bunny_blaster Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 I could only get out today due to other commitments so after going to a charity clay shoot this morning I went and loaded up the car and headed off in search of some birds. During the week I'd seen a good number of birds on a field of barley so headed straight there. When I arrived there was a good line to a large laid area so I made the call only to be told the shooting rights had changed hands so for now I had to leave it. I went to the clover I'd shot last week but this only had a few down so I carried on. After checking all my other farms and finding nothing I drove to a field of barley which I don't have permission on and found birds dropping in to a good sized laid patch. There was plenty of birds flighting about so after numerous phone calls to establish who owned the ground I went to the farm and managed to get the go ahead. Arriving back at the field my next problem was having to lug all my gear to the other side of the field where the birds were feeding, it was a good 450-500 yards away. I got set up by 3 and the birds started returning. At times I had 30 odd birds trying to get into the pattern which was good to see. The shooting slowed down and at 7 I stopped shooting as I had to pick up and the flight line had stopped. I had to make 4 journeys back to the car with all the birds. I finished with 166 birds on the clicker and 158 picked. Cheers Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty* Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Well shot mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 You are on a very good run at the moment. Well done for picking such a high percentage of those shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 A great bag well done , and as JDog mentioned you and your dog did very well with the picking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 ringing round gets a result well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Well done Ben, you've put the time in and it's paying dividends. It was scorching this afternoon and you did well in the heat with your hike back to the disco. It must be your young eyes as DB and Myself could not find any on Barley and you found two farms. Again great result and I bet Jack and Jet slept well last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Nice one ,and you got the rewards for your long walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl jones Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Great bag and read up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 You done well on all accounts , gaining new ground to go on , shooting a fantastic bag and picking up a very high percentage of your total bag. Barley seem to be the number one crop at the moment but round these parts there are 100s of acres of the stuff with most of it showing some form of damage and after Saturdays night violent thunderstorms there will be even more either knocked about or gone down flat , so although there are more places to get a smallish bag , getting a big bag will be a lot harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toqs Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Well done and a great bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Well done Ben, I bet the farmer was glad he let you on. Great result well deserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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