First Use Of The Winter Hides,- Today.

[mark williams 7,561]

Rained off today lads, ( roofer ) - so made the most of it.

Hopefully the posts about Winter hide making and watching the habits of the quarry have been seen, so today I tried to put it all into practice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The tree I`m shooting over is full of spindle branches and I leaned towards the .177 cal HW 100 KT for the first outing.

 

 

This is the view I have, I was wearing a full gillie suit " English Woodland" and shooting over Primos sticks, if you can picture it I am deep within a bramble and privot hedgerow in the darkness of it all too.

The hide and suit worked so well that nothing ever new I and my GSP was there.

 

 

 

Above is the hedgerow we are inside.

 

 

 

 

[mark williams 7,561]

Here`s the practice I put in and zero I expect of my shooting.

 

 

 

So here`s today`s results between showers.

 

 

 

 

All headshot except for the wood pigeon that was taken between the shoulder blades ( if you will)

 

 

Here`s a treat for Kaiser`s mates,

 

 

 

We had a great day lads

 

atb

 

 

 

 

 

 

[RSVNelly 518]

Cracking pictures Mark and some good shooting nice one ??

[David.evans 5,323]

See Mark

I fecin knew that would be the result , write call , and write rifle

Well done mate , I'm sure there will be many more to come ,

Atb

Dave

[bigmac 97kt 13,807]

Here`s the practice I put in and zero I expect of my shooting.

 

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So here`s today`s results between showers.

 

 

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All headshot except for the wood pigeon that was taken between the shoulder blades ( if you will)

 

 

Here`s a treat for Kaiser`s mates,

 

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We had a great day lads

 

atb

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love that fecking dog me

 

and his owner is not to bad ether

 

atvbjimmy :thumbs:

[mark williams 7,561]

Thank`s Mac, JJ - he`s brought you and JJ something

 

 

 

Pair o` fecking " Woofters" x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

atb

 

 

 

 

 

[si brown 8,486]

good day and a bonus maggie!

nice one mark

its been raining up here today and it didn't stop our roofers

but I've been known to leg it at the first drop if I'm wanting to go shooting!! lol

 

atb si

[mark williams 7,561]

Rain has never stopped me either mate, ------ unless my heart is else where

[Rez 4,961]

This is mint. As per usual. Wouldn't expect anything else.

 

Those corvids come to decoys/bait or by chance? Oh. Research I mean

 

Nice one Marko.

[mark williams 7,561]

Rez - you ready for this ?

 

Sat deep in that hide and a pigeon lands high up in the tree, I take the pigeon and it falls lifeless to the floor. Next thing I know the tree is mobbed with corvids going ape over that " just shot pigeon" .

Before they new what hit them I`d shot four crows ( one not found), a Bandit and the pigeon within( I reckon) 40 seconds, - it sure was an adrenalin rush and so, so glad it was the HW in my hands so I couldn`t load twice.

 

 

atb

[philpot 5,031]

Nice one Mark.

 

Went out myself today, first time in weeks and quite interesting because the nettles had died right back revealing a rabbit warren I had not been aware of before because this is my first winter on the perm. Also found a couple of places for permanent hides so on the lookout for a few pallets now but if all else fails, I will be setting up some netting and leave it all year. Unfortunately no hedgerow or thick bushey cover. Photo's next time I go.

 

Phil