JDog Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 (edited) The first lurgy of the winter has affected me this week and I have felt pretty ropey and I have mostly been confined to barracks. This morning I had to turn Mightymariner down for an outing in this great wind. At lunchtime I could bear it no more and Jasper and I set off for a ride round. There are still some standing beans and wheat but there was nothing on those fields. Only when I scanned through the binos did I see pigeons and they were hugging the shelter afforded by hedges and folds in the ground. They were feeding on chickweed. Another sheltered spot also revealed pigeons in numbers also on chickweed. On to a field of bean stubble where Ginger Cat has permission. I scanned for at least thirty minutes before I saw a pigeon, then another, then twenty and so on. In ten minutes three hundred pigeons entered the field all in the full shelter of a thick hedge. GC was at work (oh really) but I thought a text would prompt him to respond and so it proved. I learnt a lot about pigeon behaviour today without firing a shot. Edited October 21, 2017 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 nice little alternative write up................i was doing similar this morning on the way back from the shop....i saw the other farm shooter Shaun pulled over watching ...in "my" watching place............he said he was going to set up on the oak line for a couple of hours and shoot a few low very fast birds as they made their way over to sticky jims workshop......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Is Sticky Jim related to Fat Sarah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Sticky jim sprays the ploughs up for him..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 I was working. Very hard too. That wood they live it held some number last night. Looking forward to having a crack tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Any pigeons I saw on my travels today were having real difficulty flying. Tomorrow could be a good day for it though. You are eligible for your NHS flue jab now you are a 'senior' JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Get well soon JDog , useful report on how to spot pigeons in a wind. Some of the birds came in low against the wind yesterday and I could hardly pick up on them. Some of the others came with the wind and I had difficulty physically move that fast to be in front of them. As you report they were using the hedge to shelter we had a valley in which they did the same. Get well and get out shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 What's wrong with you man!!! I too have succumbed to the lerg, but still managed to haul myself up to the Wash, sloshing around in the marsh on a wild goose chase for two days. Get well soon. The first lurgy of the winter has affected me this week and I have felt pretty ropey and I have mostly been confined to barracks. This morning I had to turn Mightymariner down for an outing in this great wind.At lunchtime I could bear it no more and Jasper and I set off for a ride round. There are still some standing beans and wheat but there was nothing on those fields. Only when I scanned through the binos did I see pigeons and they were hugging the shelter afforded by hedges and folds in the ground. They were feeding on chickweed. Another sheltered spot also revealed pigeons in numbers also on chickweed.On to a field of bean stubble where Ginger Cat has permission. I scanned for at least thirty minutes before I saw a pigeon, then another, then twenty and so on. In ten minutes three hundred pigeons entered the field all in the full shelter of a thick hedge. GC was at work (oh really) but I thought a text would prompt him to respond and so it proved.I learnt a lot about pigeon behaviour today without firing a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.