Close-Up To Nature

[porkycrook 466]

So woke up this morning and needed a hunting fix so checked the diary, nothing doing and the correct security guard was working. One of my permissions has 24hr guard and are in a position that they can overlook part of my shooting area, and surprise surprise not all are for shooting. So I have to not only worry over the weather but I also have to worry over which sensitive security guard is working, at time it seems like it might be easier to align the planets.

 

So all the planets are aligned for a trip. Sandwich made, flasks filled, thermals on, camo's on so were off on the 12 miles drive to the permission. Arrive and do all the welcome thing and have a chat with headman who said the neighbour has moaned about the RATS. Had a quick scan and saw a tail disappearing back under the hedge. Got the peanut butter/chocolate spread/oil mix out from the car and per-baited the normal areas then back to the guards room for a chat and the first coffee of the day, and also give the area a little bit of rest.

 

Well finally settled in to the "kill zone". Well sat for a few minutes and I hear the cackle of a magpie laughing at me, they don't have an option but to be out in the rain but I have so they are laughing at me for sitting out in the rain. It's not heavy but it's the real fine stuff. I have learnt to leave my kills in situ because if I keep getting up to pick-up my kills, they will take a long time to settle. The area is a bird watchers paradise because the guards have put up bird table along with a few hanging bird-feeders, so the birds along with rats and squirrels have dinner served up to them.

 

Any getting away from the reason for this posting. I am sat, the rain has stopped and the day has brightened up although not enough too start to steam. Well with the raindrops dripping off of the peak of my hat with a hypnotic regularity, I was sat in the zone, perfectly still with only my eyes moving scanning my shooting area with my gun resting across my left arm at the elbow. There are blue-tits, robins, sparrows of various kinds (I have ordered my book on birds) so I will update you when I have found out the names. Getting back to it, i'm sat still so still that a robin must of felt at ease because it came and landed on my silencer of my AA410 carbine not 2ft away, I studied every feather on the beautiful little thing. I must change my signing on name to Dr Doolittle.

 

Well the total of 1 magpie

1 pigeon

3 rats

1 very happy shooter

[Craig Fosse 286]

Nice read mate, pigeon is one of my favourite meats I just can't shoot enough

[Will 1994 5]

Nice write up mate , brilliant

 

will

[ftm 3,357]

nice write up mate -billy

[hunter100t 56]

Other than the drissel, it sounds like you had a good day out roger, good shooting mate.

 

atb phil

[porkycrook 466]

Thank you guys for your comments, I count myself very lucky.

[milegajo 595]

Excellent account there! Trust you're well my friend.

[mark williams 7,550]

nice read mate and good shooting.Well done

[j j m 6,533]

very good bud

[The one 8,463]

Nice going mate