pigeon controller Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 (edited) Friday 17th October: 95 acres of wheat stubble, approx 200+ pigeon in the area. We set up on the stubble and after the first shot the birds disappeared into the distance. Very few returned despite changing the pattern, moving the rotary and DB going for a long walk to try and scare birds into the decoys. Its like the old adage 'You can take a horse to water, but you cant make it drink!'. We ended up with a pickup of 102 at the end of a very frustrating day. Friday 24th October: Scanned the area for pigeons and found them all to be in the oak trees adjacent to the 95 acres of stubble. We set up on a flight line leading to the stubble field in a row of oak trees. We were then confronted by a farm contractor towing a pipe from the farmers slurry tank and he decided to drive up and down the filed we were in distributing the sweet smelling liquid. This also disturbed a lot of pigeons coming into our decoys. We ended the afternoon after 4 hours shooting with a bag of 52 and went home smelling sweetly of success with all the local cats around the base of my vehicle on my drive. Edited October 31, 2008 by pigeon controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Nice going there mate keep it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Good pictures and a nice report. The rooks and crows usually like the slurry man. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Enjoyed the write up. Good shooting mate, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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