pigeon controller Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Last Sunday we had the call out on some barley stubble but I had a post wedding family dinner so DB turned out after the rain had stopped with a slab of shells. He chose his shots and delivered two hundred and forty four pigeons, some shooting. Monday I had a call that the rape had been cut help yourself, so on Friday DB and I set out to look at the rape. This Farm has ten large fields of rape so we drove the the seven that were cut and it had birds all over them, so we watched for a flightline. To be honest the birds were coming from all directions, realy high then dropping into the fields. So we set up between two fields with the wind off our backs and the main flight line left to right we knew the sun would be a problem later on. We had a magnet on both fields for movement but the decoys to our left. We were set up for 12.00 and the first bird in landed in the decoys so we thought we were in for a good day. The first hour was busy but then it tailed off and the wind changed direction in our face and the birds were flighting further down to our left to the furthest rape field. So drove the Disco down through the five other fields to spook the birds. I did two circuits of the lower field the put the fear of god into the pigeons. I parked up to see if they return, I could hear DB "missing a few". Now this field has Green Damsons which I picked a few plastic bags full in past years when it was barley much to the delight of Mrs PC who is a " Jam and Jerusalem " member ( WI). I walked over to see if they were any good and all the lower branches had been eaten, suspect Deer. The next field on another farm was barley stubble and covered, so I had and accidental discharge which lifted a good three hundred birds, two of which were low enough for me to hit !!! I did this twice for same effect. The keeper contacted me by phone and aske me to not shoot the lower field as he had his poults in the adjacent wood. We called it a day at 18.00 and we picked up seventyseven birds, we suspect it had been shot in the week. So today, Saturday we set out at 09.00 and drove to the barley stubble that DB had shot last Sunday. As we drove down the grass to the field we could see birds down and lots of birds flighting to it. So we set up on a hedge with the sun behind us and a cooling breeze off our backs. Last week DB had taken in his magnet as the birds did not seem to like it , so this week we would employ the Remote FF6 Auto Bouncer as a trial. DB is very wary of any new fangle bits and bobs but we use to have four manual flappers working from the hide 25 years ago, the dog use to keep running through the strings and causing mayhem. We were all set up for 11.00 and the birds were coming to the decoys with the Disco parked in front. The birds came to the decoys without the use of the flapper but as the day went on the flapper was bringing birds to us from all corners of the field. You could see a distinct change in direction when we opperated it. Its all about movement . We had carp sacks hanging on the fence to get the wind through them to cool the birds and prevent fly blow. We had three with a hundred birds in each when we decided to split and I moved down the hedge about sixty yards to maximise on the last hour as up to then we had been shooting in turns from the same hide. We stopped shooting at 17.00 as the dark clouds were coming across to us. We picked up four hundred and one pigeons so a fantstic day, just as we left the field it started to rain. I got home and loaded the four Freezers with the birds and managed to have my Spagboll 8.45 and just two pints of cider, as I may have been dehydrated !!!! I'm not normally in the UK for the stubbles but it is fantastic shooting much easier than the December Rape Fields!! I hope you enjoy my ramblings and I hope it gives some insight as to how we go about our shooting which at times can be frought with concerns but at the endo of the day " You Get what you Get" 77 pigeons 401 pigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 A good report of some fantastic pigeon shooting! Well done, ST! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Amazing. I am in awe. Well done both. There are shooters and there are shooters 👍 I managed 28 mixed bag last which included about 18 pigeons last week and I was pleased with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Two very good outings and a good report. Prepare for the backlash from those delicate souls who have strong views and opinions about shooting large bags but who have never actually been out shooting themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Nice read well done look forward to your new each week a question if I may i noticed your hide netting is very thick do you think it’s important not to be able to see through it? All the best of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Brilliant shooting lads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clodhopper Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Thanks for posting PC. As always an enjoyable read and as always an impressive bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpy22 Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Brilliant I bet the pigeons wish you were on holiday lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Top job PC, you deserve a bag like that after all the effort you put in over the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Congratulations on two great results and an enjoyable read. Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Old farrier said: Nice read well done look forward to your new each week a question if I may i noticed your hide netting is very thick do you think it’s important not to be able to see through it? All the best of As you may be aware the hide is homemade out of strips of material and is quite translucent, we see the birds at distance and watch through the top edge of the hide as we do not sit for shooting , standing all day. Movement is the killer , as I've stated before Move,mount and Shoot. 1 hour ago, JDog said: Two very good outings and a good report. Prepare for the backlash from those delicate souls who have strong views and opinions about shooting large bags but who have never actually been out shooting themselves. It's OK , JDog I'm a thick Brummie, Beaky Blinder !!!! Edited August 4, 2019 by pigeon controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Excellent report , this must be close onto a all time high bag on P W ? , do you normally cool the Pigeons off overnight or put a large bag straight into the freezers ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Thanks again for yet another excellent report. I only wish that I had your perseverance and stamina, plus of course your experience to achieve such bags. Well done once again, OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 6 minutes ago, marsh man said: Excellent report , this must be close onto a all time high bag on P W ? , do you normally cool the Pigeons off overnight or put a large bag straight into the freezers ? Normally I lay out in garage with a roof mounted fan running overnight and one layer in each freezer. Hanging the carp sacks on the fences in the shade with the strong breeze blowing through them cooled them enough to put straight into the freezer with frozen bags of fifty pigeons on top. I have a scientific vertical freezer with elements between shelves which take twenty five birds in crates which goes down to -25C and holds 175 birds which I transfer to bags of fifty when frozen for storage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 11 minutes ago, pigeon controller said: Normally I lay out in garage with a roof mounted fan running overnight and one layer in each freezer. Hanging the carp sacks on the fences in the shade with the strong breeze blowing through them cooled them enough to put straight into the freezer with frozen bags of fifty pigeons on top. I have a scientific vertical freezer with elements between shelves which take twenty five birds in crates which goes down to -25C and holds 175 birds which I transfer to bags of fifty when frozen for storage. Well Done both of you. Do you dampen the sacks to increase the cooling effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 46 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Well Done both of you. Do you dampen the sacks to increase the cooling effect. Yes if water available, but not yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 I'M AMAZED, and you didn't run out of cartridges! best get on to proper cartridges and place an order NOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 PC, were they all **** with steel shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 4 hours ago, muncher said: PC, were they all **** with steel shot? Yes, delivered frozen today. 6 hours ago, dead eye alan said: I'M AMAZED, and you didn't run out of cartridges! best get on to proper cartridges and place an order NOW! I am having to shoot steel at present as I do not have an outlet for lead shot, George does not make steel at present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 Couple of politically correct picture from my days crop protection 🙄 In comparison to pc pictures and post they are mega boaring well done on some good days never tire of your posts 😊 hopefully you don’t mind me adding some pictures for the snowflakes 😞 all the best of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 30 minutes ago, Old farrier said: Couple of politically correct picture from my days crop protection 🙄 In comparison to pc pictures and post they are mega boaring well done on some good days never tire of your posts 😊 hopefully you don’t mind me adding some pictures for the snowflakes 😞 all the best of So that was the start , what was the finish.??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 25 minutes ago, pigeon controller said: So that was the start , what was the finish.??? It’s grim without the ending 😅 we had about 60 fair few losses in the standing crop and strict instructions not to go off the tramlines so difficult trying to drop them in a open bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 2 hours ago, pigeon controller said: Yes, delivered frozen today. I am having to shoot steel at present as I do not have an outlet for lead shot, George does not make steel at present. PC what brand are you using, I favour gamebore 32 gran 4 s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, muncher said: PC what brand are you using, I favour gamebore 32 gran 4 s. I've been using Lyavale Express 32 gms 5s, very impressed with the range and pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, pigeon controller said: I've been using Lyavale Express 32 gms 5s, very impressed with the range and pattern. I will try and get some to try ,not sure if any stocks them around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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