kitchrat Posted November 5, 2023 Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 Friday I saw a couple of 100 on rape, on a farm that was mullered last year. They were a bit up and down but worth a try on Sunday (beating/shooting on Saturday) I made 2 mistakes! 1 -huge)Set up in drizzle, so took no sun glasses. Sun came out 100%, full in face, with the swirling wind made it V challenging 2) took less than 100 cartridges from the truck -long walk. Difficult shooting into the sun and with them swirling in the brisk wind (turbulence from the hedge I was using as cover?) meant I had only hit perhaps 45 as I ran out of ammo. Luckily my pal came to join me, with ammo and we shot a load more. Picked up 75, with those we lost in the crop, must have killed nearly 100. 6 weeks earlier than they hit this farm last year but no acorns about. Or is that they were "imprinted" or taught to use this farm by their parents? - most birds killed were young and stupid. Decoyed well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted November 5, 2023 Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 well done but we haven't a clue where you are/shot them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 15 hours ago, kitchrat said: Friday I saw a couple of 100 on rape, on a farm that was mullered last year. They were a bit up and down but worth a try on Sunday (beating/shooting on Saturday) I made 2 mistakes! 1 -huge)Set up in drizzle, so took no sun glasses. Sun came out 100%, full in face, with the swirling wind made it V challenging 2) took less than 100 cartridges from the truck -long walk. Difficult shooting into the sun and with them swirling in the brisk wind (turbulence from the hedge I was using as cover?) meant I had only hit perhaps 45 as I ran out of ammo. Luckily my pal came to join me, with ammo and we shot a load more. Picked up 75, with those we lost in the crop, must have killed nearly 100. 6 weeks earlier than they hit this farm last year but no acorns about. Or is that they were "imprinted" or taught to use this farm by their parents? - most birds killed were young and stupid. Decoyed well. Yes be interesting where you are - in Derbyshire we are thronged with acorns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 Well done , thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchrat Posted November 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 06/11/2023 at 07:38, jall25 said: Yes be interesting where you are - in Derbyshire we are thronged with acorns Sorry chaps, thought my profile showed it. I'm near Braintree, in Essex. NB They were mainly young stupid birds, although I had seen them on the rape I suspect some of them would have decoyed into Tesco carpark. Easier setup!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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