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Forecast was for a covering of snow and very high winds and on waking this morning it was spot on.

Was a thought going oot in it but the old fella chapped on the door the back of 9 so loaded the Jeep.

Thought it would be a good day for the pigeons and right enough it was superb but as we had a lot of walking we only spent and hour on them but it was none stop.They were flighting into the usual wee wood coming in low although with the wind it was pretty hard going but dropped 41 in just over an hour and ended with 47 altogether.Will have another day among them when conditions are similar so should get good numbers.

Then held away for a walk but not that much on the go although some testing pigeons kept us on our toes.Think i say it every year but i dont think ive seen them in this numbers and they were none stop flocks for as long as we were out.We were struggling to walk into the wind so they were kept pretty low flying and when the snow was on it was near blizzard.

Ended with a gig at the pond with plenty mallard coming in and we added 10 to the bag which finished off a great day.

Alos a pic of a woodcock we found dead with only one leg.Totally healed over and not sure what caused the death.

 

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Superb pictures, thanks for sharing. Looks like you had a great day despite the cold.

 

 

 

 

Bill

 

Cheers Bill.Was a thought first going out in it but was soon forgotten and a good day had.

 

Wow what a flightline/roost session, very envious of that.

 

Merry Christmas sako751sg. :good:

 

Merry Xmas to you and your all to fella.

The very best of sport.

 

Hard to beat pigeons in these conditions for sure JDog.

Lovely pics and very envious of the white stuff. Once again, the shooting life captured perfectly.

 

Cheers fella.

Snow didnt last long but a cold snap hopefully on the way over New Year.

 

Great pictures and great write up Sako.

 

Compliments of the season to you and your family.

 

Cheers fella,and the same back to you and your all and all the best for the New Year.

fantastic pictures to match the land. well done

 

Ta fella.

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Great write up Sako and always cracking images of your days sport and countryside.

Keep it in the family, wonderful to see.

GG :good:

 

Cheers GG.

Not your quality of pic but does me,lol.

As you say,oot with the family takes a bit of beating.

Great pics guys. What is that white stuff again?

Cheers Fuji.

Its all gone so we have had the grand total so far of 1 day.

 

Brilliant day out dave

 

Cheers fella.

you can't beat days like that a shot at the pigeons a walk round for pheasants then finish with a duck flight used to do it on a weekly basis at one time

 

We try and do it every Saturday and makes a great day indeed.Fine to be out and the bags a bonus.

great pics again,but you can keep the snow

 

Dont mind the snow in moderation fella.

That to me is the perfect days shooting , Great pictures and Scenery thanks for sharing .

Ta fella,and very hard to beat.

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That's a cracking day out, no snow down here but it was certainly a raw wind picking up yesterday

For sure Ben.Ours snow is gone too but hoping we get a touch over New Year too.Makes the shooting a wee bit more enjoyable imo.

 

Great pictures and good reading, what a super day out, it doesn't get any better than that. :good:

Cheers fella.

Wee bit of seasonal weather for a Boxing Day shoot with family is hard to beat imo.

 

Nice one Dave..

 

Hope you had a great Xmas mate.

 

Cheers Rich,and the same back.Wee bit quiet and not the same with Mac grown up but still good.

Fantastic fay

Day even

Ta fella.

 

Weather conditions we dream about on Boxing day down this way, but very rarely happen , excellent write up and pictures of your neck of the woods .

 

Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy new year .

Same back to you and your all MM.

Rarely get that weather up here now either but it does make it better imo.

 

Superb!

Cheers Motty

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Fantastic!

 

Ta OJW

So that's where all the pigeons are.

 

Great photos of the day, cant beat those type of shooting days.

 

The woodcock that you found dead, could it have died from bird flu?

 

Huge numbers on the go here the now and great to see.

Hard to say with the woodcock but good timing with the recent flu scare.

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