muncher Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Friday evening I checked out last week's pea stubble fields and found about 200 down feeding. I wasn't that sure it would produce and after a conversation with Motty we decided to spilt up, he would shoot some laid barley and I would try the pea stubble. I set up with the wind in my back between two fields spilt by a dyke. I decided with the expectation of a hot day I set up at 9 with the intention if it got to hot to pack up. I set up with a rotary and two dead birds, with the rotary slightly to my left. The problem I had was the main flight line was from behind me and I often let birds go thinking they would decoy , only to watch them fly past. So I decided if possible to take these if I saw them earlier enough. I had 50 by 12 and Motty called to say his was not happening so he came to join me. The birds were very testing at times and easy at others time . The heat got to me at 3 o'clock and we packed up with 124 on the clicker, picking 116. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 well done thats nice shooting,i looked at a pea field today not a lot going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Good report ,it does not always go to plan and you have to be adaptable and create the conditions to make it happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Good report, my friend. It was some great shooting, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Lovely driven birds and some tough crossers. The breeze from behind made it feel a few degrees cooler, which was welcome. Some of the pigeons had rape and barley in their crops, so it was still much needed crop protection. With the amount of pigeons we saw today, I think we need to do some more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Great result. Days like these motty should take his video camera, some very good shooting I bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Those peas have been harvested and some round here were only drilled last week. Well done the Eminems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 7 hours ago, JDog said: Those peas have been harvested and some round here were only drilled last week. Well done the Eminems. Our Peas should be coming off this weekend , they used to recon it take 3 months ( 13 weeks ) from drilling to vineing , ours were drilled on the 7th of April so if they do come off this weekend then the 13 week Pea wont be far out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 11 hours ago, aga man said: Great result. Days like these motty should take his video camera, some very good shooting I bet. I should have taken the camera, as some good shots would have been filmed. I still have my last outing on the clover to edit. I will get round to that soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 That heat was grulleing on sat, after 4 hrs in it we felt it as well, good bag 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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