pigeon controller Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 (edited) Now my posts tend to be very repetitive in the way we go about our pigeon decoying. In the week I posted about pigeons on the Oaks., normally we would not shoot spring barley as when it is stubble the birds are on other foods. So Friday saw us heading out at 11.00 on our normal route, now this route intersects most of the flightlines out of the city and allows us to pick up on the stronger one and follow it to the food source.So we found a strong line heading out to a been stubble field we shot some weeks ago . It has now been ploughed and the beans exposed , it had about fifty birds on it but they were very spooky and lifted as soon as we drove into the gateway. Now this field we were prevented from shooting becase of the game shoot a few weeks ago so we went to see the Farmer to obtain permission, he was very busy in the yard filling feed bags with grain so I offered to keep filling while DB spoke to him and we tried to contact the keeper . Twenty minutes later after various phone calls no success so he said carry on " if he won't answer his phone what does he expect" . We drove back to the field to set up , not a bird in sight, Rowlocks. Do We or Dont We??? . We set up and waited we used the magnet and ten thawed birds on cradles to elevate them off the plough. The first returning birds gave us a wide birth so we scrapped the magnet and put two angels out . It was now 14.00 and the birds returned well and we shot till 16.30 when it stopped and the geese were flying into the pool behind us . We picked up one hundred and twentytwo pigeons which was a great result for the amount of birds we had seen about on the field. Saturday saw us heading out at the same time 11.00 and we went in a wider arc looking for a flightline to follow. We had five fields of spring barley stubble that we had shot last week to look at but we knew that it can be shot by others in the week . The only line we could find went to the spring barley but when we drove onto the field it had about twenty birds down and the flight line was going to the Oaks on another field and also down to a thick collection of Oaks in the distance which is bisected by a railway line in the form of a deep cutting. We watched it for thirty minutes as a dribble of birds came down the line and went to various trees,fields and the cutting. We decided to set up on the stubble as the time was getting on and we new that the feeding spell tends to stop at approx 16.00 and it was now 12.30 . We set up with twelve fresh birds from the day before all on cradles and as we shot birds put them out until we had about fifty displayed. We then had a strange thing happen we could hear from the railway a rapid tapping noise very slowly coming up the track . When this went into the cutting the trees just exploded with birds and as they were Oaks we can only assume that the birds were on the acorns and the normal trains did not disturb them. The pair of us could not load fast enough and towards the the end of the what was about an hour of intense shooting it was painful to hold the barrels they were so hot . The vibrating train went passed us and the birds settled down to regular feeding patterns. We packed up at 16.30 and picked up three hundred and three pigeons and one crow. What a result if the vibrating train had not gone through the cutting we possibly would have had half that number. Jammy or what but that pigeon shooting !!!!! Edited October 18, 2015 by pigeon controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian28 Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Nice read and well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonker Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 blimey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 (edited) Another blimey. Well done. Knowledge is everything. You never did explain why that particular train vibrated. Edited October 18, 2015 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simjakcal Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 blimey blimey blimey well done hell of a wkend for you both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rimotu66 Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Great write up and another blimey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Bloomin' eck lads!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Incredible. The local population of pigeons must be huge. Super fieldcraft and straight shooting. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Awesome shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Incredible. The local population of pigeons must be huge. Super fieldcraft and straight shooting. Well done. They say that Birmingham was "The city of a thousand trades" they must still be making them???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 They say that Birmingham was "The city of a thousand trades" they must still be making them???? Shame Tamworth is lacking them or atleast where I shoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Hell ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Another blimey. Well done. Knowledge is everything. You never did explain why that particular train vibrated. Not sure but I think it is used to regauge the track buy consolidating the ballast under the rails, over to the Massive to be educated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 That is some weekend! I was going to post about my bag of 105 yesterday. Don't think I'll bother now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 (edited) That is some weekend! I was going to post about my bag of 105 yesterday. Don't think I'll bother now. Yes you should , I get fed up of my only posts . If you have a bag post it. Edited October 18, 2015 by pigeon controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Yes you should , I get fed up of my only posts . If you have to abag post it. I get fed up with your posts too but only out of jealousy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Well done PC + DB thats a cracking couple of days Bud. Another great write up keep them coming. ATVB Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 You are definitely going to need a big chiller for the garage if you go on like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Cracking couple of days out; I'd give my mates left leg for a weekend like that. Very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 (edited) Superb! most folk even half your age would be physically and mentally knackered after a weekend like that! Respect to you PC Edited October 18, 2015 by aga man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 (edited) You are definitely going to need a big chiller for the garage if you go on like this. Luckily the game dealer collected Saturday night , I just had to lay them out in the garage.I get fed up with your posts too but only out of jealousy.If you want an argument change the subject ???? Edited October 18, 2015 by pigeon controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Should have borrowed the dog again it must have taken you a while to gather them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 (edited) Superb! most folk even half your age would be physically and mentally knackered after a weekend like that! Respect to you PC I put it down to two and a half litres of coffee we take??? Edited October 18, 2015 by pigeon controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morty Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Your going to have to put more pigeons in a row , can hardly make you out in the photo , lol Great report . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbw1shrops Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Whoo whoo 👍 Atvb Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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