the hitman Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Hi Folks The heavy rain and light winds had made roost shooting a non starter locally- however with the arrival of a strong easterly and snow showers today, I decided it was time to have a crack. Most of my best roost woods are just a little to far to travel under current circumstances- so I opted for a nice little wood which has provided some good shooting over the years. I put about 100 pigeons out when I arrived at about 2.45pm - which filled me with optimism. The first group arrived almost straight away, and even in the strong wind they came over surprisingly high - which made for some fantastic shooting, it’s a great feeling when you pull down a few high birds and you quickly forget all the misses. After about 30 mins the sky darkened and the snow began to fall - I love roost shooting when it’s snowing- as the pigeons were desperate to get in and they were arriving in groups of 20+ at a time. I think the pigeons look really white from beneath with a dark sky above, with their crops bulging with OSR. I was on the edge of the wood and as they were coming in I was dashing from side to side to get under them - until at about 4.30 when it they just stopped. So 11 in the bag and 2 that I couldn’t find in the wood (no dog as the old boy is now in full retirement) - I was using Trust 30g no 6 cartridges through full and 3/4 choking. Hitman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Hello, well done👍, never heard of Trust cartridges, ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hitman Posted February 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 8 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, well done👍, never heard of Trust cartridges, ? They are a budget cartridge manufactured in Spain. I normally use their 28g 7.5 but these were under £200 per thousand ( 18 months ago) and do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Nice report well done on getting out, too cold for me spent 40 minuets restocking the indoor wood pile and 2 hours to throe out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 very good shooting nice you got out. and trust cartridges are very good.i like them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian willetts Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Very good report nice shooting high birds are always remembered but never witnessed I wish I could get hold of some more trust cracking cartridge well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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