pigeon controller Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Friday saw us heading out of the city at 11.00 towards the bean stubbles , no birds . We then went to the barley stubble that we shot last week , as we drove on the field no birds lifted so we parked in the middle of the field and waited to see if we could see any birds on the move. After twenty minutes we had only seen three birds cross the field and they went to the trees on the next clover field. A further twenty minutes saw ten birds do exactly the same cross the barley and land in the oak trees. We had six fields of barley stubble with no birds on the stubble at all. Just then the local police helicopter came over and hovered to the side of the clover field as if it was watching the motorway . This had a dramatic effect on the local pigeon population which exploded from all the oak trees around the clover. We must have been one hundred and fifty birds in the air all round the field . After ten minutes they all settled down and went back the the trees with some dropping in on the clover or acorns. We decided to set up under an oak tree and try to decoy them to the one tree on its own. We set up with twelve thawed birds on cradles, no magnet it was now 13.30 and the first bird in flaired off but was in range. We shot till 17.00 and tried various angels around the pattern but we only had approx ten birds set for the decoys the rest came to the tree or passed high and wide but within range. We picked up eightyfive pigeons and thirteen corvids at the end of the day with the help of " Brook" DB's mates cocker , who came out for some training only on the pigeon not on the corvids. Saturday saw is start at 11.00 as the day before and we headed straight to the barley field as we had seen birds down as we packed up the day before. As we drove to the field which we shot the week before the birds were all down in a tight flock in the area we shot last week. When they saw the Disco they all lifted and went to some trees on the edge of the field and then played follow the leader as one dropped back on the field they all followed. I'd had a call last night saying birds were dropping in on some bean stubble so we decided the leave these birds on the barley and look at the bean stubble . This took us an hour to check the bean field out which had zero birds but lots of feathers about so we think it was shot on Friday unknown to the farmer. We returned to the barley stubble to find about fifty birds down feeding so we drove to the same hide position we used last week , using the same holes for the hide poles and put out twelve fresh birds from yesterday on cradles. The wind was and easterly but the trees behind us sheltered the decoys and this made the decoying difficult as they would approach the decoys heading into the wind using it to brake and then hit the still air and panic so we had to hit them when they were still in the wind. We shot till 17.00 and picked up one hundred and sixty one birds. So it was a strange week end seeing us shoot the same area twice on different crops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 another great 2 days, your day today very similar to ours we shot the same farm as last week but different fields Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Outstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telf Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 sir,ive said it before,but ill say it again,you never cease to amaze me,excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 A great report as always, well shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Good on you PC . As ever a cracking day well done . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Well shot.Nice to see a dog in the photo again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted October 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Well shot.Nice to see a dog in the photo again. Yes, he loves his picture taken. Thanks for all your comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Very nice couple of day's for you two again and not many miles traveled as usual great report, and full marks for presentation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomV Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 nice bags indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 Cracking job as usual, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 Well done again PC, looks like your hide has a divider in the middle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Well done again PC, looks like your hide has a divider in the middle? Yes we always have a divider so the birds do not see us from the side, also it allows you to hide from the sun and step forward to shoot when it your turn. The way I'm going I' have no secrets left???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Yes we always have a divider so the birds do not see us from the side, also it allows you to hide from the sun and step forward to shoot when it your turn. The way I'm going I' have no secrets left? ??? I did wonder, and it makes perfect sense. Secrets!!! there is no competition and if there was, you'd win anyway as you get more practice. I am still keen to try this cradle idea rather than my usual bicycle spokes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 This is a picture of my standard frame the second picture is one that I'd like to move with the wind but at present the friction is too great. I did wonder, and it makes perfect sense. Secrets!!! there is no competition and if there was, you'd win anyway as you get more practice. I am still keen to try this cradle idea rather than my usual bicycle spokes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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