TIGHTCHOKE Posted May 28, 2023 Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 One particular Farmer is suffering nightmares because his mustard is under attack. Consequently I arranged for 3 of us to get out and see if we could stop a few. Upon arrival we set about the reconnaissance and started to formulate a plan. I got dropped off at my chosen spot and it was my intention to keep the birds moving for the other two to shoot. I set up against an old barn just inside the boundary. The birds were keen on spending time in the trees on the other side of the road. Well I got the majority of the shooting, spent a lovely afternoon shooting quite a few wood pigeons and plenty of corvids. At one stage I saw a jackdaw hassling a swift, the jackdaw was shot and the swift continued to gather insects. The wood pigeons have been distributed amongst the needy of the parish! All in all a very pleasant way to spend the afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted May 28, 2023 Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 Excellent afternoons sport T C and I would have to go back to last Summer when I had similar bags , Mustard is a very good crop to attract Pigeons and some years we grow some to enhance the land but sadly we haven't got any this year , your laying out the bag is far better than a lot of the Norfolk boys but not a patch on the master ( P C ) from the mid lands , still it do show you made the effort so well done on all accounts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted May 28, 2023 Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 good going thats more then a lot of us have got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted May 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 I didn't lay those few out, that was the chap I took them to trying to get them cool quickly. The Farmer is very grateful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted May 28, 2023 Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 14 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: I didn't lay those few out, that was the chap I took them to trying to get them cool quickly. The Farmer is very grateful. One or two Flys were hanging about yesterday so the few I got I put them in the freezer as soon as I got home , this sort out any eggs if the Flys left any on the Pigeons , I aint shooting enough to waste any and not only that I am also far to mean as well . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted May 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 Unfortunately the chaps freezer was full as I suggested that very thing upon arrival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted May 28, 2023 Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 Well done TC and thanks for posting as similar bags and reports are currently very rare. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted May 28, 2023 Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 Great result from a farmers request, I understand the reason for the lay out well done. Still no numbers in the Midlands, DB delivered ten to me tonight from just walking round a farm and shooting birds breaking from trees spooked by his dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted May 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2023 7 hours ago, pigeon controller said: Great result from a farmers request, I understand the reason for the lay out well done. Still no numbers in the Midlands, DB delivered ten to me tonight from just walking round a farm and shooting birds breaking from trees spooked by his dogs. Yes that is always better than no shooting, I've walked a good few miles on slow days. Yesterday, at the request of Stockybasher, I moved almost half way up the Eastern boundary (the river) to try to get things moving, but without the van that was at the other end of the farm I was only a man with a gun and and a pocketful of cartridges. I stood at an old pillbox and shot 7 that all fell in the tall barley crop and became food for the fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted May 29, 2023 Report Share Posted May 29, 2023 Tidy few there, but no matter what the number, it’s always good just to be out. No mustard grown around here that I know of. Just awaiting the call presently from a mate regarding his winter barley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted May 29, 2023 Report Share Posted May 29, 2023 10 hours ago, pigeon controller said: Great result from a farmers request, I understand the reason for the lay out well done. Still no numbers in the Midlands, DB delivered ten to me tonight from just walking round a farm and shooting birds breaking from trees spooked by his dogs. Something I have always enjoyed on a Summers evening was going down the marsh and watching where the Pigeons are dropping into small laid patches of Wheat , I then walk down the tram lines with my dog and get a shot when they jump up , the smaller the patchers the better as you can walk nearly walk up to the edge before they jump , also it keep my dog in trim as he mark the first one and if you happen to get a pair the second one is a blind retrieve , very rarely you ended up with a blank and it wasn't unusual to get half a dozen in an evening , now down the marshes near me are all taken up with grazing livestock from a charity , I dare say there is far more money in grazing livestock from the farmers point of view than growing crops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted May 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2023 Potentially going back to the same place tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted May 30, 2023 Report Share Posted May 30, 2023 On 29/05/2023 at 05:48, TIGHTCHOKE said: Yes that is always better than no shooting, I've walked a good few miles on slow days. Yesterday, at the request of Stockybasher, I moved almost half way up the Eastern boundary (the river) to try to get things moving, but without the van that was at the other end of the farm I was only a man with a gun and and a pocketful of cartridges. I stood at an old pillbox and shot 7 that all fell in the tall barley crop and became food for the fox. Did that pill box have a big old tree root on top? 2 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Potentially going back to the same place tomorrow! I’ll listen out for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted May 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2023 No, no old tree stumps on it. Just sitting there from the days when it was there to defend the River Nene (old course) at Benwick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted May 31, 2023 Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 16 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: No, no old tree stumps on it. Just sitting there from the days when it was there to defend the River Nene (old course) at Benwick. I know it all very well, as I work on that river and district. Good luck today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted May 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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