kippylawkid Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 (edited) A pea field on one of my permissions has provided a few reasonable bags all year. However, numbers had increased markedly near to harvest and I was ready to get at them . The catch was that the farmer rents out the neighbouring field to a camping club and I had to wait until they had left before i could shoot. The field is nearly on the beach with the bonus being that the pigeons had become very used to humans and were extremely receptive to the decoys. I set up at 12 noon with 20 shell decoys and started slowly, but once I had the whirly and FF5 out I was pulling in every bird that came to the field. Young birds in particular found the whirly a big pull. I had steady traffic until 4pm when the birds started to drop on the far side of the field. However, when I did get a shot, these birds lifted and flew back towards their holding wood and presented some spectacular driven shots and I'm pleased and surprised to say I hit a few! This was also the first proper pigeon day that I took my 15 month pup Stan on. He observed most of the day patiently from the hide, with a few retrieves now and then. He also found a few in the hedge at the end of the day which I was pretty chuffed with.I finished with 71 picked and a few crows. Edited September 20, 2016 by kippylawkid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Good. We were due a report from you. I bet you had a magnificent views from your hide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Well done for waiting, it paid off in the end, result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kippylawkid Posted September 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Nothing major JD. Just Bamburgh Castle, Lindisfarne Castle, and the Farne Islands.... Good. We were due a report from you.I bet you had a magnificent views from your hide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 A good bag and Stan looks like he enjoyed himself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 A great bag and a nice start for the new dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 very good bag mate well done atb dolphin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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