JDog Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 (edited) Mightymariner was the first person in these parts to ask me shooting nearly two years ago when I moved up here. Since then we have enjoyed some fine days out but rarely on any of my land and I have been desperate to find a few pigeons for him to shoot on land where I have the shooting. We met at 12:00 today and toured land being prepped for spring wheat (how exciting), poor rape (the same) and peas just coming through (ditto). Funny then that I should prefer to go to two fields of beans which the pigeons have been on for two weeks and on which there isn't a single bean left on top. As we sat looking decent lines developed and we immediately disagreed which would be the best place to go. In the end, not wanting a fight, MM agreed to go where I wanted and we set up 30m apart along a hedge with a rotary, two dead birds and some shell decoys. Of late I have seen good numbers of birds in these parts and what we saw today exceeded the numbers I had seen previously. During the course of the afternoon many hundreds of pigeons went back and forth within our sight and from each group one or two peeled off and came confidently into the decoy pattern whilst the majority continued on their way to a wood in the distance. We had great shooting for three hours then the birds stopped decoying so we packed up. We picked 72 pigeons. For those agriculturally minded people I would add that the field we shot was barley last year and was hugely infected with black grass. That was left growing over winter and was sprayed off three weeks ago then the beans were direct drilled. The dead black grass is the brown stuff shown in the second picture. Edited April 21, 2017 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mightymariner Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 JDog is very kind, and I would have been happy to be out and have a few shots, but I know he wanted us to have a good day - and that we did, in spades. When those birds peeled off and decoyed, boy did they decoy well. He was spot on with what would happen here, and we both had plenty of shooting, at times it was fast and furious.....there were many misses but the bag was about right all things considered. I will now get him salivating when some new land, planted with peas, gets going with pigeons...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 well done boys, nice day out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 I'm not sure JDog salivating is something I would enjoy seeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Great field craft by the master once again. Brilliant result gents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted April 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 I'm not sure JDog salivating is something I would enjoy seeing. Your wife tells me that you do it all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilksy II Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Good work gents! it's great to read a write up of a good day shared and that the pigeons are still thriving in the Lincolnshire wolds, hope not too much time was spent arguing on the best location, you're a braver man than me MM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJW Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Well done!! Lots of miles and recon over the past few weeks paid off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry2016 Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 A very nice report and it sounds like a very nice few hours shooting, well done gents atb Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 JDog ...great stuff..................see the shed you made is still standing..................... eeerrrrr......just one thing........just looking at the shed...as i was just tooo dazzled looking at that mound of birds... QUESTION.... did you "nail " the shed together with...RIVETS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted April 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 JDog ...great stuff..................see the shed you made is still standing..................... eeerrrrr......just one thing........just looking at the shed...as i was just tooo dazzled looking at that mound of birds... QUESTION.... did you "nail " the shed together with...RIVETS Old eagle eyes. The uprights for the shed sit in those metal thingies which bolt down onto the floor. Whilst the rest of the lapped boards are nailed on the bottom two had to be screwed on. No more technical questions please as I am out of my depth talking of such things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 What a beautiful setup in that second picture. Oooohhhh got me drooling! well done jd & mm atb 7diaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Excellent fieldcraft and a worthy result. Plus a trip to the game dealer . Enjoyable read while I look after Mrs PC. Lots of mating birds in the garden and egg shells on the lawn. So looking forward to some sport in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Excellent shooting session, The beans around your parts must be good tackle ! Them pigeons look in Top condition 👌🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yod dropper Posted April 22, 2017 Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 My mother told me that way back she had to pull that black grass out by hand. It seems to be making a bit of a comeback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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