JDog Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Today was not meant to be a shooting day but the two chaps shooting the maize strip outside my garden drove me away. They must have had 200 shots up to 10:30. My thoughts turned to a spot of decoying myself and what better time to copy the methods of PC? I had surreptitiously purchased a cammo cap at the Shooting Show and I looked out my fake moustache, made a 3 litre flask of coffee and away I went. Eschewing the first field of 300 birds, and the second of five hundred birds I drove on and decided instead to set up in a field where there were twenty birds feeding and the odd one joining. I set up with ten stand ups, four home made angels (I still don't get how they work when facing the wrong way to the wind), and the rotary 15m in front of the hide. Birds came from the off directly at the rotary and made easy shooting and for just over an hour the shooting was hectic. I don't mind admitting that I felt uncomfortable without my usual cap and the fake tash kept falling off every time I took a shot. I was out for three and a half hours. As an experiment I am afraid I have to report an abject failure as I was expecting to shoot into three figures but I only picked 76. However I must say that the pigeons decoyed today as well as I have seen them decoy in a long time. There are three pictures of my hide and decoy set up. The one of the house I included as it belonged to John Entwhistle the guitarist who ruined a very fine façade by taking out mullion windows and inserting 'picture' windows instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougall Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 fine effort sir.I recall seeing a pair S06's of John Entwistles for sale...a shooting man and not just up his nose.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 A good report and a very respactable bag too, but what about the picture of you wearing the tash and camo hat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon6ppc Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 nice one pal.ye where tash picture then.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) Good report Jdog! I think we are finally getting somewhere with the "how does he do it" Quite obviously a combination of 'Tash 'n hat" However, I have a sneaky suspicion there's a little more to it and will hopefully put my cunning plan into bat on Saturday ( As the weather is set to be rubbish thurs and fri) Always makes me wince when seeing a pigeon with a floater up its Auspuff! Will report back M'lud Edited February 18, 2015 by turbo33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 A very good bag JDog , with regard to the angels facing the wrong way , if you mean the one like in the first pic ( I call them floaters ) the normal thing is to put them well back from the pattern 30 yards or more so they look like they are heading into your decoy pattern , thus helping channel newcomers in the killing zone , so if your decoys are facing the wind , then so should the floater be. On this occasion it clearly did not affect the outcome though ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 you may have failed to emulate pc but still a very very good haul from yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNS Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Surely PC could have lent you some of those little letters and numbers he uses in his photos ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 A very respectable day JD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted February 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 No Fenboy, the angels (which are at ground level) face all directions not necessarily into the wind which is why I cannot fathom out why they work. I would have thought that they would have made incomers slightly wary but this does not seem to be the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 No Fenboy, the angels (which are at ground level) face all directions not necessarily into the wind which is why I cannot fathom out why they work. I would have thought that they would have made incomers slightly wary but this does not seem to be the case. Ok , I wondered if you were getting your angels and floaters muddled , clearly not . On the rare occasions I use angels I always face them roughly into the wind as mine are on glass fibre rods which gives them a bit of movement., but it seems I may be telling you how to suck eggs ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berettacocker Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 No Fenboy, the angels (which are at ground level) face all directions not necessarily into the wind which is why I cannot fathom out why they work. I would have thought that they would have made incomers slightly wary but this does not seem to be the case. I always face angels into wind, as they're meant to represent a bird about to land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Nicely done that man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nats Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Good effort JDog do you know how they got on with the maize cover at the back of your house? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Emulation is the finest form of praise, what with crows flying backwards and angels the wrong way to wind . I give you all my my secrets after two pints I of cider and you still only achieve 76 . Did the set up present you with a 100 plus birds to the gun but you felt uneasy with the shot? It was a great result and you will get better with practice with the new set up . Do you need any letters and numbers for your future ventures? Well done JDog great result and well deserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted February 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Good effort JDog do you know how they got on with the maize cover at the back of your house? No I don't sorry. What I do know is that the maize cover was ploughed in by the time I got back this afternoon. Emulation is the finest form of praise, what with crows flying backwards and angels the wrong way to wind . I give you all my my secrets after two pints I of cider and you still only achieve 76 . Did the set up present you with a 100 plus birds to the gun but you felt uneasy with the shot? It was a great result and you will get better with practice with the new set up . Do you need any letters and numbers for your future ventures? Well done JDog great result and well deserved. I didn't quite shoot at 100 birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Good effort JDog do you know how they got on with the maize cover at the back of your house? I bet they filled there boots by going off what jdog said in the post approx. 200 shots by 10.30 what did they shoot by 4 pm if they wasn,t stopped by the plough that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Well done but where I are the rows of shot birds laid out with military precision, the fake tash and a poor knackered dog? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionforangling Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 That fake tash has obviously made the difference. Sounds like a great few hours, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionforangling Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Oh, by the way, I don't believe for a minute about the 3 litre flask story. I bet you took that little pink thing that holds half a litre at absolute tops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuy Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 A great result jdog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 I bet they filled there boots by going off what jdog said in the post approx. 200 shots by 10.30 what did they shoot by 4 pm if they wasn,t stopped by the plough that is I have been out with people who would struggle to get 25 birds with 200 shots , so it does not automatically mean it was a big bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 I have been out with people who would struggle to get 25 birds with 200 shots , so it does not automatically mean it was a big bag. me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 I always face angels into wind, as they're meant to represent a bird about to land. I doubt it matters which way they face. Well done, Sir Dog. That's a pretty good result. I would certainly be happy with that at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 I doubt it matters which way they face. Well done, Sir Dog. That's a pretty good result. I would certainly be happy with that at the moment. Yes me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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