muncher Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 (edited) Friday Motty rang as usual and asked if I fancied a go at some stubble Mallard, of course I do. So we met up at the said field jumped in a dyke, put out a spinner and waited. Well it wasn't long before the first ones came in and we missed š. We decided to work them with our calls and get them in close and this worked a treat and we soon had a frantic few minutes, we finished with 15 beautiful Mallard. Saturday morning I had to go and get measured for a suite for my youngest daughter's wedding. When I was done I went home had a bit of dinner and went out looking, Motty was unavailable š. I found a field of bean stubble that had been ripped up,with a few down and a few flighting over. I set up in a low dyke with a very strong wind over my left shoulder so I put the rotary to my left when I shot a couple to put on it. AndĀ 8 shells . Soon had a couple for the rotary, but it was obvious that I needed to moveĀ further down the field as the fligh line was further down. So I moved the rotary and left the shells. The time was one o'clock. The pigeons just poured over and at 2 o'clock I had 50. I was shooting well in the conditions and I had a fantastic triple with the birds curling back on the wind. The next hour produced another 50. My brother joined me and he went 80 yards down the field from me, he was soon taking some cracking high birds coming back on the wind ,with some 24 gram Evo 7.5 . Still they kept coming, in fact pouring out. About 4.30 my brother ran out of cartridges and we decided to pack up as the sky was looking rather ominous. We picked up 214 for a very memorable afternoon. Edited September 28, 2019 by muncher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Great report well done. Nice to see a tidy garage?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 As per normal your garage is a mess and your shooting spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted September 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, pigeon controller said: Great report well done. Nice to see a tidy garage?? Keep meaning to clean it up but pigeons and fowling get in the way. Ā 10 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Well done! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 8 minutes ago, pigeon controller said: Great report well done. Nice to see a tidy garage?? I spotted a broom , but I doubt if he will ever use it, nice pattern though , well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clodhopper Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Donāt listen to them.You have arranged your garage very well. Those pigeons fit in that space perfectly. Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted September 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Just now, Clodhopper said: Donāt listen to them.You have arranged your garage very well. Those pigeons fit in that space perfectly. Ā Thank you,and I do use that broom to sweep the feathers up, well most of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Oh, and everyone knows that it is not possible to shoot high pigeons with 24 grams of 7.5 shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted September 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 To be honest ,I thought the was using some 32 steel 4 s, that I picked up for him on Friday. These were up there and with the wind behind them very impressed with the shooting yet alone the cartridge,mind you he does like very tight chokesĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon Shredder. Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Oh, lām sure thereās āsomeoneā on here can shoot high pigeons with much less than that heavy amount š¤„ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 What an excellent day. Do they all go to a game dealer? I'd struggle to turn them all into sausages and burgers but would give it a good go.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Excellent day there šĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted September 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 The duck's will be sorted tomorrow, the pigeons will be in the game dealers in the morning along with another 200 frozen ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Some of them Mallard look in excellentĀ condition for September and another first class bag of Pigeons , I am not sure if you could class the bag on the floor as a Norfolk heap as some of them are spread outĀ . Today we were Partridge shooting near Norwich and three or four fields that were touching each offer were Bean and Maize stubble , the number of Pigeons on them were runningĀ well into four figures and we are certainly lucky to have good numbers of Pigeons in the county . P S ..... If you are going to the game dealers in Norfolk tomorrow make sure you are there by 10 . 30am as they now close at 10 . 30 on a Sunday morning . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted September 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, marsh man said: Some of them Mallard look in excellentĀ condition for September and another first class bag of Pigeons , I am not sure if you could class the bag on the floor as a Norfolk heap as some of them are spread outĀ . Today we were Partridge shooting near Norwich and three or four fields that were touching each offer were Bean and Maize stubble , the number of Pigeons on them were runningĀ well into four figures and we are certainly lucky to have good numbers of Pigeons in the county . P S ..... If you are going to the game dealers in Norfolk tomorrow make sure you are there by 10 . 30am as they now close at 10 . 30 on a Sunday morning . Cheers I will be there at 9. One very close to me has started to take pigeons again, unfortunately he is unavailable in the morning. Save me a two hour round trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 The duck shooting was very enjoyable. Shame I had to be at work whilst you got another good bag of pigeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotguneddy Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 13 hours ago, Pigeon Shredder. said: Oh, lām sure thereās āsomeoneā on here can shoot high pigeons with much less than that heavy amount š¤„ Can often shoot Woody's at 50 yards 410 19g 7/5 shot fiocci f410s great cartridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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