motty Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 It has been a fairly quiet start to the year for me, as far as pigeon shooting is concerned. Despite seeing massive numbers, true opportunities have been few and far between. On Friday I had a look on one of the farms I picked up last year. I was surprised with how much pigeon damage I found. I had a quick scan of the block of rape fields and chose my spot. I had a pleasant 3 hours or so and shot 20 pigeons. It was nice to see pigeons decoying confidently again. After, I went and looked on a nearby farm that I gained permission on a couple of weeks ago. Another shooter was there so I couldn't really judge the potential. On the way home I popped into a recently drilled field of barley. I had not seen a bird on it the times I looked before. This time I saw around 300. I had planned not shoot on Saturday, as I was sure to be the worse for wear, following a night on the town with my workmates. I asked Jules to phone me on Saturday morning to see how I felt. After around 5 hours sleep on Saturday morning, my phone rang and I answered. I decided to go out and do some shooting. Jules picked me up and we headed for the barley. We found plenty of birds busy pecking away and a few birds coming in, so we set up. We put out 2 floaters, a magnet and a few dead birds. It didn't really get going. After an hour we only had 3 pigeons and a jackdaw in the bag. We packed up and left. I had a field of rape in reserve, that I was certain would produce a few birds. We drove the 15 miles or so to find pigeons aplenty. We hastily got set. We made a hide at the foot of a pylon and put out a magnet and floater. Having shot this area for many years, I knew exactly where the birds would come from. Straight away we had customers. The 32 gm steel 4s were knocking the stuffing out of the pigeons. For the next 3 hours or so we had steady sport. We knocked down a few that we had no right to, along with missing a few sitters. The constant drizzle was a pain, but did nothing to deter the birds. So despite feeling a bit strange all day, I was happy to have picked up a decent bag of pigeons. We finished on a nice 51 pigeons and the single black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 A good report and nice to read about the exploits of the terrible twins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 i would love to know...what it is about the area/land that has the ability to hold ...consistantly so many birds........ well done again nice write up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 Good shooting. I haven't had a night out in my home town King's Lynn for to long. What's it like for beer these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilksy II Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 Good work! Not sure I could cope with a shotgun going of if I had hangover! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 Good report , well done for going out with a hangover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 Good result, nice to see your reports again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 I must say i did ask if he was sure he wanted to go ,he did look like he was in a sorry state,a trip to MacDonald for a breakfast put him on a better footing but the fumes from his breath nearly intoxicated me ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 Thats what you call suffering for your craft, well done on persevering and getting among the birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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