pigeon controller Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Thursday morning received a text " Pigeons in mobbs on rape, help" I replied I would be there later on, arrived at 10.00 and watched the fields. All the birds were at the far end of the farm and as I am not allowed to drive the land a long walk. So twenty minutes carrying Rucksac,battery,magnet ,hidepoles, brolly,and gun I arrived at my chosen spot and built the hide between two sitty trees and waited for the first bird to come to the tree. Two came together and became my magnet decoys, others followed and I had about fifteen decoys when the rain started with the strong wind and lasted twenty minutes. When it stopped I went out and shook all the rain off the decoys and waited. More birds came and I had about a further twenty down when it rained again for this time thirty minutes ,shook all the decoys and waited. I shot till 15.30 and ended the day with fortyeight and a crow, the long walk back to the Disco with the birds on sodden ground was enough to kill me. Friday saw us heading out at 08.00 looking at the rape. we watched three farms with a few in the trees but decided to try and find better pickings. At the fourth farm the Farmer caught us looking and said " I had thousands here in the week they come in the afternoon " as it was 12.00 we reluctantly agreed to set and await the hoards of pigeons that were going to appear. We were all set up by 13.00 with twelve fresh birds from the day before. We shot till 16.00 and in that time we had fifty four birds come to the decoys and shot. It was strange as all the birds that came folded for the decoys and they were all decoy shots, DB was not impressed , He had promised the curry house forty birds for Friday night so we had managed that. Saturday we hoped would be our payback day for agreeing to shoot on Friday, Ying and Yang, We set out with a spinkling of snow on the ground and hoped that the bright sunshine would soon burn off the the frost on the rape.We passed two fields of rape and they had birds sitting in the trees but none joining so we carried on looking. As we approached a farm that DB use to ferret rabbits and shoot the pigeons on the sprouts with his brother thirty years ago he said that there was a cracking fligtline down the stream which ran through the farm . When we arrived we could see pigeons travelling the stream as he had said . They were setting for a rape field that ran along the stream, a phone call later saw us setting up with the standard twelve decoys. You may ask why we allways use twelve , well we carry our decoys in nylon wine bottle carriers to keep them prestine. It was now 10.30 and the birds started to arrive in numbers , the wind was shifting about ninety degrees at times and it made it difficult for the birds to approach the decoys as we had them laid out. We had to stop shooting at times due to walkers on the field edges not the proper footpaths. We stopped shooting at 15.30 and by the state of the empty cartridges in the bag in the hide we knew that it had been a good day. We picked up one hundred and seventythree birds so it was a mega day on the rape. So forty for the curry house and twohundred and thirty plus for the game dealer. A really Ying and Yang weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 3 top bags again fella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 I was thinking more like cheech and chong with the big smile and the glazed eyes Amazing how pigeons still use the same flightlines after so many years, we have the same on some of our land. Great bags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 more like ying and bang a very good 2 days and an outstanding day today you two have got to be the 2 most prolific pigeon shooters in the country and if not the most your certainly up there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Well done, PC. It is quite amazing how pigeon behaviour differs from area to area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Marvellous as usual. From your title I thought that you were going to regale us with stories of the two Chinese masseurs you regularly use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Lol, check yet barrel wall thickness. They must be paper thin by now ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Marvellous as usual. From your title I thought that you were going to regale us with stories of the two Chinese masseurs you regularly use. Ha ha tea everywhere Crackings bags PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Marvellous as usual. From your title I thought that you were going to regale us with stories of the two Chinese masseurs you regularly use. No they are Yang and Ying????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Well done lads,quality shooting as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG wales Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Well done 3 great days shootin there Atb neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuy Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Great couple of days, what can I say that hasn't been said already superb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aauser Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 You take it to another level every time have you got feathers under that cap by chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Well done, PC. It is quite amazing how pigeon behaviour differs from area to area. Isnt it just , fantastic shooting once again PC , I really don't know how you keep producing the goods this time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbw1shrops Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Well done again PC & DB enough respect from the PW massive 👍 Atvb Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted January 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Thanks for all your kind comments , I publish each week to confirm that if you cover the ground you will find birds to shoot . I've been at it for twenty five years DB longer. I started with one farm which I still shoot and it's about building up a memory of when the pigeons decide to be at certain farms . We have some rape which we have never shot birds on and others that we shoot each year on different fields. I will endeavour to post as and when I can to encourage others to take up this wonderful and fascinating sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Smashing shooting PC and as you have said it`s flight lines to field. I plan to shoot a field tomorrow morning alas no flight line due to birds just sitting/roosting in wood near by so probably one shot and they all go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 I am truly amazed how the two of you manage such numbers week in week out, you are my super heroes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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