Wilksy II Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) Its been a thin pickings for me all harvest but that’s not stopped me looking and having a go, I’ve been content with small bags to be honest as I haven’t really got a port for big bags, anyway I spied a good few on some week and bit old barley stubble Monday, So I hoped to still see them there tues. i got to field for 11:30 and yes they were about but scattered over three fields, and some old wheat stubble, so picking a spot was tricky, you can have too much choice, I set up on a tree line with a stiff westerly wind on my back, no dead birds so just 20 shells scattered randomly in front, first bird came smashing and when straight on the flapper, the next two, eventually on the magnet, things had been slow and birds were not decoying well but the magnet changed that, and as the pattern grew they really switched on I packed up a 5pm with exactly 50 on the clicker but picked 48, one of which my border Jed picked so all told a very enjoyable day, thanks for reading Edited September 12, 2018 by Wilksy II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuddster Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 nicely done good winds for the next few days atb f. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 Nicley done . Thats a very square hide .? Does it not put off pige ? I guess not. But i find im not able to get a crow within 100 yds if my hide isnt very well blended into the hedge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 the dog doesn't need camo he blends well with the floor, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilksy II Posted September 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 Cheers fuddster, yes going for a look tomorrow at some bean stubble, i suppose it is Stu, I hadn’t really thought of it, what I didn’t mention and you can’t see in the pic is there is a 15ft deep dry ditch between the hide and the trees, so the netting goes round the back, there is a jackdaw in the pic that flew over so he didn’t see me, I think it’s movement that gives you away more than anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshgun Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 Well done wilksy a good day had by all accounts and must say I do like the border an underestimated terrier but not back in the day very rare you see a good border nowadays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilksy II Posted September 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 37 minutes ago, kenholland said: the dog doesn't need camo he blends well with the floor, well done. Haha! Cheers Ken yes he sits out front and it doesn’t bother the pigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilksy II Posted September 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 4 minutes ago, welshgun said: Well done wilksy a good day had by all accounts and must say I do like the border an underestimated terrier but not back in the day very rare you see a good border nowadays Thanks welshgun, aye he’s a good lad, great company, I’ve tried a couple of times to take his picture with a pigeon in his chops but the little begger drops it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 That's a good bag in anyone's book Wilksy and thanks for telling us how your day went , as for the hide , it looks perfectly fine to me , although your floater could have gone out a bit further Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilksy II Posted September 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 18 minutes ago, marsh man said: That's a good bag in anyone's book Wilksy and thanks for telling us how your day went , as for the hide , it looks perfectly fine to me , although your floater could have gone out a bit further Thanks marsh man, that’s as good as I’ve ever done and I have say there’s a fair amount of young un’s amongst the bag which certainly don’t mind a square hide! Or a badly postioned floater! Haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clodhopper Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 Excellent bag Wilksy. Top marks for bag presentation, also nicely square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilksy II Posted September 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 22 minutes ago, Clodhopper said: Excellent bag Wilksy. Top marks for bag presentation, also nicely square. Cheers clodhopper! I had them in an east yorks heap but feared the backlash! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 5 hours ago, Ultrastu said: Nicley done . Thats a very square hide .? Does it not put off pige ? I guess not. But i find im not able to get a crow within 100 yds if my hide isnt very well blended into the hedge. Pigeons do not have reasoning power, so a square bush on the side of a field should not deter them. I do think that people can get very picky about hides. The main things to worry about is to hide the man inside and site it in the right place. Good bag, Wilksy. Haven't seen you on here for a while. I thought maybe you had been kidnapped by Jdog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilksy II Posted September 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 7 hours ago, motty said: Pigeons do not have reasoning power, so a square bush on the side of a field should not deter them. I do think that people can get very picky about hides. The main things to worry about is to hide the man inside and site it in the right place. Good bag, Wilksy. Haven't seen you on here for a while. I thought maybe you had been kidnapped by Jdog! Cheers Motty! Haha! Not yet but there is talk of meeting up, you’ve got me nervous now, to be honest I have been off PW a while it’s not quite the same as it used to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 Nice write up and a good bag. As said, I think too much emphasis is put on blending the hide into the background. Yours looks fine to me. It's movement, or lack of it, that's most important. You obviously have the knack of keeping still until the last moment. Someone (cannot remember who) once tried as an experiment, using the orange plastic fencing stuff as a hide with no apparent problems getting the pigeons to decoy. It's movement not colour they react to. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 Well shot Mr Wilks, that is a good result. I have a beard trim kit here if ever you need to borrow it! Just saying like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilksy II Posted September 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 3 hours ago, Old Boggy said: Nice write up and a good bag. As said, I think too much emphasis is put on blending the hide into the background. Yours looks fine to me. It's movement, or lack of it, that's most important. You obviously have the knack of keeping still until the last moment. Someone (cannot remember who) once tried as an experiment, using the orange plastic fencing stuff as a hide with no apparent problems getting the pigeons to decoy. It's movement not colour they react to. OB Thanks OB, I totally agree I’ve stood still under an ash tree no hide and shot pigeons, I must admit my ghost netting looks a bit shiny in that pic! 2 hours ago, aga man said: Well shot Mr Wilks, that is a good result. I have a beard trim kit here if ever you need to borrow it! Just saying like Haha! Cheers mate! I was thinking of dying it green for extra cover! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 My question .was more about crows and their seeming ability to recognise objects that look out of place . Mate and i set up a pretty good hide hard up against a hedge with a lot of additional vegetation.. Crows would aproach across the field and then do a massive handbrake turn about 100 yds out. This happend about 5 times .so i got out and looked back at the hide .and the only thing i could see out of place was my mates blue jeans just visible through the ghost net . Ps we were heads down and 100 % still . Pige on the other hand landed no problem . Crows can im my experience by very wary. Just saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 That’s a nice bag this time of year, well done. 1 hour ago, Ultrastu said: My question .was more about crows and their seeming ability to recognise objects that look out of place . Mate and i set up a pretty good hide hard up against a hedge with a lot of additional vegetation.. Crows would aproach across the field and then do a massive handbrake turn about 100 yds out. This happend about 5 times .so i got out and looked back at the hide .and the only thing i could see out of place was my mates blue jeans just visible through the ghost net . Ps we were heads down and 100 % still . Pige on the other hand landed no problem . Crows can im my experience by very wary. Just saying when black’uns are on high alert they can see you blink. I have not got a ghost net but the ones I have seen on the net look see through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted September 14, 2018 Report Share Posted September 14, 2018 Great report and result, welcome back. As Motty said the square hide is not a problem just the jack in the box shooter bobbing up and down!!!!! Thanks for posting and good presentation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilksy II Posted September 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2018 Thanks old ‘un and PC I though of you as I laid them out just to add I managed 26 off the bean stubble yesterday which is near the barley stubble so the same birds in theory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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