Still very quiet

[bunny_blaster]

I had a call last week asking me to shoot some peas as the farmer had pushed “300” pigeon off them. He said the birds start flighting around 5 o’clock which meant I could get there after work in plenty of time. I arrived Wednesday about 4 and there wasn’t a bird in sight. I set up anyway to keep the farmer happy and finished with 17 birds. 

Yesterday afternoon I was on dad duties so I strapped the boy in the truck and went to try and find something for today. I checked every farm with peas on and covered over 80 miles in my search to find hardly a bird. As I was leaving the last farm to go home I watched a small group of birds flight down a very deep valley and come out the other side and drop in to a field that wasn’t on a farm I shoot. I made a call to the farmer who’s ground I was on and 10 minutes later I had the go ahead. The field turned out to be a very sparse crop of winter barley. I knew it wasn’t going to be a big bag so I decided to get there at 3 and shoot until it went quiet. I went armed with my new Bettinsoli .410 and some steel home loads and finished with 24 pigeons. The views certainly made up for the small bag

Ben

 

 

[matone]

They may not be large bags but worth going out for and having a few hrs in the countryside ! I`ve had a couple of 2 hr sessions on legume mixes where you get a dozen or so but really enjoy it all the same .....

[pigeon controller]

Well done Ben, keeping them on the move.

[7daysinaweek]

Good on you Bunny Blaster

From my own efforts that 24 is a great day, especially with a 410 and all!

The views are certainly nice.

[Fellside]

Well done with the little 410…!

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Keep up the good work!  

[dead eye alan]

Well done Ben keep's them moving while PC is away.

[marsh man]

A very nice bag with your new(ish) 4.10 Ben , we are entering the time of year where it is neither one thing or the other , most of the tree buds would now be in leaf and the crops are at best half grown , the Winter Barley is now well up and getting ears on but still around four weeks away from expecting blown patches after any strong winds and heavy rain , are Peas seem slow this year with hardly no movement in growth after a long dry spell , having said that I am pottering about in the garage today due to it raining hard , in the ideal world I would like to leave the Pigeons what are going on the Peas alone until it is worth having a decent afternoon , but if I done that the farm would put a gas gun on as I told them I would go at least once a week if the guns are left off , at the moment you leave them alone for a week and when you go you just about reach breaking into double figures , still it's a lovely time of the year and there are a lot worse things to do than sitting in the countryside watching the wildlife world go by . 

[Wilts#Dave]

Always quiet in May for me. The peas have picked up early June onwards for me the last few years, so you’ve done well to get what you have of late I’d say 👍🏼