I couldn't keep it up.

[JDog]

After a few days of hard work in the Cotswolds (looking after Lloydi and OJW was the hardest) and a long drive back last night I had a well earned stay in bed this morning. Lady JDog was with me until the window cleaner's head appeared and our relaxing morning was no more.

 

Just after lunch I took the dogs out in the car with my kit in and I had a drive round. A couple of heavy storms passed through so I was not hopeful of any pigeon action until I spied a few on a field which had been drilled with beans whilst I was away. The line went up the side of the field which I couldn't shoot as it was near to a village and also that would have meant facing the wind.

 

The wind was very strong indeed and my only option was to set up on a sparse copse facing away from the wind and hope that birds would come across to the decoys. It took ages to erect the hide, anchoring it as I did to the best elder branches that were available. It blew down three times in all and after the last time I packed up having shot twenty odd extremely sporting birds crossing the hide on the wind.

 

The picture shows the copse on the top of a hill, the only hide position available to me.

 

[fenboy]

It was certainly breezy today , together with fenny today we looked at several thousand acres with nothing worth setting up for .

 

Eventually we found a decent looking flightline across one of my fields , just got set up and the wind got up ten fold and the heavens opened soaking the dead birds we had just put out for decoys.

 

I had put the magnet out but had not connected the battery , the wind blew the birds in reverse so fast the block where the arms fit unwound itself and the arms fell off !

We satin the truck until it passed by which time the flightline had dried up , we gave it a hour and shot one each !!!!

[oowee]

Perseverance paid off. You did better than me I looked at a couple of farms having had calls about crows on the barley, but decided against. Then off to a strawberry farm with a barley field but plenty there but thought it might be better in the morning.

[aga man]

Well done for braving the elements and getting out for some fresh air! I should of been out myself on a bit of rape this afternoon, but somehow ended up laying turf in the garden instead

[7daysinaweek]

i know the feeling aga man, had hoped to get out today but ended up decorating, how did that happen?

 

well done jd, judging from the pic i can see the birds would have been up in the heavens!