oowee Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 The inlaws over for easter are in town . The local farmer calls to say that there are pigeons on the Barley at the top of the hill. Its unusual for farmers to call me. The most I usually get is 'I was going to call there were lots here last week'. This farmer will call when he sees a pigeon flying over the village so I was not hopeful but, having had a around 60 mixed blacks off the fields the last few days, off i went. Sure enough on the top of the hill were a couple of birds but it was blowing a gale. I thought too windy to set up there I will have to decoy them to the other side out of the wind. Better there for them and me. So I set up on the side only to watch them come in to the top of the hill and ignore my deeks. After 20 mins I bit the bullet and relocated to the top of the hill with the wind directly on the front of the hide. The next 30 mins was spent trying to keep the hide up with rocks and flapper poles as I had forgotten to take my line and pegs. It was truly awful, peering through the net almost on my face when a flock of maybe 50 birds came in, Standing up the hide almost on me to confront a swirling mass of birds going in all directions. Needless to say my three shots found the small empty spaces between the birds and i thought what a great start. The birds flew around and came back in? I thought they are not supposed to do that so stood up and took a pair. Its getting better and the wind eased and they kept coming for a couple of hours when it started to rain and i finished with 31 shot and 27 picked. A nice afternoon out after all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Good result, conditions were hard going today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Good result, conditions were hard going today. I saw you were out! How fast were those birds lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Good result for a challenging day, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kippylawkid Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Well done. Shooting in those conditions must have been challenging to say the least! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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