JDog Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 On Sunday I turned down Jacko’s kind invitation to shoot one my own fields ( if you get my drift) and he went without me and shot a creditable bag of 34 pigeons in difficult conditions. Today I felt up to shooting so off I went to a field where the aforementioned Jacko and I struggled three weeks ago. Mightymariner and his friend were invited but they had other options. With a decent 15 mph wind behind me and a glaring sun in front of me I set up under the meagre shade of a Scots pine - the only shade offered round much of this field of peas. As the sun moved round I had to move my hide to remain in the shade and I did that three times. Pigeons came into the pattern from the off, or rather they slanted across it, some never to return. They only readily decoyed from one particular angle, the rest were fly byes so I had to shoot early. My normal inadequate shooting was replaced by better than normal shooting and I picked fifty six pigeons for seventy five shots until I ran out of cartridges. As soon as I fired the last one Clodhopper drove by but never stopped. He must have had one slab at least in his truck but by that time I had had enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 56 for 75 is very good shooting in my book. Good work 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 Well done 👏 you have some plucking to do now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clodhopper Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 Top work JDog. Not like you to run out of cartridges 🤔. Looks like Barney had a great time too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 good effort there lucky you had a dog after fetching them myself today breaking the pup to the shotgun is a priority Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 You done very well in that wind and two out of three is a good average , your old dog look pleased with himself and I am sure they enjoy it as much , if not more than we do , some will say running out of shells is a school boy error , If I fired three boxes in a afternoon I would have had more than enough shooting even if I had more shells in the motor , I now give myself a time limit and try and stick to it , what you don't get today you might get them the next time time you go , one thing for sure , you will never kill the last Pigeon on earth . PS By the way your grass look nice , or is it plastic ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilts#Dave Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 Sounds like a very nice afternoons shooting Jdog. It seems the others missed out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 Shooting like Digweed Comes to mind, great day out for you, wish I had some peas this year.😒 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 Nice write up and a great bag. atb 7diaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 Nice Report & pictures J 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 Great day out and super shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside1000 Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 Well done JDog, the peas are making a small but regular addition to pigeon bags almost everywhere they are grown , we don't have the large numbers of birds here in Norfolk but plenty of peas for them to get into, My average is steadily rising over the last couple of weeks, bags now of around 12 to 15 , could be better but I never complain , any way it always means there are a few for next time. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooooper1 Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 On 22/06/2021 at 20:30, WalkedUp said: 56 for 75 is very good shooting in my book. Good work 👍 Yes very good rate I can remember hitting 136 pigeon on wheat stubble for a slab thinking to myself well that's a good average in anyone's book but when driving home I realised I miss 114 birds🦅. Bet he was buzzing with his rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 Good shooting jd😀👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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