Topgunners Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Saturday I met up with Al and we went for our usual drive-about , covering as many farms and fields that we could manage in the morning. We could not find the birds in any numbers, not even on the rape or bean fields that had had over 300 on midweek. We drove round our patches a second time and decided to set up on the beans. By now it was 2.00pm, and we had been looking for over 6 hours. We had to set up in a very awkward spot, as to our left was a motorway and almost striaght in front ,the farmhouse. We had the wind blowing in our face (all 3mph) and the sun directly up in front of us. Sunglasses were retrieved from the jeeps and we set out 2 magnets and 20 deeks. The pigeons were not really decoying but flying out to our right or over-head rather high. We had some very sporting shots and ended up with 84 shot. Sunday We had arranged to meet up at 04.30am to go deer stalking with 2 of us in a high seat apiece. Unfortunately I couldn't find the keys to my rifle cabinet so when we met up I said I would sit and watch and hopefully take some action video and photo's. When we arrived at the farm it was just getting light and as we arrived at the high seat I looked out across the field and a Muntjac was just trotting across the middle of the field towards the woods. Al hurriedly tried to get the rifle set up and get up into position but the Munty had reached the safety of the woods. We waited and watched for a couple of hours . Nowt. So we went to the barns and got a few sack fulls of wheat grain and spread them all around the 2 duck ponds we will be shooting in the next month or so. We had decided to shoot one of the other bean fields we had watched on Saturday, as the flight line seemed more beneficial to us. We set up our stall but we struggled to get them to commit to the deeks and we ended up with only 42 shot. The weather was cloudy and a stronger wind of about 8-9mph was blowing (ideal conditions we thought) ,and most of the bag was due to some superb shooting by Alan at some very high and fast birds. Still, the farmer was well happy; as he had been sat watching us on the tractor on both days. Must of thought fauldsy or diggy was in the hide somewhere. Dave K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Nice write up Dave. "only 42" made me chuckle, I'm still waiting for a 42 bird day...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Abit of a slow day for you then lol But still great shooting mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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