pbutd Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 ...but as he was free today I thought I would try to alleviate my guilt by finding him a decent day. After a surprisingly good roost shoot on Tuesday evening ,it was evident that the majority of birds had been feeding on rape;Thereby destroying my theory that they would not be on the rape yet.Anyway I just had to do the tour within a 5 mile radius of that roost wood & eventually I found what looked to be the probable field ,just behind a big conifer wood which used to be part of an estate shoot but had been sold off 2 years ago.I got the all clear & set off 9.30ish this morning with Dave. On arrival about 11am there were 200 down & 50-60 lifting out of the wood;Looked promising.I set Dave up on the corner of the wood where they had been grazing & I plodded over to the far hedgeline about 200m away.It worked OK with birds going to both patterns & some bouncing from one to the other after shots were fired.The tap was turned off at about 2.30. Dave killed 21 & I picked 44. We were all back at the car by 3.15 & the obvious decision was to roost shoot the conifer wood,with one at each end of the wood.Surprisingly this turned out to be good as well.A lot of banging & a roost bag of 21 between us;Dave also shot a squirrel which drove my terrier mad.I made him carry it back to the truck with the terrier hanging off it & tripping him up.We had to hide it in the end to avoid further psychological damage to man & dog. I don't feel so guilty now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clodhopper Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 Well done, sounds like a great afternoon out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 Sounds great, Dave is lucky to have such a pal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 Great day and a good write up, well done both of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 Well done. You found the birds and you and Dave did the business. Result. All the birds we have shot at roost over the last five weeks have been full of acorns no rape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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