oowee Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Down on the levels today so many options where to start. Maybe 50 acres of silage cut so lots of shiny short grass fields, tractor sowing maize and another spreading muck on another. Assorted blacks on all of it. My mate chose the new drillings and I opted for the smelly one and I made my way over to the far side of the field setting up in the sun on the only non poo part of the field i could find. I doubled up the hide on the sunny side and then out with the deeks only to realise that the umbilical cord attached to the tractor was moving down the field as it went. Not wanting to have my deeks rolled under the pipe from hell I moved them well down the field at an angle to the hide. Maybe 50m away I was reasonably confident that the birds were most likely to come from the farm past me before they got to the deeks, giving me a sporting chance. As expected most came that way and some of those that chose a different route went past me on the way back. Despite the large numbers when I arrived it turned out to be pretty quiet and I managed 18 (no pics as phone was dead). After each tidy up saw me walking down the longer grass in the field margin to avoid bringing the smelly stuff into the hide. Mate faired about the same with 15, so a reasonable day between us but pretty disappointing given the numbers there on arrival. Barely enough to fill a sack Popped in to see the new pup charlie now 61/2 weeks (picture from yesterday). Then on the way out; there they were 100+ birds on the new shiny grass!!! More for another day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul taylor Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Glad you enjoyed your day out oowee and that's a lovely looking pup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Lovely pup. I'd be buying the wife some hand cream though if I were you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Cute pup and nicely done with the shooting.. Nothing worse then a field full of carrions, rooks and jackdaws and no way of getting to them without getting all your kit covered in poop. Last time I decoyed on a really well covered slurry field it took months to get rid of the smell from all the kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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