the hitman Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 After having a recce around gas gunshire yesterday I spotted a few flighting onto the corner of a huge field of OSR. I thought a session may produce about 20 so this morning after calling in at Greggs for my free breakfast roll (O2 app) I was set up at 9am. On arrival I put about 50 up so I just had to wait for their return. The wind was a gentle westerly, however the sun was straight in my face - but it was where I had to be. First 3 that came in were singles and I shot all 3 and put 2 onto the magnet. The wind was picking up and the sillo’s were fluttering. A few groups of 10+ came in and I kept picking away missing some second barrel shots that I should have hit. The problem was the sun, a number of birds came in unseen with the the sun behind them - and flew off unharmed. My shooting began to improve and by 12noon when they had clearly found somewhere quieter I packed up with 22 pigeons. Beautiful day to out and the sun on my face was almost spring like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 A great bag given the circumstances of shooting in that bright sun. Cheers for posting up. atb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 You done well to get what you got with the bright sunshine hitman , down here there was a sharp frost but as the sun came up it soon started to thaw out , not the ideal type of weather to shoot pigeons but a bonus for late January . One of the coldest mornings we have had this Winter , all the puddles were frozen over along with some of the dykes , we have got a fleet dyke that run down the center of the marsh that very rarely freeze as the water is always running slowly to the pump house , this morning I took my gun and I felt almost sorry when my dog had to cross it a couple of times to retrieve a pair of Teal , after a run around he was soon steaming and a sight warmer than I was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hitman Posted January 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 22 minutes ago, marsh man said: You done well to get what you got with the bright sunshine hitman , down here there was a sharp frost but as the sun came up it soon started to thaw out , not the ideal type of weather to shoot pigeons but a bonus for late January . One of the coldest mornings we have had this Winter , all the puddles were frozen over along with some of the dykes , we have got a fleet dyke that run down the center of the marsh that very rarely freeze as the water is always running slowly to the pump house , this morning I took my gun and I felt almost sorry when my dog had to cross it a couple of times to retrieve a pair of Teal , after a run around he was soon steaming and a sight warmer than I was Hi MM We have had a lovely week weather wise- bright sunshine then slight frost in the mornings. The moon has been beautiful all week in clear star filled sky. Historically we have most of our snowfall locally in February/ early March - so winter still might have a sting in its tail. Nice work getting the teal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Well done for getting out, thanks for reporting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Always difficult with the low bright sun , but you judged the amount you’d get to perfection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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