Passionforangling Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 On Thursday the farmer contacted me and a pal to say the pigeons were attacking his rape on two fields that are about a mile apart. He reckoned that the best chance of success was for each of us to cover one field so that's what we decided to do. The field I was in is a very large field ( well it's three actually) quite undulating with plenty of sitty trees along the hedgerows. I opted to shoot from under an old oak in a dip on the basis that it would be a little sheltered from the wind, which was a cold easterly on Thursday. I set up at about 2.00 and had a steady flow of birds, some singles, some pairs and some almighty groups of 50+ all coming into the decoys nicely. I managed 20, mainly hitting the singles and pairs. I'm not used to big groups coming into the decoys and when they did I shot quite badly because I kept changing the bird(s) I was going to shoot at. Still, 20 was plenty to carry back up the hill to the car! Today I popped out to a field at the end of the village that I've noticed a good number of pigeons showing an interest in. They seem to be there from about 3pm onwards so I got there for half one to be set up in time. This time I set up under an oak in the middle of the field with the rotary and just 5 birds from Thursday. After about 20 mins the birds started to come, the same as Thursday, in pairs and big groups. It was very windy and they jinked about a bit as they came nicely into the decoys. Again, I struggled with the big groups but ended up with 34 which I was pleased with. So 50+ this week, first time that's happened for a while. Nice to see the flocks breaking up a bit and decoying, happy days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 A good result. I often make a mess of big groups coming into decoys too!, always convince myself a pair will be simple then struggle to keep a bead on any one bird. {my excuse anyway}. March is a good month for pigeons on rape and i think wil see decent bags more frequently here now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wilksy Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Good stuff! I'm going some point this week coming, Monday hopefully! Glad to hear it not just me that can miss both barrels on big groups! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Good man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingmachine Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Well done great result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 50 in a week..not to be sniffed at. well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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