JDog Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I am hamstrung at the moment as my Border terrier is not well. I have to return home at lunch times to see how he is and to minister any medication he needs. I believe that he is suffering from the ill effects of a tick bite. This has also meant that I had to postpone a visit to cocknee in Kent to be taught more about decoying. With a howling wind this lunchtime and Bounder dealt with I flew out to a wheat field which still had swaths of straw in it and where I had seen a weak line yesterday. There wasn't a bird to be seen in the field when I got there but when I drove round the field 150 got out of a single tree. That was where I made my hide. The wind was fantastic and the majority of pigeons came downwind and presented some spectacular shots. Those that came to the pattern upwind were relatively easy. For those interested in that sort of thing I shot 25 pigeons with 35 shots and that included two shots at two different birds. This was an unusually good average for me. Whilst I was decoying Jasper was sitting in the car watching from a distance. Just before I packed up I collected him on a lead and took him into the hide where he proceeded to lay down and chew grass. I fired five shots and he was not the slightest bit bothered, only pausing his chewing to enquire if I had shot anything or not. Once the hide was dismantled I sat him down whilst I collected the birds and he never even twitched. I was missing one bird which I had seen crash into a swath very dead and I called him over to help me locate it. After running round for a while he 'pointed' into the straw and I sat him down whilst I extricated the last pigeon from under his nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Nice , sound like he will be a good one , do you want to swap for a Lab ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Nice , sound like he will be a good one , do you want to swap for a Lab ! That is a fine offer fenboy. However I cannot quite believe my luck with my first spaniel so I must decline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 That is a fine offer fenboy. However I cannot quite believe my luck with my first spaniel so I must decline. I cannot believe my luck with my first Lab either , but for very different reasons ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 You have a scorcher there..........................when i bought my first sprocker 20 years ago it was "out" of dogs that were been worked for me...so i knew the dam and sire...i asked the old boy "do they ever slow down"..... he puffed on his wet stained rollup...... looked skywards then at me and said "yep...when they die bor"..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Good darts JD.....Top finding from Jasper.... TEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Lovely looking dog, he'll make a fine gundog i'm sure. NIce picture JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Great read and picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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simon6ppc Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 ye smart little dog that pal..hope he turns out bang on for you.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Well done You and Jasper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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