pigeonblasterian Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Arranged to meet with three pw members today and have a day out on the maize strips. I had checked round to see where pigeons might be on Thursday.I found that pigeons were on the maize that had been sprayed with slurry and the recent rain must have washed it enough to make it appetizing. So a meet up at 0800 was arranged and when we arrived at the farm the maize had been ploughed in. Luckily enough was left on the top of the soil and pigeons were feeding on the strips. After a slow start with hardly anything the first couple of hours the pigeons started to come for a look at the decoys. They decoyed a lot better than the last few weeks and were in smaller groups. At last they are breaking up a bit and not staying in one large flock. We split up into three hides to keep the birds moving and flagged off one strip. In our hide we managed to get a total of 60 pigeons. We had 52 wood pigeon and 8 ferals. Another photo coming later when the pw members get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Excellent result PB, the bigger flocks do seem to be breaking up a bit now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 A better result for you this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Cool wind today and yesterday so well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth82 Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Thanks again ian for a nice day on the pigeon, should have had more but was difficult a times, again the perfect the perfect host Ian. Thanks Gaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecooper1 Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Good Doo.....Lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kippylawkid Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Great generosity. Deserved a good bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dignity Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Nice one Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Great result, for ploughed in maize , but a cold wind to out in. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy bingo Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 well done a good bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Another couple of pictures from yesterday with Gareth`s dog Demby posing for a couple of photos.These were shot a couple of fields away from us and could not get them all together when packing up for one photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) Ian I found on Saturday that the pigeons started to get interested in the decoy pattern when the sun came out in the afternoon. Did you have any sun today? Well done on hosting other members. Edited March 16, 2015 by TIGHTCHOKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodN Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Great dog photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Ian I found on Saturday that the pigeons started to get interested in the decoy pattern when the sun came out in the afternoon. Did you have any sun today? Well done on hosting other members. It was very windy and cold all day and rather than set up facing into the wind we put the brolly up and made a hide protecting us from the wind. The sun did come out during the day and that is probably when the pigeons were decoying best. It was still very cold in the wind when out of the hide. Later in the afternoon it went overcast and the pigeons were not flying around as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyb7 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 (edited) Just a write up of last Sunday, I was lucky enough to get a chance to shoot with Ian on his permission, I travelled there with 2 lads from my neck of the woods, Gareth and Richard set up 2 fields away from us, Ian set up bird scares on the middle maize strip, and we set up on the third strip, Ian set us up with the wind at our backs, large umbrella with the hide built round it, set in the open facing a hedge row with the maize strip between us, it was a little slow to start with, but picked up after about a hours, the birds mostly came from behind us and to the left, the swung round over the edge row and into the decks, a great sight, my shooting was iffy to say the least to start with and Ian was nailing everything, Ian thought my seat was the problem ( fishing chair) being to low, sat on Ian's chair while he was having his lunch, I nailed 5 on the bounce, Ian got his spare chair of his truck for me, shot a lot better on it, Ian was great company in the hide, very knowledgeable, gave me a few really good tips, especially let them commit to coming in, we kept Ian's springer Jess reasonable busy in the afternoon, finished with 52 woodies and 8 ferals, fantastic day with great company, many thanks Ian, hope I can do it again, cheers Gary. PS I've order a new chair Ian lol Edited March 17, 2015 by garyb7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbin66 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Looks like I good day there mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted March 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Looks like I good day there mate It was and going Friday if you fancy a day out. Just a write up of last Sunday, I was lucky enough to get a chance to shoot with Ian on his permission, I travelled there with 2 lads from my neck of the woods, Gareth and Richard set up 2 fields away from us, Ian set up bird scares on the middle maize strip, and we set up on the third strip, Ian set us up with the wind at our backs, large umbrella with the hide built round it, set in the open facing a hedge row with the maize strip between us, it was a little slow to start with, but picked up after about a hours, the birds mostly came from behind us and to the left, the swung round over the edge row and into the decks, a great sight, my shooting was iffy to say the least to start with and Ian was nailing everything, Ian thought my seat was the problem ( fishing chair) being to low, sat on Ian's chair while he was having his lunch, I nailed 5 on the bounce, Ian got his spare chair of his truck for me, shot a lot better on it, Ian was great company in the hide, very knowledgeable, gave me a few really good tips, especially let them commit to coming in, we kept Ian's springer Jess reasonable busy in the afternoon, finished with 52 woodies and 8 ferals, fantastic day with great company, many thanks Ian, hope I can do it again, cheers Gary. PS I've order a new chair Ian lol Your welcome Gary just get in touch if you want to come again and we can see if something can be sorted. You should shoot better with a decent seat. Thanks again ian for a nice day on the pigeon, should have had more but was difficult a times, again the perfect the perfect host Ian. Thanks Gaz See you soon for a day on the rabbits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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