Catamong Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 At this time of year you've got to really plan your outings over the rape fields. There are a hell of a lot of birds about in my area at the moment but there's also a lot of rape to cover, I was keen to get out today, so I was pleased to hear that Harfordwmj & Garyb would also be out covering the adjacent farm. I put 2 banger ropes out on the remainder of my field and was in position by 7.30, at 7.45 they started streaming over, heading straight towards Gary & Will..!! As it got properly light they started to come into my pattern, which consisted of a magnet with 2 dead birds, a bobber & 20 full bodied Flexicoys / Double H decoys. I could hear a fair bit of banging from the other farm, obviously the guys were getting stuck in..!! It was pretty steady for most of the morning, and I had some cracking shots at birds that were passing and had no intention of coming into the pattern with my Improved Cylinder choke and 30 gram Clear Pigeon shells, a deadly combination. :o It fizzled out for me at about 1.30, I got packed up but I could still hear the odd bang from over the back, I had 56 on the clicker but picked up 54, so not too bad a day. Fortunately for me it wasn't too much of a trek back to the car, (that's the only thing I don't like about Pigeon shooting, having to carry sackfuls of birds across muddy fields ) I drove over to where Gary & Will were, to find them packing up as well, they had some good sport between them, I think they picked up 28, not bad over Winter rape, here's a piccy of them with their bag. All in all, a good day. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Nice one Cat. It was good to bump into you as we were packing up. I think the total ended up being 31, as we found a pigeon lodged in the tree. Credit to garyb for some cracking shots (and some awful misses) It's impressive what you can do with a 'pop gun' 20 bore! ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyb Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Cheers Cat good to see you! We won't mention your awful misses either eh Will - I was glad to finish with a nice left & right I swear by the 20bore.. the 50 yard pigeon (all 3 of them) didnt have any complaints either eh :o Cheers chaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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