JDog Posted November 4, 2023 Report Share Posted November 4, 2023 Storms Babet and Ciaran weaved their way round the country recently but avoided the Cotswolds. This area did get rain but nothing compared to elsewhere. I saw an opportunity to shoot pigeons on a flightline on Thursday. I invited the friend who performed so badly on decoyed pigeons not long ago. The wind was 20mph which was good but it was not the prevailing wind but one which veered between north and north east. This would cause me some anxiety as I have only ever watched this line with a south westerly wind. We stood 80m apart. I shot the first three, all at 40m distance. This caused my companion some anxiety. Pigeons came sliding across the wind and over the belt of trees in front of us. They were magnificent and some were too quick for us. My companion shot a beauty to get off the mark and then shot some screamers. The line lasted for over an hour during which time we had approaching seventy shots. This was sport of the highest calibre. At the end of the session I went home for the dogs and returned to look for missing birds. Between the dogs and I we picked nineteen pigeons. I believe there were a couple not picked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrepin Posted November 4, 2023 Report Share Posted November 4, 2023 Good for you taking the opportunity to get out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted November 4, 2023 Report Share Posted November 4, 2023 (edited) Best sport you can have Edited November 4, 2023 by aga man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted November 4, 2023 Report Share Posted November 4, 2023 my kind of day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted November 4, 2023 Report Share Posted November 4, 2023 Well done , keeping your eye in for the game season. Flighting birds are fantastic and very difficult to decoy, so you don’t. Not been out myself just looking and not finding much. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted November 4, 2023 Report Share Posted November 4, 2023 The absolute cream of pigeon shooting. Well done and thanks for posting. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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