MerseaDavid Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 (edited) While I was out ploughing yesterday I was watching big numbers of pigeons flighting along one of our cover crops and this morning I thought I would have a quick go at them. I got to the place I was going to shoot and one pigeon took out of the tree and a couple had already flown over so it looked like I might get something. I sat in the hide for about 2 hours and shot nothing All the pigeons had gone, so I went back ploughing and I shall have another look later. But it did give me a chance to give my old side by side 16bore an airing The hide The cover crop the field they were sitting on yesterday Edited September 10, 2009 by MerseaDavid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George1990 Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Me want gun V. nice! I'll be on the look out for pigeons later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 cheers mate Hope you find some lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 There has been big numbers of pigeon shot in my area this year several reports of 500 plus and 350 plus in one session. However as quickly as they come they seem to as quickly dissapear. I saw a stubble field near Bisley in Glos on Monday evening when picking Blackberries which had probably 2000 3000 birds on it speaking to the farmer he said the sky above the hedgrerows from the wood to the field some 3 miles of it was like Heathrow on a weekday 2 chaps I know shot the field Tuesday and wednesday and shot 15 and 12 respectively. They said they saw about 100 max.! I went to the wood yesterday evening and absolutely zilch apart for a grey squirrel and a careless Jay.! Yes there are millions of woodpigeons around but there is also millions of acres of feed for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 We I have just got back from the cover crop again and this time there were slightly more about. I shot the field for an hour and I finnished with 15 ( I picked up 13 and lost 2 in the hedge behind me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pedro Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 I've just come back with similair results, 12 over 4hrs. I shot the same place last thursday and got 15 in an hour. Today was my 1st day off after nights and the conditions looked brilliant, so I went off with extra carts etc - what a chuffing waste of time - should have stayed in bed Still, finished with a couple of really fast high birds that made up for it somewhat. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smig4373 Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Nice piece of hardware you have there david....great shooting to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Thanks guys Pedro I would have said that you did not waste your time mate, you shot 12 which is not bad, some people are lucky if they see that amount in a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Fair comment Love the gun btw P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 That is a nice looking gun, its years since I have either had a 16 bore, or a hammergun, aaaaaaaaah the memories. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Lol My second gun I ever had was a single barreled 20 bore hammer gun and that was a great gun. the 16 bore used to be my uncles but he wanted to get rid of it so I had to have it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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