pigeon controller Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Following yesterdays fiasco,( See Talk from the Field) I had to go out and have a better day, DB was itching to go out so started out at 08.00 straight to a large rape field we had seen last week . The wind was very strong but inspite of that as we drove down the track to the field we could see birds batterling to get into the field. This field is very high and its the first time I can remember it was so clear we could see large hills in the distance and also other rape fields we were not aware of. To prevent the sun being a problem we set up with the wind in our face so the birds would have to come in to the decoys over our heads. Incidently this is the part of the field they wanted to feed, twevle fresh birds from yesterday all on cradles hugging the ground. We had twenty in on us straight away, but the wind was so fierce they were jinxing all over the place and difficult to pair . We noticed in the distance heavy cloud being rushed in by the wind and before long it was raining a fine drizzle but with the wind it was drenching. The birds just stopped feeding and we lost our vision . There was a short break in the cloud and the sun came out and we could see the birds heading for another rape field in a valley , so we packed up and headed out. When we arrived at this parcel of four fields of about twenty acres either side of a narrow stream in a valley we could see the trees were loaded and the birds were feeding like " Fat Girls in Greggs" . We drove to the nearest farm and asked who's rape it was. Call us Jammy or What it was one of our farmers so a phone call and we had the go ahead. We set up along the valley with our decoys on one of the banks the wind was right to left it was getting on now about 13.00 and the birds started to return and we had some great shooting in the windy conditions and we continued to shoot till 15.30 as a return flightline started back to some big roost woods behind us.We picked up ninety one pigeons and got soaking wet in the process as it started to rain as we were packing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew f Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 That dog looks more unhappy every time I see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich1984 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) That dog looks more unhappy every time I see it.You'd look like that fetching back what those 2 shoot ! 😊😊☺ Great bag again ! Edited December 23, 2014 by rich1984 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 That dog looks more unhappy every time I see it. I think its called very tired, as he has spent the last twenty minutes every picture picking up our distance bird while we pick up the close ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG wales Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Well done to the 3 of you and wish you all a merry Christmas. ATb neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbw1shrops Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Well done PC & DB like the bit about the overweight ladies in greggs 👍 you are quite lucky that most of your farmers answer the phone ! It would be gutting to have what looks to be a promising day on the cards only to be let down when the boss man don't answer his mobile or landline ! Have a great Christmas PC and keep the posts and pics coming. Atvb Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 You must love those conditions, apart from the rain at the end. The strong winds really do make for testing shooting. I suspect that 'fat girls from Greggs' will become enshrined in PW speak from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 You must love those conditions, apart from the rain at the end. The strong winds really do make for testing shooting. I suspect that 'fat girls from Greggs' will become enshrined in PW speak from now on. It was just the best description I could think of at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Well done to the 3 of you and wish you all a merry Christmas. ATb neil Well done PC & DB like the bit about the overweight ladies in greggs you are quite lucky that most of your farmers answer the phone ! It would be gutting to have what looks to be a promising day on the cards only to be let down when the boss man don't answer his mobile or landline ! Have a great Christmas PC and keep the posts and pics coming. Atvb Dave Well done to the 3 of you and wish you all a merry Christmas. ATb neil Thanks guys I hope you get all you want for Christmas and have a great New Year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Well done again, you never mention your cartridge ratio but I always feel as im with you as I read your post's. I hope the three of you have a very merry Christmas and a lot of pigeons in the new year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted December 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Well done again, you never mention your cartridge ratio but I always feel as im with you as I read your post's. I hope the three of you have a very merry Christmas and a lot of pigeons in the new year. Thanks for your wishes, I never count the cartridges but I believe from the amount we shoot to what I replace it's about 2 to 1 on average , it depends on the type of shooting if it's just decoy shots it's like tin can shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 "fat girls from Greggs"...tut tut tut..............being "the"...PC...it should say..."physically challenged"...........................you seem to adopt the same pose everytime....i smell a rat ! Peaceful xmas to you ditch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 another great bag on rape from you two I like greggs you get some nice pasties from there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Do you miss any ,merry christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted December 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Do you miss any ,merry christmas Yes a few, Seasons Greetings to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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