yickdaz Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 it seems they have started on the rape around here earlier than I was expecting as I was heading down the motorway I could see birds flying over and dropping into rape fields at the side of the motorway so I thought I would go straight to the rape fields for a look found some straight away so watched for a while and it looked good so I trudged across the field to the spot with the gear and got setup for about 11.15 am almost immediately they started to come for a look not decoying but giving me shots as they passed I used the 20g hushpower today due to this field being a bit noise sensitive with a lane and footpath nearby I don't shoot it that often but I started off really well killing 6 for the first 7 shots but it evened out during the session with some misses creeping in which happens with hushpowers heavy handling if a bird jinks at the last second you can't adjust the swing quick enough well I find it difficult to do but anything in a straight line I was knocking them down for fun , the birds were difficult to decoy all session and long lulls inbetween shots a very enjoyable session shot my last bird at 3.15 so 4 hrs in the hide it was a lovely day for it and to be out enjoyed every min of it picked 40 lost a few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 A very entertaining four hours shooting , it now seem a long while since I had to lay 40 pigeons out and I think it will be a few more weeks until we can think of shooting a good bag like your one . Your rape look like it have been taking a bit of stick , the majority of our rape is well up to the top of your wellies and need some serious frost to drop it down a bit , this coming week should be a fair bit colder than it have been so some shooting might not be that far away . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 Thats awesome. And its very satisying hitting birds with the hushpower . The extra weight and length does make them slow to change direction. But they swing though a bird in a nice line well . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 (edited) Great stuff Daz, not on rape here yet and no shortage of berries still to go at. That's a great bag using the hushpower. Edited November 17, 2018 by aga man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 Well done Daz , not seen any on our rape yet but you had a satisfying four hours with the hushy. When you've been using the over and under and you change to the Hushy I forget to pump then panic and miss the shot. I presume you are not putting steel through the full choke ? But using lead.Again well done for a productive four hours out on the rape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted November 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 1 minute ago, pigeon controller said: Well done Daz , not seen any on our rape yet but you had a satisfying four hours with the hushy. When you've been using the over and under and you change to the Hushy I forget to pump then panic and miss the shot. I presume you are not putting steel through the full choke ? But using lead.Again well done for a productive four hours out on the rape. and that's exactly what I did after shooting the first bird I immediately swung on to another and pulled the trigger and nothing happened then I realised you have pump the dam thing lol I used fiocchi 28g 6s lead fibre wad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 Is it a twenty YD or a 12 ?, either way the pigeons don't seem to notice. Thanks for posting. atb 7diaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted November 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, 7daysinaweek said: Is it a twenty YD or a 12 ?, either way the pigeons don't seem to notice. Thanks for posting. atb 7diaw 20g no they don't spook the same as they do with a normal shotty, and its strange you can hear the shot strike the bird due to the sound not being drowned out with a big bang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted November 18, 2018 Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 Nice. Pigeons were on the rape round here a month ago. Now they seem very much on berries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted November 18, 2018 Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 Well done. I was going to have a look this weekend but she had other plans. I can live via proxy of other pigeon watch exploits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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