aga man Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 I was invited by my shooting partner tan to shoot pigeons on some estate land in east yorkshire today. Pigeons in the area have been flocked up for some weeks now and in recent days numbers have really built with some very big flocks of young birds. It is fair to say decoying pigeons here lately has been difficult. The birds have been feeding hard on beechmast and even ignoring a littered bean stubble in favour of the beechmast. Any birds we have shot on return flightlines have been stuffed to bursting with the beech. This past week things have changed and the pigeons have turned there interest to an old barley stubble, which on inspection had plenty of barley heads for the pigeons. It was clear that although the flightline to the stubbles were very strong, decoying the birds would be difficult as they were moving around in big flocks and seemingly very twichy, if one bird spooked the rest did, rather like they are on winter rape. With time running out before the stubble is ploughed we had a plan. Although a good strong wind is not essential for pigeon decoying, round here it doe's help as the sound of the shots are muffled and the birds fly low along the valleys on there approach to our position. We also knew that other shooters were out shooting a bean stubble on the other side of the estate. Everthing seemed right and we were confident of a good day. We arrived at the stubble at 8.15 am and although some birds lifted, thing didn't look as promising and despite having two magnets with dead birds ou and around 40 on cradles we only shot 12 birds in the first hour and they was a bit tricky. At 12noon things changed and the strong lines fired up and they decoyed text book to our position. Birds coming on the flightline seemingly could not hear our shooting and no sooner had we reloaded the next batch of pigeons were on there way. We had set our hides 25yds apart on a high hedge with the wind at our backs and had some terrific sport. If we could shoot like motty we would have killed 200+ easily, however we did ok and pick 163 woody's and two corvids which was our biggest bag of the year and the Farmer is a happy chap as that's 163 that won't be bothering the rape in the coming months. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshAndy Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 I always enjoy reading your thoughtful and knowledgeable posts. Your experience certainly paid off today. If you could shoot like Motty you would have had 300. If you shot like me you would have been lucky to have got 50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilts#Dave Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Smashing bag, bet you were well chuffed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly47 Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 good write up and good shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted October 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 I always enjoy reading your thoughtful and knowledgeable posts. Your experience certainly paid off today. If you could shoot like Motty you would have had 300. If you shot like me you would have been lucky to have got 50. Thanks for your kind comments JDog, much appreciated. You don't fool any of us with your modest opinon of your shooting. I reckon your a fine shot and could teach many of us a thing or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Well planned and well executed, you had a brilliant day and received the desired results. I will expect a good report and pictures each week from now on. Seriously a well deserved day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted October 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Well planned and well executed, you had a brilliant day and received the desired results. I will expect a good report and pictures each week from now on. Seriously a well deserved day. Thanks PC, respect to you for what you do each week, i am only nearing 40 years of age but tonight i feel knackered with back ache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 great day well done bud big flocks of young birds around here also more than I have ever seen before and I think any left over stubbles from now right through winter will produce bags, also rape will come good this time around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Top draw stuff You know where the shooting is struggling don't ya.....it's them stocks! Way to much drop on them U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 great write up,pics and a quality days sport...good stuff ..cracking read. :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted October 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 great day well done bud big flocks of young birds around here also more than I have ever seen before and I think any left over stubbles from now right through winter will produce bags, also rape will come good this time around Certainly looks promising at the minute daz, hope they don't just disapear as they often seem to do Top draw stuff You know where the shooting is struggling don't ya.....it's them stocks! Way to much drop on them U U, some more modern guns break when you open them to put real ammo in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Cracking day Agaman, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG wales Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Well done and a good write up . Atb neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Certainly looks promising at the minute daz, hope they don't just disapear as they often seem to do U, some more modern guns break when you open them to put real ammo in They'll never catch on I tell yer! U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbw1shrops Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Well done aga man a great detailed read and a top bag 👍 Atvb Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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