JDog Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 This morning I had a call from an Estate owner who told me that quite a lot of pigeons had just arrived on his rape and would I do something about them? I told him that I had seen them for a month but that his gamekeeper would not let me on even after the shooting season had finished. I now have a pass to bypass the said keeper. There were 'a lot of pigeons' too, probably about 400. Numbers like that do not excite me nowadays as I have seen that number and more just get up and go. What did excite me greatly was that the pigeons were coming from woods some distance away, flighting over a tongue of woodland, over a deep valley and into a rape field at the other side of the valley. I have tried to show some of this in the two pictures. The first shows the tongue of woodland which the birds were following before heading out over the valley. The second shows scrubby woodland on a bank leading up to the rape field on the right. Do I try to decoy them or do I stand in the valley bottom and try to shoot high flighting birds? I will let on what happens after I go on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) Oh to have the dilemma. A nice piece of ground too. Edited February 26, 2015 by Penelope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Nice place. So its not just me with Muppet keepers! U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Flight line shooting for me is one of the best, you never quite know where the next one is coming from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Some keepers are complete ***** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Some keepers are complete ***** True but with ground like that I would want to keep it for myself as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Go early, pack light and be prepared to move! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpip Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Had it all over the years with wanna be keepers, few examples, set gas gun up on same field as I was shooting, changed lock on barrier locking me in, sent someone else to shoot same field as me, had the cheek to ask me for £20 a day to shoot pigeons. Anyway moan over hope you have a good day whatever way you play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Fill your boots and show us the photographs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I fail to see how you could possibly be disappointed with a day in surroundings like that pigeons in the bag or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 The coming month's will hopefully provide plenty of opportunities for decoying on spring drillings etc, i reckon you will have a stiff breeze on Saturday with an overcast sky, i think you should have a lovely afternoon flighting the birds in the valley bottom and show us how it's done! Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I fail to see how you could possibly be disappointed with a day in surroundings like that pigeons in the bag or not. I won't be disappointed no matter how many I get. That valley is just magical. I watched a procession of pigeons for some time this afternoon going over it and that gave me enormous pleasure. The coming month's will hopefully provide plenty of opportunities for decoying on spring drillings etc, i reckon you will have a stiff breeze on Saturday with an overcast sky, i think you should have a lovely afternoon flighting the birds in the valley bottom and show us how it's done! Good luck. I have never claimed to be able to show anyone how it is done. My normal claim is just the opposite as you know. However I am a tad excited about this particular scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitfitter Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) I wonder why keepers have an attitude maybe it is the continual almost daily harassment by people who would like permission,the wannabe pigeon shooters who cut holes in hedges ,leave rubbish and cartridges,throw dead birds in the hedge bottom,park in the most ignorant of places or even drive on crops.when you have invested so much time and effort into an estate is it wrong to be just a little peeved when some random muppet who claims to be a "pest controller" comes along and enjoys a days shooting Having done nothing for the estate whilst you the keeper are stuck working Edited February 27, 2015 by Bitfitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Boy are you going to miss that when you move to the flat lands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Fill your boots and show us the photographs. Just the shooting pics... those of you in camo leather are not fit for the site.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Boy are you going to miss that when you move to the flat lands. Haha make the most of it jdog .the only time us flat land shooters see landscapes like that are on postcards and holiday brochures ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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