pbutd Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 Dave & I have blundered around all winter chasing pigeons through woods ,over fields of rape & under evaporating flightlines. Every week we load up the gear & set out to cover miles looking for our elusive quarry, sometimes spending most of the day in the vehicle with a desperate drive to a roost wood for a dozen birds as a 'better than nothing ' option. Over the last month we have watched three different fields being drilled with beans only to find not a single bird interested. Last weekend yet another 35 acres of beans were drilled ; I watched these drillings for three days & saw one crow & one pigeon in that time. Having nothing to go at again today we decided to cruise past just in case & what a surprise... Blue with them. We set up 150 metres apart ,both under oak trees that ran all the way up the field and was a natural flightline & needless to say both ran out of squibs by mid afternoon by which time it was not worth the journey home to re-stock. We are old codgers & were not expecting to find any number of pigeons to shoot ever again. You know how it is. Despite that we did very well & I think it will shoot again as there were plenty of beans still on the surface. But you all know what will happen then... too many cartridges probably. Crippling repeat journeys to the truck , six trips for me as Dave has a heart condition ( or so he says) & I couldn't face a trip to A&E after such a treat of a day. Picked up 198 after a circuit of the field with both dogs. Happy days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 Very good. I know what you mean about chasing pigeons for little reward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 Looks a lovely place to spend a few hours and the dog looks as happy as can be! Great result👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 excellent bag there boys strange how they seem to suddenly arrive on drill not often i see a slow build up on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggy74 Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 Great bag, well done, beats the 2 pigeons I shot today. I set up in 3 different places on a 2000 acre arable farm. spent 2 hours in each spot. Saw more herons than pigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spr1985 Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 A great tale of what looks like a decent day out well done gents, as for taking to many cartridges next time.....it’s better to be looking at them than for them. I’ll look forward to seeing another report soon 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 good on the both of you,very good bag of pigeons, bet the farmer was happy.nice looking dog, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 Nicely done chaps, are very good bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrepin Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 I'm so jealous, got up to go this morning and the weather put me off. I only get a few hours on a Sunday morning till the horse walkers, dog riders and litter leavers arrive for mass trespass. So glad you managed to get some but that's pigeon for you. Nice write up and pictures 😁👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Great day and lovely pictures. What part of the country are you with that blood red soil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Well done gives me hope I might one day again hit a field with pigeon feeding. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilts#Dave Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Lovely post and read! Nothing better than happening upon an unexpected busy day after a dry spell! Winters seem to have got worse and worse over the years here, much to my frustration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Great report along with an excellent bag of Pigeons , just goes to show you must never give up hope as the day will come when it's pay back time after all the running about and blank days , hope you boys have got many more good days to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Trying to play detective on the soil, came across this mapping website: http://www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbutd Posted March 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Good morning WalkedUp. We were shooting in Northeast Herefordshire & had a good view of the Malvern hills from that field. Farmer came & watched us with his new baby ( from his truck). I did tell him to go & get his gun as he has had little shooting this year, but he was too busy babysitting whilst his wife was out ( probably on her horse). A lot of the land around here has a red tinge to it & can be terracotta coloured after a shower of rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Thank you for the reply, it’s amazing to see how much of a mosaic of land types our fine country is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 every time you have beans on toast you can think of that good day out well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 14 hours ago, WalkedUp said: Trying to play detective on the soil, came across this mapping website: http://www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/ I just had a scan of that round my local area which I know like the back of my hand. Not wishing to be dismissive but it isn't exactly accurate 🤔 Not sure how they calculate/determine their data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 That’s a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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