B686 Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 This lot are just across from where I’m working at the moment putting in some horse paddock fencing. There’s a lot more than what’s in the pics as couldn’t get them all in picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 Get Kitchrat on the blower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 could be a tidy day for you there if you knock the farmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down South Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 Looks like your lens needs cleaning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spr1985 Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 Blimy! a few there! I hope you gave the farmer a knock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B686 Posted January 9 Author Report Share Posted January 9 Have enquired but they already have people shoot on the land , but it’s wheat and other stuff that’s been planted and left for wild birds some SSI scheme so apparently can’t shoot on it anyway and it’s keeping them off his rape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 2 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Get Kitchrat on the blower. He's the one that fired a shot to move them and they never went back 🤦♂️😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 Remember seeing numbers like that on a field of spring barley that could not be combined due to the field being water logged, killed a lot of pigeons on it through the autumn and well into the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 That is a serious amount of Pigeons and haven't seen numbers like that for a good number of years , where is the op who was saying they are no longer about and his best two bags last year were in single figures , fire a couple of shots through that lot and it would take the rest of the day picking them all up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 16 hours ago, marsh man said: That is a serious amount of Pigeons and haven't seen numbers like that for a good number of years , where is the op who was saying they are no longer about and his best two bags last year were in single figures , fire a couple of shots through that lot and it would take the rest of the day picking them all up 30 years ago I knew a very wealthy guy from Staffordshire (dead now) who paid one farmer to sow barley and leave the crop for pigeon shooting, he then had paying guests from abroad come and shoot the field, they killed a lot of pigeons on it, I was lucky enough to get a couple of invites and run out of cartridges on my first invite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 9 minutes ago, old'un said: 30 years ago I knew a very wealthy guy from Staffordshire (dead now) who paid one farmer to sow barley and leave the crop for pigeon shooting, he then had paying guests from abroad come and shoot the field, they killed a lot of pigeons on it, I was lucky enough to get a couple of invites and run out of cartridges on my first invite. I also know a chap who is in fact still alive who rented a small field off a farmer just to shoot Pigeons , what ever crop was put in he added to it with a spinning device on the back of his land rover , this container was filled up with the sweepings and that from his near by grain store , it wasn't so much about the numbers he shot it was more about having somewhere to go without spending a lot of limited time in finding them , if he only had a Saturday afternoon then he knew he would get enough shooting from the time he arrived to the time he packed up , now it's another one of things that are now outlawed and no longer allowed . As for shooting into a big flock of Pigeons , twice over the years I have fired into a flock and picked up just into double figures , once was on a snow covered rape field , this had the round bales all the way around the headlands so you could creep up without been seen and the other time was on flattened grass down on the marsh , I then crawled around the bottom of the dyke and put two barrels across them when I was in range , they were dropping down like flies and those ole Russian cartridges must have had a delayed action, now I would get stuck in the dyke within ten yards from where I started off , how nice to be young again . MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 never seen any thing like that,so many pigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, mossy835 said: never seen any thing like that,so many pigeons I know pigeons flock-up at this time of year but when I see numbers like that it always makes me wonder where they all came from, by that I mean for that many to find that one field they would need to have come from far and wide, how did the pigeons 5+ miles away know it was there? The only thing I can think of is the funnel effect, which I have seen a few times and usually during winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B686 Posted January 10 Author Report Share Posted January 10 (edited) 3 hours ago, mossy835 said: never seen any thing like that,so many pigeons Honestly there’s twice as many as what’s in pictures. There was two flocks. Looked like a couple of giant swarms of bees. Very frustrating day at work as I was working under one of the flight lines had loads and loads coming straight over me back and fourth all day. All about 30 40 yards up not taking a blind bit of notice of me . I shot over 300 with my spirit level 🤣. Edited January 10 by B686 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 6 minutes ago, B686 said: Honestly there’s twice as many as what’s in pictures. There was two flocks. Looked like a couple of giant swarms of bees. Very frustrating day at work as I was working under one of the flight lines had loads and loads coming straight over me back and fourth all day. All about 30 40 yards up not taking a blind bit of notice of me . I shot over 300 with my spirit level 🤣. Blimey, you are very lucky to get the ammunition for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B686 Posted January 10 Author Report Share Posted January 10 3 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Blimey, you are very lucky to get the ammunition for it. You gotta have the right contacts and it ain’t cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stockybasher Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 19 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Blimey, you are very lucky to get the ammunition for it. Steel only of course !!! 👌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 13 minutes ago, stockybasher said: Steel only of course !!! 👌 I am still using lead in mine, don't want to damage my level with that steel rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchrat Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 Funny how things change in a few weeks, not long ago you posted: Now I can hardly buy a pigeon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 37 minutes ago, kitchrat said: Funny how things change in a few weeks, not long ago you posted: Now I can hardly buy a pigeon! Perhaps you should follow the OP's lead and disguise your shotgun as one of these ? 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 I see you favour the LONG barreled version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B686 Posted January 11 Author Report Share Posted January 11 50 minutes ago, kitchrat said: Funny how things change in a few weeks, not long ago you posted: Now I can hardly buy a pigeon! Its where im working about 10 miles from where i shoot still noting worth going for on the 1 bit of osr i have to shoot on this year. Thats probably where they all are. 15 minutes ago, JKD said: Perhaps you should follow the OP's lead and disguise your shotgun as one of these ? 🤷♂️ That’s the one swing through lovely with that model fits perfectly in the shoulder. Very quiet to surprisingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 4 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: I see you favour the LONG barreled version. Yup, and stabila all the way 🫡 6 minutes ago, B686 said: Its where im working about 10 miles from where i shoot still noting worth going for on the 1 bit of osr i have to shoot on this year. Thats probably where they all are. That’s the one swing through lovely with that model fits perfectly in the shoulder. Very quiet to surprisingly. You too ?! And yes, as silent as a nun's 💨 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 1 hour ago, kitchrat said: Funny how things change in a few weeks, not long ago you posted: Now I can hardly buy a pigeon! He did...but that's not OSR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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