A Few More Pigeons

[chrismdd 787]

Was going to start the ferreting season proper today but we were a man and dog down so decided to take my mate and my lad for another crack at the pigeons on what's left of the stubble fields as well as checking out the lie of the land in preparation for some ferreting later on.

Drove over to the fields and spotted a fair few pigeons out and about feeding on the remnants of the stubble and starting to feed on the hawthorn berries. Set up the fishing shelter and camo nets under a hawthorn bush that separated two of the stubble fields. They had just started to harrow these fields and the harrows were left so we hoped that today they would not be working the fields.

Put out a dozen fuds and the target stick to check zero in the kill zone. Mate used his HW100 on traditional shooting sticks whilst I used the S410 with my horizontal bar assembly to slide the rifle along:



All set up by 10am and had the first few pigeons coming in soon after. Over the first couple of hours there was a steady stream of birds coming in but you needed to be quick to get a shot off as they often only landed for a few seconds. Later on the birds that were coming in became a lot more wary, they definitely weren't bothered by the hide but often came in as if to land but just lazily circled around before flying on. We changed the pattern around especially when the breeze started to pick up but still they got more flighty towards late afternoon. And matters were made worse by the fact that now periods of no birds coming in was increasing and then you would have flocks of ten or more all dropping in at the same time which only needed one bird to shy away and take the rest with it.

However, our shot to kill ratio was very high today and we managed to finish with sixteen nice woodies for the freezer:



Chris

[Rez 4,961]

As always, text and images first class mate.

[logan esq 99]

Nice write up mate, little looks well happy too. Very decent bag there too.

 

 

Atb

[kanny 21,099]

Well done bud I wish I could get my lad to sit tight for more than 2 minutes im liking the hide to .

 

Atb

 

Kanny

[Daz39 962]

happy laddy

[j j m 6,586]

looks good mate

[toby63 1,236]

good shooting pal

[David.evans 5,323]

Chris

I have to say mate your the man at camo

No wonder you never fail

Atb Dave

[chrismdd 787]

Cheers for the comments lads.

 

It's so addictive shooting like this we could stay there all day, with our flasks having a brew-up and watching the natural world go by. A bit like when I go fishing the amount of wildlife that you see acting naturally around you is far more than you will ever see going out for a hike. The number of regular walkers I talk to down by the river who have never seen an otter let alone a kingfisher and I tell them most evenings fishing I'll get to see them almost everytime, they must think I'm some sort of pinochio.

 

Chris