pbutd Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 When you get a day off you want to make the most of it! Set off early for a 2 hour drive south to a friend's farm ;He'd been drilling spring barley for the last 2 weeks & their ground is particularly flinty which usually results in a lot of grain flicked onto the surface.On the blower he'd said there were quite a few flitting about over the last few days,although he's getting so deaf now that he could have been talking about something quite different? Arrived 8'ish & had a cup of tea with JC who then took me around the farm on his mule.Froze to death as no windscreen & there was a biting northerly wind.There were 40-50 on most of the drilled fields & so we stopped to glass the horizons to see if we could work out any decent flightlines?As we watched a gas gun went off 3 times on a neighbouring farm & 2-300 bids got off JC's rape hidden behind 3 strips of woodland.During the next 15 mins there was a steady influx of birds back onto the rape & to the adjacent trees.JC dropped me back at my truck as he couldn't join me before lunchtime & I made an executive decision to set up on the rape rather than any of the drilled fields. Set up with breeze to my back & sun straight across my front, so I put the whirly well off to RHS & a line of birds on cradles across the front.By 10 it had clouded over & the sun no longer a problem but as you will see on the video on sister site I had to clear a killing zone out in front as they were starting to skirt the pattern well out in front by mid morning. JC returned about 1ish & said he had put off 7-800 from one drilled field!Had to pack up at 3pm to get back home to take Mrs. PBUTD to after-wedding do, so had no time to move & set up on drillings.Never know if I made the wrong decision? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Even if you did make a wrong decision, you can't be dissapointed with that bag Probably did a better job for the Farmer too! keeping them off the rape. Well shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy bingo Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 good bag mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilts#Dave Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) How many did you shoot? Cracking bag as said, got to be another day to be had on those drillings if you're quick! Edited March 27, 2015 by Wilts#Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Cracking bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 cracking days shooting I like the little dog on the vid also its a character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 A good day out well worth the drive to get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Brilliant result and day , well worth the drive and good report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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