pigeon controller Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Friday Morning was a wet start as we headed out of the city , as we past an old mental home we could see a raft of pigeons heading out to feed after roosting in the warm established conifer woods. The wind was strong from the north west so we headed into it to find the birds . We looked at three farms and they were all in the trees not feeding and we know from the past they will just up and go. We ended up on a 60 acre rape block of fields, this had birds down feeding and also birds joining. We watched it for twenty minutes and decided the position of the hide. We then left it to check on rape around and spook a few birds our way by walking them of ajacent fields. It was late and we then set up with the normal twelve birds ten on cradles and two on the magnet. It was 12.30 when we finally started to shoot, the shooting was steady but not frantic but we continued till 16.00 when the light was failing. We finished the day with eightyfive pigeons and one crow. Saturday was also a wet start as we headed out , we looked at a field we had seen the day before to see if the birds were feeding and when we arrived it had about fifty feeding hard in one corner. now this is a five acre field on its own surrounded by pony paddocks , a road running its full length a cottage on the other edge and zero cover just wire fences. Its on a flightline from one of the biggest roost woods in the midlands but we could not find a way to shoot it without causing problems. We flagged it off and moved down the valley to the next rape field and watched after the initial flurry of birds we had spooked nothing came , so we retrieved our flags and moved on. We have a large block of rape that is very on or off so we went to check it out and it had a few birds moving on it but not large numbers. We could see a good number of birds in a wood in view of the rape but with the very strong wind they were staying out of the main wind. We left and drove to another farm about five miles away , this had about a hundred sitting in the trees and none down so we walked the field and shot any in range to move them on and possibly to the other rape. When we returned to the previous rape it had a good number down feeding hard so we set up with twelve birds from the day before all on cradles no magnet as the wind was so strong we feared it would not cope We had to set up with the wind and sun in our faces and allow the birds to fly over our heads into the pattern . The wind was very strong and the speed that the birds approached us with the wind was fantastic with some when hit being carried five hundred meters . As with the day before the birds kept feeding till 16.00 and it took us another hour to collect all the long range birds and pack up. We ended the day with one hundred and eighteen pigeons picked and I think we may have left a few. In all a great result Pigeon Shooters happy, Farmer happy and Game Dealer happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Well done P.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 You are braver men than I am. A good effort in difficult conitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Nice job. Well shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynny Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) Excellent as always old bean, I'm out tomorrow on some rape,( not been after pigeons for a while) I've been watching these fields for the last week and there's plenty about, the bird scarers and Gas gun ain't bothering them so farmer wants me down there , Let's hope these 50 mph winds die down ans it doesn't rain too bad, and I hope after I've walked them off I get more than one shot!! Atb Flynny Edited January 10, 2015 by flynny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionforangling Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Looks like 2015 is off to a great start for you. Two excellent days and as you say, shooter's happy, farmer happy, game dealer happy. Probably only the local pigeon population are not sharing the same sentiment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNS Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I was cold in the car just watching some pigeons so I take my hat off to you for braving that wind today ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilts#Dave Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Another two days both giving you some great shooting from the sound of it, cracking stuff!! You shoot more over winter rape than most do through summer on the stubbles....hats off to you PC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Looks like 2015 is off to a great start for you. Two excellent days and as you say, shooter's happy, farmer happy, game dealer happy. Probably only the local pigeon population are not sharing the same sentiment! ............and he has nudged in front of you in the aggregate stakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I agree with wilts dave you shoot summer bags of pigeons on winter rape week in week out its just remarkable no other word for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Ah, thats it now, the secret is out...................................they have all escaped from a damned mental home, no wonder you shot so many ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted January 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Ah, thats it now, the secret is out...................................they have all escaped from a damned mental home, no wonder you shot so many ! Whoops!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Well done yet again PC you shoot more in a session than i see in a week sometimes, glad to see the Christmas jumper put away till December, and the old straight finger pose back in fashion. You and DB really know how to shoot pigeon's. Edited January 11, 2015 by dead eye alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telf Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 yes,a great start to the year for you,well done indeed,nice to see the old pose and the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionforangling Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 ............and he has nudged in front of you in the aggregate stakes. Yes, it appears so, but with my three this morning I am back on a roll!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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