the hitman Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 Hi was unable to get out yesterday which was a shame as the conditions were perfect- however I did do a small recce and was itching to get out this morning. The pigeons had moved to another field not to far from where I spotted them yesterday- the problem was that I would have to walk the length of 2 football pitches to get to where they wanted to be. I was set up at 9.45 after pushing about 500 birds off the field. There was a proper westerly blowing and after a 20 minute downpour the pigeons begin to return. It was a case of 20 minutes action then 20 mins waiting. There was an initial reluctance to commit to the decoys, however by 11.30 I had exchanged all the sillosocks for 15 dead birds and 2 on the magnet. A flock of about 150 pigeons kept making an appearance, so I let them in before gently making my presence known, they would carry on into the wind, every time at least 3 would spin around for a second look and I made my presence known in a more noisy way- both barrels. I spent a lot of time looking at an empty sky, however everything that came near decoyed so I kept picking away. It was a real mix of singles and groups of 6- 10 which gave me some nice left and rights. At 1.45 it had that end of day feel- so I decided that I would shoot one more pigeon or pack up at 2pm -whichever came first- it was a pigeon straight into the decoys, and that was the last pigeon I shot this year. I had 40 pigeons and the walk back to the car needed 2 trips across a very muddy field- I hate this getting old malarkey. I would like it wish everyone a healthy and happy new year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 Another nice read and cheers for posting up. atb for the coming year and hopefully many more posts to come. at 7diaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 A productive session. If you are out on Sunday 9th let me know and you can show me how it is done . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) Lovely way to say good by to 2021 , unbelievable weather , a good wind and looking at your first photo you have certainly got a lot of Pigeons , we had a walk round our Pigeon land yesterday while trying to push up a few Pheasants for my old boss and his friends and we only saw about 80 / 100 Pigeons on one of the rape fields . As a foot note , the best shot of the morning was a young lad who shot the only Pigeon of the day and this one was in the clouds , a shot he will remember for years to come . All the best for the NEW YEAR hitman and THANKS for sharing your days with us . Edited December 31, 2021 by marsh man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hitman Posted December 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 18 minutes ago, JDog said: A productive session. If you are out on Sunday 9th let me know and you can show me how it is done . I don’t think you need any advice- I have sent you a PM 12 minutes ago, marsh man said: Lovely way to say good by to 2021 , unbelievable weather , a good wind and looking at your first photo you have certainly got a lot of Pigeons , we had a walk round our Pigeon land yesterday while trying to push up a few Pheasants for my old boss and his friends and we only saw about 80 / 100 Pigeons on one of the rape fields . As a foot note , the best shot of the morning was a young lad who shot the only Pigeon of the day and this one was in the clouds , a shot he will remember for years to come . All the best for the NEW YEAR hitman and THANKS for sharing your days with us . Hi MM Nice report- definitely a shot the young fella will remember. Thank you for your shooting reports this year always a good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 A good effort rewarded with a decent bag, well done, it is surprising how the birds seem to get heavier the older we get, i had to stop three times on the way back to the motor over a couple of small fields on Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Well done HM nice report hope to see many more similar reports in 2022. Happy new year sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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