JDog Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) Yesterday afternoon whilst on my dog walkabout I saw a few pigeons going into a field recently drilled with spring barley. I watched for a while and it looked like there was a decent prospect of a flight as long as I could get on. Fortuitously as I was watching a man on a tractor came to top dress the next field which had emerging beans in it. At the end of one of his runs I ambushed him, told him what I was all about and he gave me permission there and then. Today my chores started very early in order to make time this afternoon to go shooting. Does anyone else dislike 'eggshell' paint as much as I do? Anyway I got through the preparation and the painting by 1:00 and I set off for the field which was three miles from home. There wasn't a bird to be seen when I got there and I almost decided to return home when I saw fifty pigeons coming from a long way off at a great height and dropping like stones into the field, followed by slightly less ten minutes later doing the same thing. I had to set up with the sun partially in my eyes which was a nuisance but I struggled on. One major difference between here on top of the Lincolnshire Wolds and my shooting in Gloucestershire is that here birds suddenly appear out of a 'big sky'. I have been used to seeing them flying along a belt of trees or some other landscape feature and this is pretty scary stuff. Thirty meters to my right the wind was blowing round the end of a wood across the field from right to left. Where I set up the rotary the wind was blowing in the opposite direction. My pattern could not be right for both wind directions so random it was. I had to be back to see tradesmen before they left for the afternoon and my session was restricted to less than two hours during which time I shot 39 pigeons. I really enjoyed my afternoon out. I do now have to rub down and paint more woodwork but that was a nice break. Edited April 22, 2015 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jame Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Very nice bag for 2 hours, bet you had a busy time of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Glad your getting some shooting after your move, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbw1shrops Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Well done J dog great read mate and I'm glad to hear your off to a good start with some land to do what you enjoy best 👍 Atvb Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Well done , I tried to ambush a farmer today , but just as I started to talk to him his son turned up from abroad ,made a tactical retreat he will keep for another day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynny Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Nice one jd, you know the score, first perm in a new area, More will follow via word of mouth, Nice little session out that pal, Tab Flynny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Well done JDog , a decent result for the time put in and another permission under your belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nderfel Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 That's more than I have shot all year, cracking piccies and write up as per usual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Nice 2 hours for you JD, I know just how you feel about eggshell paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 No flies on you Mr Dog, well done, lovely short session and a nice bag of very healthy looking birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) What a great afternoon. Congratulations, JD. My chum and I were given another thousand or so acres to shoot over recently. The next day we shot over the rape fields that the pigeons were hammering properly and left a dozen pigeon crowns and a couple of bottles of wine on the farmer's doorstep. When he put his beans in we got a call the same day so sometimes the little things make a difference. I dare say you will have plenty of acres before long, if you haven't already. Edited April 22, 2015 by Milo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 JD is back in the groove....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNS Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Your hat seems to have shrunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 So you have 2 permissions to go at if I,m not wrong You hear a lot of members saying how hard it is to gain permission in there area, your having no trouble in another county Good short session by the way well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Well done It proves if you don't ask you will not get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10gaugewannabee Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 very impressed,one day i am sure i wil get a local permission too, not not for a long while yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Back in the groove... Quality session,well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Nice one, Dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Well done JDog , back at it. It's a good thing to have a break from the chores.,Tell me do you still limp as you approach the tractor driver to get the sympathy vote? This has been said before " if you don't ask your don't get" Again well done , another permission for the portfolio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Very good going for two hours shooting at this time of the year , come to that 20 a hour is not to bad for any time of the year and that includes harvest time. One thing that did stick out was how easy it was for you to obtain permission to go on the field you went on , but then again if I look back to when I started to knock on a few doors in the late 60s to go on Peas and laid wheat , which at the time seemed to be the main crops we shot over , very few ( if any ) said no and within a few years we had as much shooting as we could cope with. For the last year or two I have been contented in going on the land I have got without looking for any more , but we keep hearing from some P W members saying how hard it is to get some land to shoot on , yet P C goes out most weekends looking and if he havent got the go ahead when he finds some, a few calls or texts and bingo ....another photo for P W mass to look at. There are new people starting up every week, and at the other end of the scale there are as many packing up through age , illness or moving from that area like Mr JDog have now done , so the ones who are still looking don't give up as new doors are opening every week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted April 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 PC it helps that I am very ugly. Even hardened old Lincolnshire farmers have sympathy for me. Marshman. I have not had to seek out extra shooting for some time. I am so keen I couldn't bear to think that an opportunity was missed just because I didn't ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdog Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Been meaning to ask Josh, but where is Jdog living in Lincolnshire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shalfordninja33 Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Nice shooting JDog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Look's a bit err flat their jd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted May 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Look's a bit err flat their jd. Those fields are flat. However they are at the top of the escarpment and within a mile there is a height differential of several hundred feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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