JDog Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 There are some who know about pigeon behaviour and habits and those who do not. Muncher is one of the former. Yesterday when we spoke to arrange a day out today he told me that there would be no decoying but simply standing in a ditch shooting birds as they flighted. Sceptical never, dubious probably. When I arrived at the designated place it was so 'back of beyond' that none of the assembled knew which county we were in. Anyway after a long drive I found the place and met Muncher who told me that the flight had been going for some time. There was only one hide and I was shown to it only to find that it was already occupied by someone who refused to remove his face mask. However Motty's physique gave him away. Muncher's brother completed the quartet of shooters. To set the scene the flight of pigeons was two fields wide. One field was maize and the other rape, in front and behind. The plan was to shoot birds over the maize to make picking them easier. The pigeons were flighting in droves but only 15-20% came up the maize field and the rest over the rape meaning that they were out of reach. I have never ever seen more pigeons on a flight line than I saw today. First thoughts were that they were going into a rape field far beyond our positions but when the return line started and we shot a few we saw that many were full of wheat. For several hours the traffic was all one way giving us all great opportunities at high and rangey birds. I hardly saw a bird shot decoying to dead birds on the ground. Late in the afternoon the return line started but it was blown slightly off course by a reasonably strong wind. We did though all shoot some very high and fast birds on this return line. I saw some very exceptional shooting today. My own contribution to the bag was minimal. There were 251 on the clicker but the man in charge of the clicker (Motty) was not always paying attention and I am convinced that we shot at least twenty more than that. In all of my years decoying and shooting pigeons generally I have never seen anything like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 It was a very enjoyable day. You pulled off some fine shots, despite the gun clearly not fitting you. It was an exceptional flight. We stayed for at least another hour picking up after you left. The four dogs worked really well, and only a minimal amount of the pigeons were lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Nice shooting guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Great stuff you guy's, what a treat, to have such a busy line of pigeons coupled with todays wind. Nice write up JDog, hope the language wasn't too bad Any video footage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 JD was the only potty mouth today ,must say I was blikin hot and knackered when we finished picking up. glad you had a good day JD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 sounds like a great day the kind of shooting I love, and you finally met up with motty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Excellent...............totally hats off to Motty and Muncher................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 What a cracking trip. well done lads and a great read too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Great stuff you guy's, what a treat, to have such a busy line of pigeons coupled with todays wind. Nice write up JDog, hope the language wasn't too bad Any video footage? To be perfectly honest I never heard a swear word from any of them. I on the other hand swore like a trooper. Much as I am beginning to quite like the semi auto it just doesn't fit at the moment and I missed far more than I usually do. A trip to a gunsmith on Tuesday is on the cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Great stuff you guy's, what a treat, to have such a busy line of pigeons coupled with todays wind. Nice write up JDog, hope the language wasn't too bad Any video footage? I kind of wished I had done some recording, but some of the shooting would not have been caught by a gopro. Anyway, nobody needs to hear JDog's relentless cursing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Epic day lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 A good result and a nice "social", thats what its all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 hey jd great write up and sounded like a unprecedented day, must have been a wonderful sight to see that amount of birds ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Sounds a cracking day, well done to all of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilts#Dave Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Amazing result for a flight line shoot, what a day!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedly47 Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 What a awesome day, well done gents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionforangling Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Great write up, sounds and looks like a brilliant day for all concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigads28 Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Looks like a blinding day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 That was certainly a brilliant day for all concerned , and a huge well done to Motty , Muncher and his brother for there knowledge of pigeon shooting and for laying the day on . Will you be moving a bit further South now Mr JDog ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 He is half way acclimatised with the lingo I was amazed at the language he let go when he missed .😤 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 He is half way acclimatised with the lingo I was amazed at the language he let go when he missed . wos he a' cusin' buh................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Yep, and i tried to explain its not a ditch, its a DYKE,but he didnt understand had to let the Butler explain it to him !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 He is half way acclimatised with the lingo I was amazed at the language he let go when he missed . He has been to Hull a few times now, he mixes with some dodgy characters when he is over there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Yep, and i tried to explain its not a ditch, its a DYKE,but he didnt understand had to let the Butler explain it to him !! Did yer tell him we cross a dyke on a ligger and not a footbridge in our little county , or is it another job for the butler to sort out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toqs Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Well done and a nice write up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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