mikee Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 some 25-30mph winds forecast in this area for monday and tuesday, will be trying to blag a flexi day off for tuesday, just need to find some birds and see if i can do any good, will anybody else be out on these days mikee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 (edited) I hope you have a good day Mikee. I'm gonna have a look at some drilling today with a view to shooting it tomorrow (Sunday) when the wind forecast is up to 17mph. Edited March 21, 2009 by Whitebridges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 Nigel , do not write off the rape. I spent 3 hours touring around my pigeon shooting this morning looking at a lot of drillings. Only found a scattering of pigeons on the drillings , most the rape was emply , one clover field was covered with birds , but was too close to the village to shoot on such a still day , but 2 rape fields were being hit. Set up at miday on one and got 33 , but when I crossed the main Fakenham road on the way home there were at least 1,000 on a fairly high rape field and still more pouring in. If only I had known it was only a few hundred yards away from where I was decoying , but I could not see the flightline as it was shielded by the wood I was shooting from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonboy1 Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 Nigel , do not write off the rape. Same here today,was out by 6:30am,not a breath of wind and a very heavy mist. Drove round all my permissions and nothing at all on drillings. Eventually ended up on the first field i looked at (rape), the wind had got up a bit and the sun had burnt off the mist. There was a steady stream of birds heading to a part of the field close to some houses so decided to set up on this flightline, was middayby this time. I put out 20 or so decoys,2 landers,2 floaters and rotary. I managed to pull some birds off the flightline and ended up with 31 shot and 28 picked up, not a massive bag but after what looked like a 'right off' day and after a lot of effort,i was well pleased with the end result, a very enjoyable afternoon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Nigel , do not write off the rape............... Cheers Rob, interesting news thanks. Well done on getting a few. I found a few Kelling way on clover yesterday. There were a few on the drilling and i'm going to have a go today if the ruddy wind picks up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Had a go and shot 32 in three hours. The wind really picked up and the dust ruined things, but not a bad little session. Nipped over to Stiffkey later and came back via Bale, loads of birds there. Crossed the Fakenham road to Gunthorpe and saw several working and a few more along the Swanton Novers stretch. Looks to be a few more in the area now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 (edited) Good to see you got a few Nigel. You must have driven past me close to the Thornage turn off. With a Nice breeze blowing i set up under a flightline over rape next to the Fakenham road. The birds realy wanted a rape field to the west , but the magnet worked its usual magic and things started well with 15 in the first 20 mins . But it quietened down , but was steady for the next 3 hours. Picked up 38 in the end , but had to leave 6-8 in the high crop unpicked. My old retriever worked hard yesterday so I had to take it easy with her today and had to leave the distant droppers. Still not a bad day. I had 25 32gr steel number 3s left over from the wildfowling season that were just starting to go a bit rusty on the brass heads so thought I would use them up on the pigeons today. I was amazed how well killed pigeons out to 45 yards. Good clean kills. Edited March 22, 2009 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) I was east of Holt Rob, I think I could have done a fair bit better if i'd have got on the drilling earlier and the dust hadn't put the birds off. There were one ot two others out having a pop which kept 'em moving. I've got an idea where you'd be. Long old stuff along there, yet just down the hill in Holt it's a lot lot shorter. Well done on getting a few more and i'm pleased to see steel doing the business. Edited March 23, 2009 by Whitebridges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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