pigeon controller Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) Friday saw us heading out in the rain looking for our quarry , because this weekend was the last one of the game season we decided to look at our none game farms. The first is one hundred acres , not one bird in sight. the second is a block of approx fifty acres with five birds in the trees. Now the third has its rape split by a heavily used bypass , it had about eighty birds down with more joining , so we decided to set up with twelve birds on cradles above the rape around the eaten areas. After an hour we had another twelve and all the birds had gone over the bypass to the other rape which is next to an old peoples home and the farmer will not let us shoot . We thought of scarecrows but decided to move on. We did look at our game shoots and they all had pigeon on them so we are looking forward to next week . The time was getting on by now and it was 13.00 before we found another field with approx one hundred and fifty feeding hard in the far corner of the field , phone call and ok carry on. So we loaded ourselves up and walked to just short of the end of the field which was hard work but thats the place that the birds wanted to be. We set up the magnet and ten stand ups towards the corner that the birds were feeding. Two birds in , two in the bag . Then it started to rain again and it was now 14.00 the wind became stronger and then decided to change direction so it was now in our faces and the birds had to come over the hedge from our backs, which kept you on your toes. We finished shooting at 16.00 and picked up fortynine birds which were hard won . Saturday started by looking at rape we have not looked at for two weeks to see if birds have started to use them for feeding. Blank. We looked at other areas we had looked at on Friday, still no birds. We then drove for twenty minutes to totally change the area we are looking at only to find pockets of birds of approx fifty to eighty on rape but when you walk them off the just disapear into the distance , not returning. We had seen a field the day before as we packed up with birds flighting across it to roost in an ancient monument which you are unable to shoot. Now the field in front is rape but very tall with a small amount of grazed edges. The farmer is astute enough to realise this flight line and has positiond a gas gun to spook the birds. I phoned the farmer and asked if we could shoot it and turn off the gas gun while we were there which would save him some gas ?. So we set up with the birds on cradles above the tall rape and a magnet above the rape. The idea was to shoot the birds passing over us and drop them on the eaten edge of the rape and the conservation strip. some of the birds actually decoyed and we had to delay the shot so they were over the drop zone otherwise they would be lost. At the end of the day we only lost one bird we shot till 16,15 and picked up fifty eight birds , so the plan worked but we are not sure why we are only finding smaller groups of birds to decoy they all seem to be split into smaller flocks and just up and leave and area as soon as you start shooting. We had travelled in excess of one hundred and thirty mile over the weekend looking for the right flock. Edited January 30, 2016 by pigeon controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Well deserved. Quite what the farmer thought of your offer to save him some gas I cannot imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Top bags again PC. Hard work but well worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Well done lads. Cold today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 give me right arm for one of them bags at the min, I,m seeing a lot on rape on fields we can shoot but they are no go fields with roads and houses very frustrating watching birds pile in to fields you can,t shoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Good results , not often we see you wearing gloves! it must be getting colder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Good results , not often we see you wearing gloves! it must be getting colder Yes, the strong wind had a high chill factor so gloves on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurchers Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 It must be a bad day for you only getting that many atb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 It must be a bad day for you only getting that many atb It's never a bad day out shooting, it is frustrating that we keep finding small pockets of pigeon . This time last year we had flocks of two and three hundred concentrated in various areas. It's a strange year so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingmachine Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 hats off once again PC can't falt you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Well done PC, you managed to find shooting on both days and do so consistently every week. When you put your 10/12 birds on cradles is there a mix of heads up and down, cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Well done PC, you managed to find shooting on both days and do so consistently every week. When you put your 10/12 birds on cradles is there a mix of heads up and down, cheers. My cradles present the birds feeding as I want to give the impression that they are all feeding confidently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Well done as usual PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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