mossy835 Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 (edited) well iv another day off work, so rain or no im out in the woods today two have a go at some pigeons,just two get out and about.i shall get there at 1.30. Edited March 14, 2008 by mossy835 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triscrx Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Im off work today I may head out and see whats out & about. this rain isnt doing us any favours though. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted March 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 well went out and it did not rain, stood in the wood and all ways in the wrong place,so moved where they were coming in and they went some where eles.but got 4 flyers any way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Out for the third time this week. A good stiff wind in the morning helped keep the birds on the move all though there were not great numbers about most came into the decot\magnet patten over rape. The wind died during the afternoon. A lot more birds about in the afternoon including one huge flock of 5-6 000 , but hardly any showed any interest in the decoys . Ended up with 42 pigeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-Bore Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Out for the third time this week. A good stiff wind in the morning helped keep the birds on the move all though there were not great numbers about most came into the decot\magnet patten over rape. The wind died during the afternoon. A lot more birds about in the afternoon including one huge flock of 5-6 000 , but hardly any showed any interest in the decoys . Ended up with 42 pigeons. Your bags are awesome mate! Either you are a genius on pigeon shooting or there are so many about down there, please send some up north. Well done. Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundowner Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Been out this morning for a couple of hours, 1 pigeon!! but missed 2 and nothing else coming in !!!! Wrong place, wrong time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Si , down here in N Norfolk we have been invaded by big numbers of pigeons over the past 2 weeks. The phone has been red hot all week with farmers wanting their rape protected. One of the farmers i shoot for told me that his brother shot 600 and 900 over 2 days a while ago on a farm near the coast. They have done some real dammage to a lot of fields at a time when the rape needs to be growing if they are going to get any good yealds. One field of 40 acres has been ploughed in and reseeded with spring barley as there was hardly any rape left on it. Several fields that were 1-2 feet high have been striped down to the ground level. One farmer dropped around a case of shells which will be useful as there is little market for the birds now. I was getting 25 p a few weeks ago , only 10P now. All the birds seem to want is the rape , i have not killed a single pigeon over drillings this year. As for doing it right , there are much more experianced decoyers on here than me. I just use 25 decoys ( shells and H&H rubber coys ( some fitted with silosocks , but I still cant make my mind up if they make any difference yet ) a couple of lofters , one magnet and a bouncer. Use army camo net and drape a small grey green net over it to make it less dark. I have my good days and bad , but this time of year I only work a couple of days a week I can get out 4-5 days a week if the weather is right , so plenty of chance to bag a few birds over the 8,000 acres I shoot over. Got the choice of 4 strong feeds in the morning so provided rain does not stop play hope to have some fun in the morning . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted March 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 went out again today same wood as yesterday, it rained all afternoon but they did come in and got 6 missed some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 (edited) Made a major cock up today . I intended to have a go at the big flock of pigeons I saw yesterday , but the weather man said it was going to rain all day. Just to make sure i was up at 6.00 and sure enough it was raining. So turned over and went back to sleep only to wake 3 hours later and it was dry. I guess I could have got my ars* into gear and had a few hours at them , but I had aranged to have a roost shoot tonight so I stayed at home. As I drove out to the woods this afternoon the fields were blue with thousands of pigeons. It was a bit too calm for roost shooting and only got 3 for half a dozen shots and one of them the dog could not find. I cant shoot tommorow so hoping the birds will hang about a bit longer. Edited March 15, 2008 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Today was hard work to start with as the weather wasn't on our side but a bonus came in the form of a pure white Albino Woodpigeon. This is just the second one we've had in 8 years and over 50,000 birds shot. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 It wasn`t the best for Woodpigeons today was it Mark, however if it had been geese today would have been a belter Any chance of a pic of the albino ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Hi Henry, Just typical, we've been invaded by geese ever since the end of the season, there everywhere!! You'll see a pic at the bottom of the pigeon photo page on our website, the photo doesn't actually do it much justice as the light was fading. Cheers, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Just like they know it`s the end of the season........ I had 2 shots at pigeon/squirrels within 3-400 yds of 500+ pinks today, thay just stretched their necks and looked at me........ they still looked stunning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Hi Henry, We shot another albino Woodpigeon today as well, that's the second this year! Here's a couple of pics, I saw it on a power line yesterday with about 400 other woodies feeding on an Oat stubble, I told my German clients about it, when I went to see them at lunchtime they'd shot it! Cheers, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 had a drive around a couple farms i shoot on and it`s looking good so will be out tomorrow morning about 6:30 to set up ,hope it`s a good day ,,, i will let you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Cheers, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Von Tirpitz Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Been out round our field next to house for Pigeon patrol, now on here, but back out with the HMRE in a bit for any bunnies sitting around. Handy living in a field so to speak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Out this afternoon on a bean stubble. The pigeons trickled in a steady flow until about 5.30 and ended with 56 picked up and 6 lost. There was almost no scent and the dogs had a job to find any birds that fell in long grass , plus 3 birds hung up in a high thick hedge that were unreachable. Unfortunately a lot of very young birds were shot early on , but later on most of the birds were well grown youngsters or adults. The layout of the field, wind direction and the presence of several houses 3-400 yards behind and to the side of the field meant I had to set up looking into the setting sun so it was impossible to tell the difference between very young birds and adults Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 I had a wander around to see where the duck might be.... nothing about other than walkers in the wrong places!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topgunners Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 I had a wander around to see where the duck might be.... nothing about other than walkers in the wrong places!!! Did you get any? Dave K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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