fenboy Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 I thought my chance of getting shooting this week was poor but luckily they cut a field out the back of my house yesterday. This is not just any field but my favourite of all those on my permissions , the reason being it is home to a large sycamore tree that the pigeon just seem to adore , the amount of pigeon I have shot while sat under it over the last 15 years must run into the 1000s and I am always confident of a few shots when I go down there. Yesterday evening i could see a few milling about so I decide to go down this afternoon . I got down just after lunch and was disappointed that only about half a dozen got out of the tree , as there is often a large amount in it . There was nothing much moving about but having shot it many times before I know that mid to late afternoon is the prime time , so undeterred I set up anyway. I put a pattern of 20 sock covered full body decoys out , with the magnet about 25 yards out from the hide and a few yards ahead of the pattern , I completed things with a floater about 20 yards behind the pattern on the far side. An hour later I was thinking I may have made a mistake , I only had 4 or 5 and a couple of ferals , but things slowly improved without ever getting too hectic and after a while I though I may get 20 or so , they decoyed well when they came and today was one of those days when they all wanted to land on top of the magnet , it was really pulling them, helped by the fact that there were plenty of young birds about which always seem suckers for it. George of proper cartridges had kindly given me some samples to try , some high speed and some proper pigeon , I started with the high speed and to be honest I did not like them , they killed well enough but the recoil was not to my liking even through my auto and I missed a few I would normally get as I think I was flinching between shots. ( I did say I would give my honest opinion ) A change to his proper pigeon 30 gram 6.5 s and I liked them much better , much less recoil and still killed very well indeed including one or two really long birds , I would certainly recommend the proper pigeon to anyone who gets the chance to use them. Anyway things improved somewhat and the score started to tick over nicely and I was just starting to clear up in the hide with view to packing up with 47 on the clicker when I spotted some heading into the decoys and I was very pleased to shoot a triple , its not often I manage it but low and behold within a couple of minutes I had repeated the feat and still I was not done I finished the day with a third triple on the bounce although the last one did include a feral Never managed 3 in a day before so was well chuffed ! So I finished with 55 and 8 ferals and my favourite field had come up trumps again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.philmypower. Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 A good day there fenboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Sounds like a great day well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Well done Fenboy cracking report and pics bud. always enjoy your write ups. keep them coming atb Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 A good day fenboy, great write up and pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshAndy Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Nice bag there fenboy, i'm sure George won't mind the feedback, that's what helps develop good cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoggysreels Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Great read mate ....good feedback regards cartridges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Nice to have that at the end of your garden Great write up, shooting and pics Fenboy..............who needs magazines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Nice to have that at the end of your garden Great write up, shooting and pics Fenboy..............who needs magazines Thanks , I am very lucky to be able to shoot the land behind my garden , its a very good pigeon area though I have yet to shoot a ton bag out there a couple of 70s is the best I have done. Also I get pinkfeet out there during the autumn on occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Triples. What are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Triples. What are they? I am sure if you brought yourself a semi auto JDog you would not be long finding out ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 I could never do that. Good shooting and exceptional hand to eye coordination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 They must be punchy cartridges if you where flinching using that auto. I have some of his 32gram Little Devils waiting to be used. Hopefully the pinks will be back on there this year! ( still got that plywood if you want it ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 as you said on my post very similar day, slow at first then picked up later on, the rotary worked very well for me today with a lot of young birds flitting about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 I could never do that. Good shooting and exceptional hand to eye coordination. Its really just making the best of a good situation , I am sure on the odd occasion you have shot a pair and thought " if I had another shot I would have had that one too " It is unusual to shoot three on the trot though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 good day mate well done atb dolphin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon mad Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Nice one look like a great day:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 A nice outing. If I wasn't working I would have joined you. There's always another time, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 A nice outing. If I wasn't working I would have joined you. There's always another time, I suppose. I am sure there will be Motty . I would not be surprised if the same field does not offer another chance , I will be off work next Saturday so will look out for something for then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 glad you had a good day it wasn't long ago you was sounding a bit fed up with the lack of birds keep it up before you know it the cod will be in and a good day on the beach will be on the cards colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 glad you had a good day it wasn't long ago you was sounding a bit fed up with the lack of birds keep it up before you know it the cod will be in and a good day on the beach will be on the cards colin Yes you right Colin . I came very close to packing it in , fortunately a few people on here talked me out of it and I have had a reasonable spring / summer on the pigeon without it being spectacular , it does seem that most people have struggled a bit this year though. Hopefully there will be some cod turn up this year , last year was dire and the summer has been hugely disappointing too , give it a couple more months and there is bound to be a shed load of whiting about though , I am sure we will get that session together at some stage this autumn / Winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddaftspaniel Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Its funny how the same spots tend to pay off year in year out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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