pigeon controller Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 No wanting to bore people with my reports but we set out as normal 08.00 Friday morning in pursuit of the elusive Wood Pigeon. Scanning the local rape fields proved fruitless so we spread our net wider looking at fields that we shot last week which had birds down but just pulling up in the Disco spooked them. We drove down a track to a field that we have not shot for three weeks only to find two lads walking up , one with a gun, we passed the time of day and they informed us that they had just spooked fifteen off the field and they were going to shoot it . We wished them well and drove on. We found a field of rape which had birds down and two good flightlines in to it . We left it so that they could have a feed and I took DB to the Bacon Wagon so he could feed his inner self. We went back to the field and watched it for a further twenty minutes trying to see the preferred landing area and to decide the hide position, which would be critical to bag up on the flock. Everything agreed we drove to the field and set up, we had the normal twelve thawed bird and put ten on cradles and used the magnet as we wanted every bird passing to see the pattern. We started shooting at 12.00 and had birds comming at us constantly which gave us some great shooting. We ended the day at 16.30 and picked up one hundred and eighty birds , when I dropped DB off we had covered ninety two miles in pursuit of our quarry, great day. Saturday was a wet cloudy start with the Lickeys ( Local Hills) shrouded in mist as we drove out of the city. We had seen some birds the week before on some sheep turnips and decided the have a look. We had a phone call from one of our farmers who was on his rape and said it was covered can we come and sort them out. So we changed direction and headed out down the motorway to the farm in question. We intended to only shoot the morning as we had been invited by Topgunners to go roost shooting in the evening. We scanned the field and it had no birds on it , so we drove to the farm, the farmer said it was covered this morning? . We went to view the field and as we did we noticed a number of birds down hard against the edge, we had shot this farm a few weeks ago and the majority of the birds came in the late afternoon. So we decided the give it ago, we informed Topgunners that we could not make the roost shoot and thanked them for the invite. We set up in the same hide position we had used before as it was a good crossing point of two fields. We put out twelve fresh birds from the day before on cradles in the tallest part of the rape. The first bird in landed in the pattern , so we had got that right, it was now 11.00 and the birds we had spooked off the field came back and paid the price. The shooting was continuous for the next two hours then it was as if the tap had been turned off , we had no birds come for approx one hour . We thought it was all over and nearly packed up to go roost shooting. It started again and we shot till 16.30 and started the pick up the slain birds from the two fields . We picked up two hundred and two birds for the picture , the dog found another one when we went back to the Disco. We had covered another fifty miles but it was well worth it . Mega Weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Town pigeons every one. Your report was well worth waiting for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Well done and Wow can't say nothing else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nats Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Yet another fantastic outing. Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Brilliant again . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) fantastic bag again and i for one wont ever get bored reading about your days out atb dolphin Edited February 28, 2015 by dolphin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Fantastic! Should I try to grow a tash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Wow , just wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuy Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Amazing as usual, ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 them town pigeons really are daft all 383 of them joking apart its just really impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted February 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Fantastic! Should I try to grow a tash? It would suit you sir!!!!!! Town pigeons every one. Your report was well worth waiting for. Yes but which Town??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Fantastic! Should I try to grow a tash? if it helps us get the results I will join yer on that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Mega weekend indeed, awesome! Well shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Stunning....two cracking bags. Good call not to go roost shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Awsome bags fellers. It must take yonks setting them out so neat! Why not set the timer on the camera then you could both be in the photo! U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurchers Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 Amazing shooting again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 WOW!!! in January the pair of you shot 904 birds, which is amazing now in February you go and shoot 1144 birds. The mind boggles at such consistent bags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 I have worked out where we might be going wrong P C , could it be the spikes or cradles we use , or can you disclose the brand of freezer you use as mine might freeze them to hard Don't bother to drive down to our area PLEASE , as two of your weekends would put our pigeon population on the endangered list . The work and effort you two put in and how you see a situation put you two in a different league ...... Thanks for sharing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 I have worked out where we might be going wrong P C , could it be the spikes or cradles we use , or can you disclose the brand of freezer you use as mine might freeze them to hard Don't bother to drive down to our area PLEASE , as two of your weekends would put our pigeon population on the endangered list . The work and effort you two put in and how you see a situation put you two in a different league ...... Thanks for sharing . That is how I see it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 This explains why there is not many here! You guys are a pigeon black hole! Sucking every pigoen into it for a 200 mile radius! For thousands of years the pigeon will recall the destructive power of the pigeon black hole in the middle of blighty! U. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted March 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 Awsome bags fellers. It must take yonks setting them out so neat! Why not set the timer on the camera then you could both be in the photo! U. DB is shy!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 Interesting that you call them the "elusive wood pigeon"! Well done PC and DB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telf Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 speechless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 Once again ......top stuff. Never get bored reading about your antics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 I hate you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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