Wildfowler Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Having had a pretty awful week at work I was well in need of some R&R so got away from work bang on time on Friday night and went for an evening flight on a marsh very close to my house. Having walked a couple of miles in chest waders, pushed a boat over a huge mud pan and rowed a further half mile to get to our spot, my mate and I were extremely hot and sweaty and pretty worn out. We set up and waited for the ducks to come in for evening flight, and waited, and waited... just after the sun went below the horizon the marsh erupted, there were 1500+ widgeon and teal in the air at any one time but they were not playing ball... My mate ended up with a single widgeon and I got a tufted... not a great result but worth going to see the birds. Saturday morning I was up at 3:30 to head for a different marsh, this time about 45 mins from home. Not such a trek to get out and we were set up and ready. We saw a nice steady stream of ducks all morning, with a good number of widgeon decoying. My mate and I took it in turns to shoot first so one of us wasn't always shooting at flaring birds, unfortunately my mate who normally shoots pretty well was not on form and had a fair few shots for no birds with plenty of gun jams. I managed 3 widgeon and a teal. After morning flight i went home, grabbed my pigeon gear and my eldest son and set off to a local stubble field. my mate on the other hand headed off to a local gun shop! My son and I had half an hour of dry shooting on the pigeons managing to bag 7 between us, followed by 2 hours of torrential rain and a further couple of pigeons. Now wet and cold we decided to call it a day. My mate ended up getting a new gun to resolve all his issues Sunday morning (today) another early start and to another local marsh (my mate needed to test his new gun!). This time the tide was a bit kinder so no big push with the boat, but still a fair distance to row. We set up and waited... this time not for too long! a few birds came into the decoys but as it was still very dark we let them be as neither of us were 100% sure of the species (better safe than sorry!) after another good lift of birds, this time a little more slow and steady, my mate ended up with 2 widgeon and 2 teal and I ended up with 2 widgeon and a pintail. After the flight, we went and rebuilt a bridge over the other side of out marsh due to it being flooded off a couple of weeks ago (which was seriously hard work, especially for a sunday!) On my way home i called the Mrs and she said my youngest son wanted to go pigeon shooting... Oh, go on then! so i got back, grabbed my gear and set off again! This time it was a bit of a family affair! me, my 2 boys, my dad and even the mrs came! my dad and Mrs sat behind us whilst me and the boys shot, the boys taking it in turns. Unfortunately the birds didn't really play ball but my youngest son got one... for a couple of hours we ended up with only 6 birds but we all had a good chat and a nice afternoon out. Total for the weekend 1 tufted, 1 pintail, 1 teal, 5 widgeon and 14 pigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_79 Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Great bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddaftspaniel Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 A real mixed bag of a sporting family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Don't forget two happy boys and Mrs that will be happy that her lads got to do what they really wanted to Great to get out as a family like that and do things the young one can take part in and contribute the same as adults. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Excellent field report :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pg123 Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Great work. That's a very busy weekends shooting. Great to see your boys out learning the ropes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Friday evening sounded like hard work you must wonder if you're ever going to get back after a trek like that and have to be sure of what you're doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aister Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Fantastic, well done. Great write up and a great bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul taylor Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Sounds like a great weekend just wish my Mrs was so keen for my kids to join me. Hope you and the lads have many more days shooting together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 The bag was impressive, the family time even more so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Good to see all the family in on the sport as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Quality weekend for all the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Great to get time out with the kids. It looks like a couple of your 'pigeons' are not woodies. They look more like some kind of dove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Great to get time out with the kids. It looks like a couple of your 'pigeons' are not woodies. They look more like some kind of dove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 And here is me not wanting to rain on his parade with the children. I had noticed. Perhaps they were the ones he shot on the foreshore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 You know what I meant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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