pigeon controller Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 Friday saw me sorting out some domestic situations along with Grandad duties while the wife was out at the stables. DB was working so I decided to do the looking today as it was not fair to shoot myself and then have to find more birds on Saturday with DB. I set out at approx 14.00 hoping to find birds down feeding hard. After five farms no birds, on the sixth I noticed a few flighting to a massive field of rape, as I watched I saw about thirty birds drop in from three directions and then about one hundred lifted out of the tall rape totally hidden from view prior to them lifting. I contacted the farmer by phone and asked if I could drive the tram lines he said no but he would join me and show me a better way to get to the far edge of the field, Twenty minutes later and he drew up and asked me to follow him as we drove to the next farm and across his sheep field. When we arrived at the rape the whole flock lifted and he was amazed at the number. He told me that he had been working at the edge of the field all week and had seen birds flying across the field but could not see them down. So Saturday morning set out with DB at 08.30 straight to the field and spooked them off to see if they return, went to look at some other rape and came back and they were droping in to the field , drove round and set up. Two on the magnet and ten on the cradles above the rape. It was a north easterly wind off our backs and cloudy which was a good job as the sun was in our faces. The first hour was regular shooting then it slowed right down and at approx 16.00 we had about one hundred and fifty come in all at once then it stopped . It took us a long time to find and pick the shot birds but in the end the total was thirtynine birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 fantastic as always pc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollieollie Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 Good stuff PC!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) its decent bag on rape, if I can shoot regular 30 40 bags on rape I,ll be very happy, I,m sure your bags will get bigger once they really start to go on it Edited November 27, 2016 by yickdaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 That fella could find pigeon,s in an empty cupboard ,a lesson in pigeon shooting as always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Well done mate, nice to see the smile back on your face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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