PIJ1 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 (edited) hello people im new to the pigeon watch forums. i live in buckinghamshire and have been around the shooting scene for as long as i can remember. my dads had a shotgun my whole life and has loved every session he has ever had. i only decided to get my own shotgun 5 years ago as i used to be a carp angler who would go away for 3 or more days at a time. As my children were born i needed a hobby that would stop me being away so much and the wife moaning so much lol(although she still has the occasional moan). so i sold all my fishing tackle and got my cabinet,licence and my 1st own gun a beretta 687 silver pigeon. to say i was rubbish was an understatment,i struggled with that berretta for three years and my shooting never really improved,so my dad borrowed a browning b525 left hander...yes im cack handed. Well i shot so much better with that than the berretta that i knew that was the gun for my way of shooting so the following week i went and chopped in the beretta and got myself a brand new b525. my shooting is coming along nicely now and i get alot less stick from my dad(although banter is never too far away),my dad is im afraid to say a bloody good shot(paced one of his birds at 93yds) and his teachings with my browning have paid off in a big way. My dad has a miroku 30inch sporter his pride and joy well next to his dog that his, she is so good and works so hard when needed and she even manages to give you dirty looks every time you miss a sitter. my dads mobility is fading with age and he cant shoot without a friend due to Osteoarthritis of the spine,so one of my dads friends comes along a few times aswell which is good when he does as it means i can shoot on my own without dad showing me up lol. were lucky with all the land we have to shoot over as we have loads of it,due to my dad and the fact three of his best friends are farmers and with 4 other permissions and 2 other shares,some days we have driven 30+ miles just looking for birds. on some of those permissions we are the only people allowed to shoot it so i know how blessed we are, there is normally min of 3 of us but some times there is 4 of us(we take pals along for days out). i allways find it funny how some farmers moan about the birds destroying there crops but wont let people shoot there land and i do know a couple of them just like that. last year in 2014 we shot a total of 1444 pigeons and crows/rooks,and my overall avg for that year was 2.8( i had 742 shots and killed 259 birds) yes i counted every single shot after every session and logged it all down. this year were in the 900 and counting bracket (i havent logged any avg for this year) and were off to some land today with flights lines that look like a M1 in rush hour,so were hoping for a good day. i do have a few pics but not many as i have only just really started taking them so i can put them on pw, i have yet to figure out the posting of pics bit but when i can get my son off my pc and a bit of time i will put some up. im only on my pc now as my kids are sleeping lol anyway thats the bit about me and my dad done so ill let you all know later how the day went. cheers Edited August 22, 2015 by PIJ1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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