pigeon controller Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) I'm not normally in the country for the stubbles but this year my holiday to Greece has been put back due to Grandad duties. So we set out looking for stubbles to shoot and the first farm we came to had cut and it had birds flighting at least six miles out of the centre of Brum. So we contacted the farmer, they can have the stubble its the wheat that needs to be protected. Now the birds were flighting over his wheat to get to the barley stubble and nothing was down on the wheat but he was insistent that we shoot the wheat . the compromise was that we would set up on the barley stubble and take it in turns to protect the wheat!!! We set up at 12.00 and DB took the first stag over on the wheat trying to drop passing birds on the grass field next to it. After two hours he returned with three birds. As he left the shooter from the village turned up and took his place. I went over when the shooting stopped as we assume he had left to go for his tea. I went over and stood under a sitty tree and in two hours managed eleven birds. Many passed over and they all went to the barley. The set up was very basic, twelve thawed birds on cradles and thats it , we would pick up when we had ten down for the carp sack to prevent fly blow. We stopped shooting when a micro light went over and spooked all the birds in the area this was at 19.00 and picked up one hundred and ninetyfour pigeons and three corvids, so a great result and we kept the farmer happy. Today was another quest for stubbles, we looked at the barley we shot last week but it had been shot on Tuesday and Wednesday and we just stood in the gateway and the birds lifted, so we moved on. We had some intel that they had cut on another farm so we made our way over to it checking two other farms on the way both had not been cut. We checked the final farm and drove over the four fields of barley stubble not seeing many birds. We had a farm next to this one which had a mega amount of birds on it but they do not allow shooting due to religious reasons so we asked at the farm next door and he said yes. So we set up on his barley stubble and benefited from the overflow from the field that they wanted. We set up with six decoys from the day before just on cradles and then added till we had twentyfour birds out including four angels set up to pull the birds off line.We picked shot birds every ten and bagged them up We had set up at 13.00 and shot till 18.30 and picked up two hundred pigeons and one Jackdaw so the freezers will be on overload. Edited July 24, 2016 by pigeon controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Excellent couple of days. I did think today whilst out, that you would have had some good bags on the stubbles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul taylor Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Great result PC. hope you've got big enough freezers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 two fantastic days pc, great informative write up as always. atb 7diaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Nice one Pc , nice to see you in summer pose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Great bags there PC, it must have made a nice change to bring the vehicle to collect the bag! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 (edited) Oh for a stubble or two to shoot. Good one. The most salient point in your reports was the fact that the birds were flighting six miles to feed. Does the farmer not see that the birds going into the stubble which he asked you to ignore are the same ones which will be back in the winter to eat his rape? Edited July 24, 2016 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted July 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Oh for a stubble or two to shoot. Good one. The most salient point in your reports was the fact that the birds were flighting six miles to feed. Does the farmer not see that the birds going into the stubble which he asked you to ignore are the same ones which will be back in the winter to eat his rape? We kept telling him that if we have 200 on the stubble this will be 200 less on the wheat!!!!! You can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink!!! Thanks Massive for your comments all I will say is that it was very hot to shoot and also to try and cool birds. I'm actually looking forward to some cool rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Congratulations on your excellent two days and as usual, a very informative write-up. I have a few farmers that don't want anyone on stubbles, when there is crop still being attacked. They just don't see the, "these are the same birds" argument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Fantastic work PC, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Outstanding results ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJW Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Very well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Two great days despite the frustration of not being allowed to concentrate both guns on the stubble, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 fantastic , shooting , write up , and pics , as always pc . i was out yesterday and took 65 pigeons and 47 corvids , i was picking up each bird as it hit the ground(i wanted some for my own freezer and like to keep them nice) , ive never known flies to be as bad as they are this year , i had the pigeons in bags and kept dribbling them with iced water , the hide was still crawling with green bottles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted July 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 fantastic , shooting , write up , and pics , as always pc . i was out yesterday and took 65 pigeons and 47 corvids , i was picking up each bird as it hit the ground(i wanted some for my own freezer and like to keep them nice) , ive never known flies to be as bad as they are this year , i had the pigeons in bags and kept dribbling them with iced water , the hide was still crawling with green bottles. Well done Mel , the green bottles come from " Oker Bonk" the blue bottles from " Tipon" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Well done Mel , the green bottles come from " Oker Bonk" the blue bottles from " Tipon" you know gods little acre then pc , im at the top of the bonk in oker bonk . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilts#Dave Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 What a corker of a weekend PC, the same sport couldn't have been enjoyed in Greece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kippylawkid Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 What a weekend! Jokes aside, in the heat you must keep yourselves well hydrated to maintain that level of shooting? The "Mega" amount of birds you describe on the neighbouring farm must have been hard core pigeon porn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 a back to back double hundred, is no mean feat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuy Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 What a fantastic couple of days sport great report as ever pigeon controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stugarford Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 Well done good couple of bags there PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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