Rudimentary hide.

[JDog]

This morning I was at some newly acquired fields by 8:00. By 8:15 nothing much was moving and I considered that I had three options. Firstly slog across two fields of clay with my kit to where pigeons have been feeding in recent days, secondly go in the opposite direction with just a net and stand on a flight line, or thirdly go back home to a warm bed and a warm wife who would be propped up reading about the Plantagenets.

Option two it was then. I was in place with my hastily erected hide by 8:30 and even before I had chance to put my ear plugs in a pigeon came over and I shot it. A good start. The wind was 15 mph and for forty five minutes I had good sport. When the wind died down the line drifted across another field and I had less opportunities. I stayed for two hours and with my 49th and 50th (and last) cartridges I shot a very decent double. It then took me 30 seconds to dismantle the hide.

On Wednesday with Clodhopper I shot like a man wearing two eye patches. Today I shot much better and I put that down to the fact that I gave my very old Miroku 6000 an outing. This is a gun with pitted barrels, a safety catch that sometimes sticks in neutral and with ejectors so worn that cartridges very often jump them. However the gun feels like an old friend and it suits me well.

One bird was lost but I picked 28 pigeons. Interestingly most were dirty as if they had been feeding on rape fields but most were empty.

 

 

Edited December 23, 2017 by JDog

[Wilksy II]

Nice write up Jdog! Sounds like your ideal sport, and fair play for not choosing option three, sounds like you should spend a bit on the old girl and get her back to her best...... the Miroku that is not the warm wife! I managed a few roosting last night majority had ivy berries some rape and one full of soft beans!

[old'un]

Be nice to see some pictures JDog

[7daysinaweek]

11 minutes ago, old'un said:

Be nice to see some pictures JDog

Enjoyed the read as usual

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Well done JD, we had the same degree of wind here and everything that moved was heading to eat the ivy berries.

[old'un]

Well done, you got there in the end……err, can we have some panoramic views please..

[aga man]

Well done for getting out J, the gun you describe is very much like my old bettinsoli, probably worth about £15 now but I always seem to come back to it.

Starting to see quite a few birds on rape now, but as others have found I have seen some ivy bushes on my dog walk to be blue with pigeons.

[Fisheruk]

Rudimentary is an understatement 

[pigeon controller]

Well done the hide is brilliant I cant see you at all.It Just goes to show that all you need is to dangle a bit of Black Lacey stuff infront of you and you shoot like a demon.!! Well you thought of the effort in volved and solved the problem.

[dead eye alan]

 

  Nice write up again JD BUT you really need to sort this cartridge shortage out, you should have put a new 100 cartridge bag on santa's list, problem solved.