JDog Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) My wife and I are avid watchers of 'Master Chef', the finals of which are this week. Last week one contestant produced 'cauliflower three ways' which was impressive. My own efforts with the brassica usually involve boiling and more boiling until the taste disappears and the end product has the texture of rubber. Today Fenboy treated me to cauliflower five ways. That was the number of direction the birds came in from. Our hides were in the open in the middle of a field of caulis which were about to be disced in, and when I say 'about' I mean that Fenboy had to ask the tractor driver to reroute to another field as he was there with his tractor engine running when Fenboy turned up to set up his hide before I got there. We thanked him for going elsewhere at the end of our session. The wind was strong as we set up our hides 40 m apart out in the open. There is no question that rotaries were needed to attract pigeons to our part of the field and we soon had two on the go. Pigeons were whirling around like Dervishes, some decoying, others going over some trees only to be confronted by another shooter and returning from whence they came. This was great sport. Fenboy shot well and had eleven pigeons for his first eleven shots. Thankfully he then missed a few (can I say that?) and we matched each other virtually bird for bird for the rest of the session. Picking up in the very heavy crop of caulis was not easy but my dog Jasper and Fenboy's dog Drake worked tirelessly at the end. We estimated that we had shot one hundred pigeons between us and we considered that we did extremely well to pick ninety five. Edited May 8, 2017 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 A good report and nice to hear someone is shooting a few pigeons! That wind must have been a bit chilly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 You both done extremely well to keep your hides up in the middle of a field , shoot that many over caulis and to pick up 95% of the days bag. P S...... Hope Fenboy is keeping well and I for one miss his posts on the countryside and field sports , maybe one day he will come back on P W, fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilksy II Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Love the title we like master chef too! It's been a good year for cauliflowers,and that sounds a great day out for you both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 hello, nice write up JD and with those photos to see the pigeon coming into the pattern in front of the hide pigeon are very sparse down in the vale. another vote for Fenboy, plus have you tried a steamer for veg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 You may have more to come JD, i have had good days on diced fields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIDENSEEK Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 I wondered where all the pigeon had gone to......Should have known they had gone JDogs direction.......like the bloody pied piper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 I Like the pictures JD , i went past that way on saturday and saw plenty hitting the fields that Fenboy shoots . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Great result JD lovely photos too, come back Fenboy we miss you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Why would Fenboy come back? He was banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Well doneFenboy and JDog, brilliant result and report especially the pictures. I love shooting in the middle of a field as it keeps you on your toes and presents some classic shooting. You should have a few more days on that crop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJW Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Very well written report and pictures! Sounds like a really good day. Good shooting guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 I really like the photo of the pigeon's approach. Well done gents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Good read about a good day. Shooting over cut caulis brought back some memories, usually coupled with shooting over harvested kale and broccoli. Sadly, there is no longer any acreage of these crops in my shooting area. I echo the previous comment that good shooting can be had after its been disced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted May 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 I will take as much credit as possible for the photo showing pigeons approaching my hide. However I confess that I never saw any pigeons when I bent down to take the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Cracking day and great pics as well I didn't realize fenboy had been banned thats new on me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Cracking day and great pics as well I didn't realize fenboy had been banned thats new on me +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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