JDog Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 (edited) Why I should still have restless nights anticipating a day's pigeon shooting goodness only knows. After all I have logged on getting on for 2,000 days out under various hedges in my time. If I didn't get excited perhaps I wouldn't do it. Lady JDog went off to London for the day so I had a free pass as always. Having dropped her off at the station I arrived far too early at the bean field and in fifteen minutes of partly reading the paper and watching I saw not a bird in the air. There were five on the muck heap. My 'gut' is not as good as others although it is approaching the same size! So no line no setting up. At 11:30 birds began to move so I set up on the two bales which had been put out for me by the farmer last night. One of the pictures shows the hide in all it's glory for better or for worse. It turned out to be just in the right spot. The rotary was placed close in and I had two bouncers out and I added dead birds on spikes as I shot them. The line opened up nicely and birds decoyed well for two hours and then for no reason that I could see the pigeons started to by pass the hide on both sides by a distance of 80 to 100m and head into the wheat stubble behind me. Try as I might I could not get them off their new lines and as I was in the middle of the field behind two bales it would have been difficult to move. The shooting went quiet for an hour until the return line started which was truly magnificent and for an hour I had birds coming back over my head between 30 and 60m high. One of those dead in the air was worth ten of the decoyed variety. It took a while to pack up and I fetched Jasper from the car to help me look for outlying birds and he brought back a number very professionally. The bag at the end of a long pick up was 139 pigeons which I was very pleased with. Considering that I was shooting over a bean field most pigeons crops I inspected were full of wheat! Edited August 30, 2014 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Spot on......JD....I was out also with some pictures to follow... Good input from Jasper!! TEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Well done to you both Nice bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdsallpl Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Good result JDog and special thanks for showing us your hide layout. Much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 A nice account of some splendid sport. Well played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Excellent result JDog, even more so that you had sport off the return line, the finest pigeon sport there is. Well shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 enjoyed the write up,cracking afternoons sport...feet up with a nice glass of red is in order.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich1985 Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Well done! Beans on my perm not cut yet, I can't wait shot all my biggest bags on beans! Fingers crossed I get ago on mine when they are cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Well done , a good bag and some good work by Jasper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Tidy bag well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Awesome bag. Hope you've got plenty of freezer space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Awesome bag. Hope you've got plenty of freezer space The measly amount of freezer space I am allowed is full of last years woodcock. Within an hour of leaving the field the whole lot, with the exception of birds for next week's decoys, were in three different pubs freezers in exchange for copious amounts of food and drink. Is there any wonder that I am getting so fat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 cracking day bud, I did say in another post I anticipate a big bag and I was right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Great day JD, nice read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilts#Dave Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Great read and cracking result to boot.....beans always seem to produce good bags when they're in the right places! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 The measly amount of freezer space I am allowed is full of last years woodcock. Within an hour of leaving the field the whole lot, with the exception of birds for next week's decoys, were in three different pubs freezers in exchange for copious amounts of food and drink. Is there any wonder that I am getting so fat? Is it that you have grow your body weight to match the Hat????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Well done JDog an excellent write up and pictures, the hide was interesting as we have tried bale hides in the past and found that green camo is a No No and always end up with dessert sand. The bird presentation was scruffy but acceptable?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 That's a super day out . Well done . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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