to the land owner on the next field as she was against shooting and may call the Police. We drove into her yard and she was looking after a horse so I went to speak to her and explain the situation , after a half hour chat in which I explained that we would be shooting from a hide away from her farm and we would not be walking around the land. She was OK with the situation. While I was talking to her DB had heard some shots in the distance . It was then we realised our schoolboy error the birds we had seen flighting were being spooked by the other shooter and were not on a natural flight line. It was now 14.00 so we decided to give it a go , we set up with the standard set up twelve thawed birds two on the magnet ,two angels and eight on spikes. We shot well and downed nearly every bird that came to the pattern and ended the day at 17.00 as DB was going out for a meal. We picked up sixtyfive pigeons and fourteen crows and jackdaws that came with in range. Today on our way home on Friday we looked at a barley stubble field it had about two hundred birds on it so we went to the farm and said that we would be back on Saturday. Saturday morning Light rain and a strong wind so we set out in our wet gear and drove to the Barley stubble field. First job was to get the brolly set up above the hide and then build the hide around the base, we had birds coming to the tree we had set up under while we were setting up. Decoy set up as the previous day and started shooting at 11.15. We kept adding to the pattern until we had approx thirty decoys out , with the strong wind off our backs the birds slowed as thay approached the pattern allowing us the shoot the adult birds ,not the case on the second shot. We were shooting steady all day and discussed what time we would pack up and as we both carried 150 shells with us we said when we had shot 300 we would pack in. I think this put us both in our best kill mode . At approx 15.00 the rain cleared the sun came out and the birds just did not stop comming. We shot our 300 cartridges and picked up two hundred and fiftytwo birds. so that must go down as one of our best days and the dog was Knackered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 252 for 300 shells :o Truly awsome, i doth my cap to you. Very professional approach with the horse lady too, we have a similar permission and you have to approach in the correct manor. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 very good shooting on the 250 bird day and an excellent few days all in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 That's the way to do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 Blimey that's hell of a bag well done. I wonder how many birds the dog has picked up lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfowler12 Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 Excellent, as per Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 Top shooting again PC and DB another great account of your days out. atb Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 Brilliant shooting. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 Very well done. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangford wildfowler Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Amazing as always PC truly the master of pigeon shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Business as usual. Great cartridge to kill ratio. Well done pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aauser Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Cracking hide looks really good and amazing shooting great fieldcraft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 wow...yet again another cracking couple of days. Quality shooting lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 I reckon that was worth getting wet for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 I reckon that was worth getting wet for So do I !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynny Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Belting stuff, spot on, Atb Flynny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stugarford Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Great Shooting. Certainly seems to be a lot of birds in your area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rimfireboy Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Good shooting pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blasterjudd Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Brill write up and Mr Pigeoncontroller getting back to what he does best....... Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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