steveyg Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Had an invite yesterday from Pickerup who is one of my shooting mentors to join him on on some recently picked peas,this was his fourth outing on this perm and he and his usual shooting partner had over 200 pigeons off this field in the last few weeks. This farmer is a bird conservationist so Pickerup has to tread very carefully around the perm and always rings in advance as he has been refused on a number of occasions due to various birds nestings etc... He rang the farmer who gave permission and said there were lots of crows about,on arrival 300+ mixed corvids took off and so did 50+ pigeons..looks promising especially as there we still lots of peas left from the pickers. We had to be careful were we set up as the farmer had mentioned there was a nest in the middle of the field and we had a public footpath to consider so we set up with the wind and sun behind us and the footpath well to the left,the only negative was that directly behind us was a field of tall grass which we couldn't walk on. set up with a dozen flock shells and two dead birds on the magnet,we had a few visitors however a nice flightline opened up and the pigeon numbers were growing nicely but they were not committing to the pattern. After a number of changes to the pattern and moving the magnet 4 times things improved and we had some good sport. We both had a couple of nice doubles and some nice high birds..missed a few sitters s well... We finished the day on 101 pigeons picked and 7 mixed corvids. We had at least another 12 that we couldn't pick due to them landing in the tall grass. It still amazes me how far a pigeon can sometimes travel when hit hard,we were picking our shots carefully to try to ensure none landed behind us which probably cost us another 10+ birds. I hope pickerup doesn't mind me mentioning his age,lets say he is 70 + years young who has had two cataract operations and can still hit a pigeon at 50 yds (and he uses 71/2 carts) He knows were every bird has landed and will spend 10mins finding a bird to ensure none are left behind. He came back from picking up four which had landed in a nearby tree covered in nettles and scratches..."that's four more for the pot" .. top bloke Yesterday was another step in my learning curve on how to decoy and shoot pigeons,thanks Pickerup for a great days sport and banter..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 I saw a very similar post earlier this morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionforangling Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Great day by the sound of it Steve. Presumably your friend didn't just get 1 and you the other 100! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les*1066 Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 It sounds like you both had a great day, Steve. You certainly had a good result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon6ppc Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 nice bag,,top shooting pal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Great result stevey, nice bag. You are very lucky to have such mentors. Well done the pair of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Great day by the sound of it Steve. Presumably your friend didn't just get 1 and you the other 100! That would be perfectly possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted July 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Great day by the sound of it Steve. Presumably your friend didn't just get 1 and you the other 100! It was an even split for the day,shot to kill ratio wasn't brilliant then again who cares,great day.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Brilliant work gents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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