pigeon controller Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Picked up DB at 09.00 and he informed me that a Farmer had phoned saying Thousands of Pigeon on the rape. Now this field has had a fair bit of hammer over the passed month and I even watched a shooter on it Tuesday which was quiet an education as he had positioned himself on a comfortable position on the edge of the field with his flapper , floater and decoys all the wrong way to wind. I watched him for approx an hour and he had shots at birds who were flying over his decoys not able to land with the strong wind. We arrived at the rape only to find the gate locked so we phoned the Farmer to pick up the key , Its in my Disco and thats been left at the pub by my son last night, So we picked up the Disco key drove to the pub ,drove the farmers Disco back to the farm and obtained the key. All this time we had a constant heavy drizzle which was soaking everything. We drove to the rape and watched it for twenty minutes sorted out the line to the field and set up. Birds would approach the set up and flare, we changed it around and eventually they started to show interest and came within range.We had set up at approx 12.00 and shot till 18.00 and picked up ninetyfour pigeons and became very wet on the return to the Disco. Today the same start time and started to look for drilling to shoot we checked out over twelve fields with no birds present so we started to look at the growing rape which by now is very tall in places. We watched them play follow the leader into a field, spooked them and they just lifted off in one solid mass back to the trees. We found one field which had a few down and others joining and set up they were very spooky of the decoys and alot flared off . After an hour we had six birds , so we moved on to another rape field and set up again it was now 14.00 and we shot it till 17.45 and picked up a total for the day of fifty six birds which was a small percentage of the birds showing interest in the decoys but like before flared as the low area we could decoy was very small and tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Some decent bags again PC , I do like shooting rape when they have kept small patches trimmed down , its very testing shooting picking the birds that you are going to be able to retrieve easily . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Well done Pc and DB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 good results though pc they are favouring the rape still around here as well, I managed 14 this afternoon on rape very slow session, but on my way home a saw about 100 birds lift off a rape field with a fresh sown field yards from it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telf Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 well done again chaps,you dont look too happy in the second pic pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbw1shrops Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Well done PC and DB although you've still done very well I guess your feeling the pace this wkend 😢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted April 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 On 04/04/2015 at 20:56, telf said: well done again chaps,you dont look too happy in the second pic pc I think I was reflecting on " Blue" who was missing from the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Good shooting again, but sad not to see the dog in the photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Still achieving good results I see. Well done. Yes you will both be missing your shooting companion and will do for some time yet I imagine. Have you shot any on drillings this time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted April 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 On 05/04/2015 at 06:08, JDog said: Still achieving good results I see. Well done. Yes you will both be missing your shooting companion and will do for some time yet I imagine. Have you shot any on drillings this time? I shot on beans last Saturday from an invite from Bunny Blaster, that's the only time this year. We've have sixty acres of beans to go in this week . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 On 05/04/2015 at 06:22, pigeon controller said: I shot on beans last Saturday from an invite from Bunny Blaster, that's the only time this year. We've have sixty acres of beans to go in this week . Fill your boot's on them bean's next weekend boy's, i'm of to the sun for a couple of week's to get away from cold and soggy days and decoy shy pigeon's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telf Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 On 05/04/2015 at 06:05, pigeon controller said: I think I was reflecting on " Blue" who was missing from the picture. yes its strange not seeing him in the pic, he will be a big miss for both of you,but time is a great healer so they say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Good write up , pics and bag pc .. Blue would have been proud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Two great results,nice one lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Nice write up again PC. People new to decoying pigeons need to take note of the detail in your posts to understand what goes into a successful days shooting. It's easy to sit back and think certain people are blessed with golden permissions which always produce; the ability to spot where, when and how to set up is probably the hardest part to master, even more so than shooting in my opinion. Cos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted April 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 On 05/04/2015 at 10:27, Cosd said: Nice write up again PC. People new to decoying pigeons need to take note of the detail in your posts to understand what goes into a successful days shooting. It's easy to sit back and think certain people are blessed with golden permissions which always produce; the ability to spot where, when and how to set up is probably the hardest part to master, even more so than shooting in my opinion. Cos Very true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 nice one pc you never fail us your farmers don't know how lucky they are well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoggysreels Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 What is the 0U you've used PC ? Exellent bag mate ... atb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 On 05/04/2015 at 21:46, hoggysreels said: What is the 0U you've used PC ? Exellent bag mate ... atb For the last twelve months I've used a Berreta Silver Pigeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Brilliant weekly report PC, happy easter to you sir, Amen to what mr Cosd said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooooper Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 sorry but the picture does not make any sense? you said it was all the time constant heavy drizzle which was soaking everything? you said we became very wet on the way back to the car? what I,m seeing on the 93 pigeon day is dry clothes, cap, gun, hedge row and no rain or rain droplets on the rape plus would,nt the pigeons feathers be glistening with rain on them mine do, ground looks like it haven,t seen rain for a while too? sorry but I can,t see how that picture be right on your column Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 great shooting again PC, id be happy if id of got 6 all day, well not happy but iv sat there all day and not shot 6,due to very poor pigeon numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunny_blaster Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 On 06/04/2015 at 18:50, cooooper said: sorry but the picture does not make any sense? you said it was all the time constant heavy drizzle which was soaking everything? you said we became very wet on the way back to the car? what I,m seeing on the 93 pigeon day is dry clothes, cap, gun, hedge row and no rain or rain droplets on the rape plus would,nt the pigeons feathers be glistening with rain on them mine do, ground looks like it haven,t seen rain for a while too? sorry but I can,t see how that picture be right on your column What are you trying to say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 On 06/04/2015 at 18:50, cooooper said: sorry but the picture does not make any sense? you said it was all the time constant heavy drizzle which was soaking everything? you said we became very wet on the way back to the car? what I,m seeing on the 93 pigeon day is dry clothes, cap, gun, hedge row and no rain or rain droplets on the rape plus would,nt the pigeons feathers be glistening with rain on them mine do, ground looks like it haven,t seen rain for a while too? sorry but I can,t see how that picture be right on your column here we go again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 On 06/04/2015 at 18:50, cooooper said: sorry but the picture does not make any sense? you said it was all the time constant heavy drizzle which was soaking everything? you said we became very wet on the way back to the car? what I,m seeing on the 93 pigeon day is dry clothes, cap, gun, hedge row and no rain or rain droplets on the rape plus would,nt the pigeons feathers be glistening with rain on them mine do, ground looks like it haven,t seen rain for a while too? sorry but I can,t see how that picture be right on your column PC is a regular poster on here and though I have never met him, I doubt he has any reason to lie about a day's shooting! If you care to look more carefully you will see the ground is wet, as are PC's trousers stained with mud. If' you've made an honest mistake then that's fine, otherwise try to refrain from comments like this, I've seen plenty of good guys stop posting on here after comments like this and the only loser is the forum. Cos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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