Harnser Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 On the rape stubble today . It was a nice day for pigeon shooting ,bit of a stiff breeze and overcast for most of the day . I had shot and picked a dozen birds .These birds I had put out for decoys and it was at this point I noticed that I had lost my specs . A £170 worth of glasses that I have only had for a month ,this was going to be a very expensive pigeon shooting day . The only thing that I do was to have a good look for them . I spent the next half an hour going throug the pattern and pulling the hide to bits looking for them to no avail . I envisage a trip to spec savers and shelling out for a new. Pair . I carried on shooting and soon shot another 3 birds that I put out as decoys . I now had 15 shot birds out as decoys and decided that was enough and any more birds shot I would pick up and bag . The next bird came in and I killed it clean just to the left of the pattern at about 35 paces . I went out to pick this bird and low and behold the bird had landed not 6 inches from my specs ,was I pleased ,either divine intervention or I was very lucky . I finished picking 57 birds ,lost at least 6 and missed a few . A super day out . Incidently Nige and Ian I was on the field behind the haulage yard and Dave was on the field next door under the spreading oak he managed a few but not as many as me . He said that he could see the birds crossing his field ,seeing my magnet and diving in to get at it . At 16 .00 hrs there were about 500 on the field next to the wood . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 That was lucky, I know the sinking feeling when you lose something in the field and realise it will take almost a miracle to find it. I dropped my truck keys and spent all day sweating about it, then found them laying next to the magnet battery when I packed up. 57 is a very nice bag, I would love to see 400 birds on a field, at the moment round here 4 seems a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 Well done great result on both accounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yod dropper Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 A nice result all round and a return of the magnet. Lost two days taken up by the gas man not turning up on time and an unexpected day under the car. Away again very shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Good job you found the ol' shifties Harnser ! Good going on the birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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