Columba Grey Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) A lovely sunny morning West of The Bann. Was on the field at 7.25 and moved 100+ off the barley straw...full of western promise! I had been watching this spot for two weeks and was surprised to see it partially cut on Wednesday with a good number of birds milling around. I didn't rate my chances of getting a full-blown invitation however fortune favours the brave and I put my best foot forward on Friday evening. To my delight I was given the green light by the farm manager. Up with the larks this morning I was set up and ready for action at 8.00 am. My formation with a stiff SW wind at my back was 10 static split to left and right, a flexicoy just behind each bunch of statics and a whirly with two dead birds right smack in the middle only 15 yards from the hide, just in front of the killing zone. A lively start with some inexplicable misses gave way to a steady flow and some nice crossers as the birds flew from right to left in a diagonal. After 90 mins I noticed a lot of birds shying away despite shot birds having replaced the statics and the addition of two floaters on either side. I moved the whirly to my right about 40 yards from the hide which worked a treat bringing the birds into the general area while maintaining the diagonal flight path which had given me a range of challenging shots. I could have seen it through to 6/7 but finished up at 12.30 with a tally of 30 birds and a feral. To top it all the local restaurant agreed to take my bag , which believe me is an achievement in itself!! Edited July 18, 2015 by Columba Grey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Result , well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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