JDog Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 (edited) Last night, having seen that the forecast for today was strong winds and dry I spoke to my client for today and let them know I would be there until 1pm. There is never a good reason why I should explain to any clients why sometimes I can only give them half a day. By 1:45 I was out looking having collected the dogs and gun. The first field with pigeons was an old barley stubble with lots of chickweed and wild pansy growth and I cursed myself for not putting the rest of the kit in the car. I didn't even have a net. The second field with pigeons was a recently drilled wheat stubble and there were 200 pigeons on it with others joining. Sadly this was not a field over which I have consent to shoot. However the line in was over fields I can shoot so I chose to stand along a line of trees. Half of the pigeons were coming up the line of trees and the other half over the flat arable field to my right. I had to find the confluence of those two lines. Bounder the Border terrier refused to join me because of the thick nettles and I don't blame him. He spent the hour and a half curled up in the sun at the edge of the field. Jasper did join me, a decision which I know he regrets as he is kicking and screaming and jumping around like a flea in a circus as I write. I have washed off his feet and dipped them in diluted TCP which may help the poor little b*****. Back to the pigeons. Those coming towards me into the wind were like driven birds and they were not difficult. Those coming back from the feeding field came over the tree tops with the wind and they were a different proposition altogether. I wouldn't imagine that I shot anywhere near as well as b325 does on his flight lines but I was pleased with my tally. With no game bag I had to stuff all of my pockets and hung birds from two dog leads draped over my shoulders and the rest between my fingers for the long walk back to the car. Edited October 22, 2015 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Sounds like a great afternoon sport , I shot a few on a flightline last week and I dont think I saw a bird under 45 yards , the very best of sport in my opinion . Give jasper a anti histamine tablet , it used to help my cocker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 There certainly was pigeons moving around on the wind in most areas I travelled today. I remember thinking whilst I drove I should be shooting not working! I may have tell my clients I can only do half a day tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Sounds like a good day. I had my Border weighed and it turns out I can give her two anti histamine tablets. I give her one in the morning and one after lunch time on a shoot day and it stops her wearing through the front door mat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b325 Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Great stuff JDog. You can't beat a steady flight line to get under.I think you must have shot well to get as many as you did in the wind.I know my kill ratio goes down fast when the wind blows.BTW have you gone back to your favourite cartridges? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Great stuff JDog. You can't beat a steady flight line to get under.I think you must have shot well to get as many as you did in the wind.I know my kill ratio goes down fast when the wind blows.BTW have you gone back to your favourite cartridges? No I cannot get any Hull super fasts. These were not Eley pigeon select but they weren't much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 The cream of pigeon shooting Mr JDog and by the sound of things you done well , make you wonder why you spend all that money on game shooting when you can fire 60 cartridges in a afternoon at one of our finest sporting birds for just the price of the shells. I went down the wood for a hour this afternoon to get a couple to put on my magnet , in the end I got half a dozen outside the wood as there were to many leaves still on the trees to be shooting inside , all mine were young birds with only one showing signs of the white bars on its neck . I thought my decoying had come to an end for the time being but I found a few working some old stubble , so I told my client ( wife ) that I couldn't give her half a day tomorrow, and all she said was , your getting old as you don't normally tell me your going any how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 I don't spend any money on game shooting. If I go I am an invited guest. Only a handful of my bag were old birds. The rest were young, some very young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIDENSEEK Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Nice one Jdog. Flighting pigeon in a gale is the cream, every one better than 5 coming to the decoys,as you well know. Been doing the same myself this afternoon, but only brought down 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 (edited) Excellent report JDog , that's what pigeon shooting is about . Large bags are pest control. Flightline shooting is sport. You need to get your favourite cartridge again or adapt to a substitute which will come with time . Well done , good to see you getting out. Edited October 23, 2015 by pigeon controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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