JDog Posted October 17 Today I had a go at the first lot of immigrants to arrive in the area. They have been here nine days and number about 400 and I have let them settle into a routine of feeding in two stubble fields. When I arrived at the field I could see very few. Undaunted I set up where I have seen them crossing a hedge yesterday. For those novices out there this is generally not a good idea. My hide was in the shade of a large oak in amongst some willows which had been rubbed by Roe deer. I put out the rotary which flashed in the sun and six birds on sticks. At the first shot all 400 got out of the wood, swirled above me then sugared off. This was what I hoped would happen as the resting wood was too close to my hide position for my liking. Then they started to come back in large groups and headed straight for the decoys. These pigeons have never seen a rotary or a decoy pattern. I shot for ninety minutes until a headache forced me to stop. I thought I had shot fifty but picked fifty one, Jasper doing his usual trick of finding a long dropper. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aga man Posted October 17 Good result, I almost went out shooting pigeons myself this afternoon but took the Mrs out on a lunch date instead which also yielded a good result! Happy days Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clodhopper Posted October 17 Was the Headache caused by running out of Cartridges again? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pigeon controller Posted October 17 Good report, well done.nice hide position. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marsh man Posted October 17 Fifty one is excellent in the time you shot them in , must have been some headache for you to call it a day and hopefully your head is now getting back to normal . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m greeny Posted October 17 How on earth do you know they have not seen a rotary or decoy pattern. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
motty Posted October 17 A very good effort, J. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacko3275 Posted October 18 Well shot mucka but how do you know they are immigrants have they got a polish accent 😄 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kippylawkid Posted October 24 Well done, it looks a great spot. It's not Northumberland but it's still decent😄 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zipdog Posted October 24 The proper terminology is actually a Packham of pigeons rather than blizzard 😂 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
