stevethefish Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Hi, went out today on the maize with buddy ProTOM1 we struggled to get them to drop into the pattern, they just seemed to want to fly past. The maize has just a small strip flattened so we set up on that. We shot steady all day, one's and two's but they were quite high and we took some silly long shots being eager to get our best bag this winter, and blew plenty of shells. The end result was a modest bag of 53, so we had an hour roosting to top it up, again slow considering the whole of the local woods were getting battered by roosters. We managed a few more to consolidate a bag of 73, better than it has been but still not good yet, time and patience I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecooper1 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 still not a bad days shooting eh lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootnfish Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 going for a day on rape tomorrow be over the moon if i get that many, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethefish Posted February 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 (edited) Should have done better, got giddy taking long birds instead of waiting for a sure kill. Good luck 2moz get em whooped. A picture of them on sporting pictures thread Edited February 7, 2009 by stevethefish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Great day mate. :o You did alot better than us, we were shooting a small rape field but the birds just did not want to come in and we ended up shooting in a wood. We ended the day with 15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6shot Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 nice one :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethefish Posted February 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Be nice to get a GOOD day, they seem to be a thing of the past!!! we should see things improve shortly, looking forward to the peas though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 went and had a look round where we had been this moring with the keepers dog as we lost a few picked 7 more and there were birds pouring in to where we had been the day before ! hope to get some more of the maize chopped up this week so next sat should be better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethefish Posted February 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Been out for a couple of hours this afternoon, shot 31 woodies, 2 crows and a grey squirrel, lost 12 birds, they dropped on iced over ponds and couldn't reach them. Had to sit under a tree between 3 ponds to get some though, they would not drop into the maize, they were more interested in the beet tops over the road. better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick anyday Would have been out early but had to sit up and wait for wifey to get in from on the **** last night on her mates birthday, 1.45am before she got in, I was well cidered up by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Another good day then. You are certainly getting some good bags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethefish Posted February 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 I just went to have a look around really, thought I was a bit late but the best thing was they were coming in, in one's and two's, pity about the ice on the ponds but mr foxy will have a feast when it thaws. There were lots of tracks from fox, badger, deer, hares, rabbits and the game birds, I must get out one night and have a look around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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