Wood Pigeons

[Nathan_R 10]

We've got a few fields of Oilseed Rape on our farm which are being absolutely hammered by wood pigeons at the moment. I found some time today to set up some decoys to try to lure the offending pigeons within range of my rifle. I used a classic horse shoe deocy pattern with the nearest decoy set up at about 20 yards from the hide. Within 5 minutes of setting up the first pigeon dropped into the pattern about 35 yards from my position. It was fairly breezy today, but I set myself up directly down wind of the deeks in order to minimise the cross wind. Half a mil-dot holdover for 35 yds, and the pigeon flopped over, flapping it's wings slightly but stone dead. I stayed in position for about an hour and as often happens when shooting over decoys there were quiet periods, and busier periods, but by the time I packed up I had 5 pigeons keeping me company. I was fairly pleased with the end result, but there are still probably 100 more eating our crop but they can wait until next weekend!

[andyfr1968 772]

Nicely done, Nathan

 

Good luck with the next!!

 

Cheers.

[davyt63 1,845]

Hi Nathan

Nice read buddy and shooting

 

regards

 

Davy

[falcongit 242]

great shooting bud...they do like that rape....

 

symon

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Hi Nathan.

 

Top shooting mate, good bag that.

Good luck next time out, hope you bag a few more.

 

 

ATB.

 

 

 

Bill.

[77 si 21]

nicely done pal

[j j m 6,536]

well done bud

[Ron Weasley 83]

Great shooting pal, keep at them!

[stealthy1 3,964]

Nice bag, you only need one more for a family sized pie

[boroboyoli 0]

Nice bag, you only need one more for a family sized pie

and only 5 more for a sized pie for me! top shooting lad, hope you get the rest of the pesky buggers next weekend

Atb. Oli