dead eye alan Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Great day out JD I know what you mean about the cold but you shorly had warm barrels to hold in your cold hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Well done JDog- good shooting as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skye Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Good report......no spring drillings to look forward to here though, plenty of rape to choose from and wheat. Well done, Skye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Well done, great result, we have found the more decoys the more they will commit . I spent the day catching some bait for a nostalgic visit to Norfolk tomorrow . While I was fishing I could hear shooting in the near distance not sure on what. Now you are in your advancing years perhaps you need to invest in some good thermals? ? WEll done JD. I am also a believer in "if it looks busy it will be busy" decoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columba Grey Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) Some parts of the Cotswolds have thin soil called Cotswold Brash. Sunshine, drying winds and little rain can mean an early start to the spring drillings. Four fields close to home were drilled last Friday and Saturday whilst I was away. On Sunday on the pretext of walking the dogs I paid four visits to those fields and at no time did I see more than fifty five birds on the ground. On my last visit at 3:30 the same number were there but a line was developing from the main part of the estate. Today's forecast according to BBC weather was for rain at 11:30. The Met office had it down to rain at 1:30. It never did rain all day. However armed with a poor forecast I got to the fields at 8:00 and found 500 - 600 pigeons swarming like flies. God knows where they came from. There were lines in all over the shop. Three potential hide positions were ruled out because of the very strong and cold wind. I did not fancy freezing what is left of my balls off and having the hide blow down all the time so I chose the cowards option of setting up with my back to a large dense wood where it was as warm as toast. No birds decoyed to my rotary and fifteen flock coated decoys for the first hour but I did shoot some passing by. I then moved closer to a flight line along a belt of trees but I left my rotary in the same place and this worked well. Birds came along the belt into the wind and dropped down into the vortex where they went up and down like a whore's drawers. These were difficult birds. When I had fifty birds on spikes the decoying began properly. My normal concentration span is three hours but this was too good to miss so the session lasted longer. Almost simultaneously I ran out of personal steam, the flight line dried up and I was down to the last few cartridges. What didn't run out was the battery on the Pinewood rotary which lasted the full seven hour session. I picked 137 pigeons and as I write I am on my last legs. I may die a happy man this evening. Fantastic day for you. So the birds were drawn by the rotary but flew on to the concentration of dead birds? Edited March 10, 2015 by Columba Grey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted March 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Fantastic day for you. So the birds were drawn by the rotary but flew on to the concentration of dead birds? No, I left the rotary where it was and I moved 50m to my left to get under the flight line. As I shot them I added birds to the pattern around the rotary. The effect of that was to draw pigeons from the belt of trees further left of my new position across in front of me heading for the pattern and I shot them crossing across the face of the wood. The rotary was only 20m out from the wood and the decoys were tight in against it. No decoy was more than 15m from the wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Glad you got over your strenuous day Mr JDog , just keep taking your one a day and you will be fine , age catch up with us all if we live long enough . What happened to the lay out at the end of the day for the photo , or had you done enough bending for one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 just being nosy jd what choke and cartridge were you using I now it sounds boring sorry ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted March 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 just being nosy jd what choke and cartridge were you using I now it sounds boring sorry ? I am not really into the technical side of things but I can tell you that my Miroku 6000 is choked half and half. The cartridges were Hull 'superfast' in 29 grams no. 6 shot. These are good for killing birds dead at 45m with me behind the gun. Others may shoot them further out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I can now sleep at night thank you jd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocknee Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I am not really into the technical side of things but I can tell you that my Miroku 6000 is choked half and half. The cartridges were Hull 'superfast' in 29 grams no. 6 shot. These are good for killing birds dead at 45m with me behind the gun. Others may shoot them further out. 45m? I thought your limit was 32m lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted March 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 45m? I thought your limit was 32m lol I just knew that you would see this thread. OK, out to 32m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireSam Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Well done JDog...I will need to keep watching the newly drilled fields as sounds like the tap can go from a dribble to a full torrent overnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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