ironhorse Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 My self and a mate decided to go pigeon shooting today, we arrived on the estate which is in Hampshire, this estate has thousands of acres, so we had a good run round and found only one field of rape being hit by pigeons, watched the field for an hour then set up for the day, well after a couple of hours we had shot 8 pigeons between us, got in the 4x4 drove round the estate nothing was moving a very quite day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hitman Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Its like that at this time of year , you see a field covered , birds pouring in and think your in for a big day. First shot and its all over unless you want to chase them around the estate. Its only a few weeks till the drilling starts , so better days to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Jono Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Its like that at this time of year , you see a field covered , birds pouring in and think your in for a big day. First shot and its all over unless you want to chase them around the estate. Its only a few weeks till the drilling starts , so better days to come. Ive notice most of the pigeons ive shot in the past few days their crops have been full of ivy berries i set up under some ash trees they've been feeding in the hedge rows then coming to the clump of ash trees to sit the rest is history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 took the dog for a walk after work this afternoon and nothing on rape, i shot the field yesterday afternoon, and a few about then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ears Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 I had a good days shooting today. went to berksire ,oxon border. rape field on my own shot 42 then it just dried up and i was home for dinner. not the best day but not that bad either and i totally enjoyed it. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Jono Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 I had a good days shooting today. went to berksire ,oxon border. rape field on my own shot 42 then it just dried up and i was home for dinner. not the best day but not that bad either and i totally enjoyed it. :unsure: what time did you set up and finish mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogh shooter Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 maybe tis is not true but i thought you are not supposed to shoot on Sundays. :unsure: don't mean to nag but nice result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironhorse Posted January 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Na you can shoot on a Sunday, I have for years pigeon don’t appear to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutley Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Took the pup ( Golden Retriever "Missy") will be 8mths end of Jan, taken her rough shootin since she was 6mths and she's fantastic flushes, finds fetches dead or flappers......So i thought i'd take her pigeon shootin for half a day to see how she fared, sitting still for hours !?! She was faultless never moved in he hide, didnt get restless which was my main concern..... Only shot 9 the morning was well slow but bless the little las she went and fetched 7 of them and one had legged it through the hedge and was swimin in the ditch (but not for long Missy found it and with a lot of encouragement brought it back to me).....So for 9 birds and a morning with the young Missy i'm more than happy :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bart37 Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Took the pup ( Golden Retriever "Missy") will be 8mths end of Jan, taken her rough shootin since she was 6mths and she's fantastic flushes, finds fetches dead or flappers......So i thought i'd take her pigeon shootin for half a day to see how she fared, sitting still for hours !?! She was faultless never moved in he hide, didnt get restless which was my main concern..... Only shot 9 the morning was well slow but bless the little las she went and fetched 7 of them and one had legged it through the hedge and was swimin in the ditch (but not for long Missy found it and with a lot of encouragement brought it back to me).....So for 9 birds and a morning with the young Missy i'm more than happy :unsure:sounds like u got a good one there mutley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bart37 Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 maybe tis is not true but i thought you are not supposed to shoot on Sundays. don't mean to nag but nice resultYou cant shoot game ,but u can all else. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutley Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Took the pup ( Golden Retriever "Missy") will be 8mths end of Jan, taken her rough shootin since she was 6mths and she's fantastic flushes, finds fetches dead or flappers......So i thought i'd take her pigeon shootin for half a day to see how she fared, sitting still for hours !?! She was faultless never moved in he hide, didnt get restless which was my main concern..... Only shot 9 the morning was well slow but bless the little las she went and fetched 7 of them and one had legged it through the hedge and was swimin in the ditch (but not for long Missy found it and with a lot of encouragement brought it back to me).....So for 9 birds and a morning with the young Missy i'm more than happy :unsure:sounds like u got a good one there mutley She's a little Diamond mate but sadly i have now idea how to get her full potential and even more sadly the hours i work i dont get the time to develop her..... But what she does which i'm guessin is the basics, works!...and as much as anything it's fun to be out with her and she loves coming so in that respect i'm glad of what i've got Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taz24 Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Na you can shoot on a Sunday, I have for years pigeon don’t appear to mind I would think the pigeons would mind :unsure: taz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironhorse Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 When I got my lab started teaching him with a pigeon wing tied to a toy, through it up the garden then he progressed to a dead pigeon. Took him shooting one day when he was about 10 months someone shot a rook, he dashed out to pick it up, the rook latched onto his nose, took me ages to get him over that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutley Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 When I got my lab started teaching him with a pigeon wing tied to a toy, through it up the garden then he progressed to a dead pigeon. Took him shooting one day when he was about 10 months someone shot a rook, he dashed out to pick it up, the rook latched onto his nose, took me ages to get him over that Missy is u ****** for dashing in, working on it though pretty much for the reason you gave Rooks, Crows, Magpies all can be evil little **** if your not careful.... Hope your boy's coming on despite the set back, all the best mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironhorse Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 When I got my lab started teaching him with a pigeon wing tied to a toy, through it up the garden then he progressed to a dead pigeon. Took him shooting one day when he was about 10 months someone shot a rook, he dashed out to pick it up, the rook latched onto his nose, took me ages to get him over that Missy is u ****** for dashing in, working on it though pretty much for the reason you gave Rooks, Crows, Magpies all can be evil little **** if your not careful.... Hope your boy's coming on despite the set back, all the best mate Yeah hes 7 this year quite an old boy now, still ready the minute he see the gun case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bart37 Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Took the pup ( Golden Retriever "Missy") will be 8mths end of Jan, taken her rough shootin since she was 6mths and she's fantastic flushes, finds fetches dead or flappers......So i thought i'd take her pigeon shootin for half a day to see how she fared, sitting still for hours !?! She was faultless never moved in he hide, didnt get restless which was my main concern..... Only shot 9 the morning was well slow but bless the little las she went and fetched 7 of them and one had legged it through the hedge and was swimin in the ditch (but not for long Missy found it and with a lot of encouragement brought it back to me).....So for 9 birds and a morning with the young Missy i'm more than happy sounds like u got a good one there mutley She's a little Diamond mate but sadly i have now idea how to get her full potential and even more sadly the hours i work i dont get the time to develop her..... But what she does which i'm guessin is the basics, works!...and as much as anything it's fun to be out with her and she loves coming so in that respect i'm glad of what i've got Shes doin more than basics,not all dogs will retrieve woodies,(due to the amount of feathers apparently)..she goes in water (another for some supposedly trained gun dogs).give her what time you can you could end up with a pure diamond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 i was shooting in hampshire yesterday myself crows they were like raceing pigeons in that wind my god it was fast 8 in all packt up at 1pm it was freezeing there was a lot of pigeons on the rape on the estate next door ? another door to knock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead-eye Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 evryone have quiet days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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