Tedly47 Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Well guys it's been a while hope everyone's ok, the summer has been a mad one! However I have made some time to do some "help in the community" by taking MrB out a few times on the pigeons and crows. So what I thought I'd do is a quick rundown of the last few months starting with the stupidest thing I've done for a long time... Well (I say with a sigh) I let the good lady go to a property auction with a blank cheque? now I'll let you into a secret as I know she won't read this, the good lady is very business minded and dare I say it is very switched on with money and I do trust her and her judgement well most of the time anyway (she's blonde and sometimes she says things that only make sense in her mind) anyway we've been looking for a house with a little land for a while and although it's not perfect the views are outstanding (house is derelict) I couldn't get to the auction due to work commitments so off she went by herself leaving me very nervous! I managed to get away from work just as the auction started and as I drove to the pub where the auction was, I was constantly calling her (car phone) but she wasn't answering! Well I got there just as she was leaving.... and I had a new project along with all the stress of paying for the place within 28 days!!! Here's a pic of our new adventure and the children enjoying a rope swing I made. Right on to the important bit, as with the above and the children being off school I haven't been able to get out as much as I'd of liked but here's a run down off what MrB (browning123) and I have been up too. We'll start with a crow shoot, no pics I'm afraid, had a call off the gamekeeper saying he's had hundreds on a standing crop and needs them thinning out. Next morning MrB and I met the gamekeeper at the perm and as he went to check on something (he doesn't like setting a hide up) MrB and I went about getting up and running, thirty minutes later the gamekeeper rolls back just in time to get in the hide and start shooting! Ha ha like we couldn't see that coming, bonus was he dropped a slab of carts on the floor in the hide and told us to help ourselves as "the estate pays for them and your doing me a favor" great so some shooting and free carts could it get any better? We shot most of the day and had 100 mixed carrions and jacks (we should of given up at 70 as it slowed down but we wanted the ton) and a solitary pigeon which was a fast flying left to right, MrB took this even though the gamekeeper tried to claim it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedly47 Posted September 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 We ended up with 50 odd pigeons (38 picked) and about 10 crows for about 125 carts, now a 50% hit rate isn't that good however in these conditions I was more than happy as was MrB...... We packed up two happy shooters, not the best numbers (if we'd of got there earlier and stayed later we'd of had 80+ but I had to go to work! but the best day of shooting all summer. Pic of the set up and MrB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedly47 Posted September 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Now the next outing was on the crows for the farm opposite my new project, no MrB so just me and my .410 stood in the hedge line by the pet lamb feeder, the farmer said that they were eating all the feed and it you saw the build up of bird muck at the bottom of each fence post you'd believe him, I'd never seen anything like it! Got 4 carrions and 4 jacks in an hour, only six in the pic as I couldn't find the others in the thick hedge. I do love the challenge of a .410 and once you've got your eye in they are a great little shell with good knockdown power if your sensible with your distances although I do surprise myself now and again. Next was a .410 only day on the crows with MrB in the same place as above, we had 10 in total 9 jacks and MrB downed a massive carrion, no pics I'm afraid (don't know why I didn't take any) but lots of banter in the hide, just the way we like it..... On a separate note I like the .410 so much I'm getting a yildiz sxs multi for my birthday off my good lady? now as I'm not allowed to have a new gun without MrB copying me he's going to get the same but in o/u! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Very informative and a good session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedly47 Posted September 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Last bit of shooting with MrB was at Llandegla shooting ground, must say its a great set up and if you go on a Monday it's cheaper (that or they just give me a discount for my "care in the community" what do you recon MrB?) We had a great morning and my little girl came with us to, she says "daddy can I press the button." Can't wait to get her shooting, here she is holding my b725 with me and a pic with MrB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedly47 Posted September 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Last but not least, a quick walk down the hedge line with the .410 caught this guy while jumping from tree to tree perfect head shot from 25 yards. Ps, sorry I haven't been commenting on many posts of late, I have been keeping an eye on what's for sale but I need to catch up with all the picture/video posts. Big thanks to my little lady Charlotte and to MrB and not much thanks to the good lady as if I'm not working at work I'll be at the new place working my @ss off! Tedly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedly47 Posted September 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Very informative and a good session. Cheers JDog you just got in before I finish....... Bl@@dy iPad won't let me add everything together ( only because I'm a numpty) Tedly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedly47 Posted September 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Missed this bit out should be above the pics if MrB and the pigeons. The next day was on the pigeons, the gamekeeper had called me a few days earlier to shoot the stubble but I was working, I know he shot it and had over 100 on that day so when I called him he wasn't interested as he thought he'd shot it out. MrB and I turned up late morning and got busy setting up on a flight line I knew was a good one, it was blowing a gale with the wind coming from behind the hide and the sun to our left, we set up with a few floaters a magnet and a pile of crow decoys to our right, birds were fluttering about in the wind all around so it looked good from the off. Well I can honestly say this was some of the best shooting both of us have had for a while, the birds were jinking in the wind and if they spotted us getting up they would turn in the wind and be off like a rocket, both of us had some seriously great shots but also missed some easy birds as they were hard to judge in the wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Well done, great report. Good luck with the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browning123 Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 A good write up Tedly also showing your willingness to help the community! It took me over a hour to read the post due to my eyes going, also having to rest between paragraphs. I'm looking forward to this weekends Midland Gamefair, and especially to the .410 your buying me for my birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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