Nipped up the shoot first thing hoping to find the rape cut, No such joy but the laid barley I was on a week or so ago had been cut.
Got myself set up in the hedgeline opposite where I was last time as I had walked off some from over there. Had 12 shell deeks, couple of floaters, the rotor and flapper out. Wind was off my 10 oclock not ideal but the sun was at my back which is usually a good thing. Shells in a horseshoe with a floater on the end of each leg, flapper half way up far leg and rotor at the head of the pattern. Pretty standard starting pattern.
They were absolutely dive bombing in,had 4 down in the first 20 mins and missed a few more so thinking this is gonna be fairly decent. Then It dried up, birds having a look but floating past too far out. Had a think and wondered if it was the electric toys putting them off, pulled the rotor in and switched the flapper off leaving it as another floater. Had a gentle trickle come in for another 20 mins then nothing again. Rotor out again this time farther foward and closer to the hedge, a few more nice and confident then nothing again.
Had spied a few going up and down the opposite hedge so decided on a move. Wind was in a better direction from my 4 oclock and the sun had moved round heading towards my back later in the day. Set up again and went through the same as before, 20 mins of action then nothing, rotor in, rotor out. Move it left, right, farther in, farther out.
Had spotted quite a few going into the top corner of the field all day but unfortunately its right next to a main A road with a well used cycle/footpath so no setting up there. With hindsight and if I could have been bothered to lug the rotor and its heavy as hell battery over there I would have tried tying a carrier bag on each arm and let it spin as a bird scarer.
Just one of those days that is real hard work and not helped by only being able to get up there every couple of weeks, reconnaissance is key in this game. Reason why Elvis shoots so many, he saw my rotor from the road and came for a chat as he was driving round looking for and watching pigeons.
Ended up with 29 for more shots than I care to mention, shot like a prat and had would think mr fox will have found another 10 or so in the woods this morning
25 here and picked another 4 from up the hedge on the walk back to the van.
Got myself set up in the hedgeline opposite where I was last time as I had walked off some from over there. Had 12 shell deeks, couple of floaters, the rotor and flapper out. Wind was off my 10 oclock not ideal but the sun was at my back which is usually a good thing. Shells in a horseshoe with a floater on the end of each leg, flapper half way up far leg and rotor at the head of the pattern. Pretty standard starting pattern.
They were absolutely dive bombing in,had 4 down in the first 20 mins and missed a few more so thinking this is gonna be fairly decent. Then It dried up, birds having a look but floating past too far out. Had a think and wondered if it was the electric toys putting them off, pulled the rotor in and switched the flapper off leaving it as another floater. Had a gentle trickle come in for another 20 mins then nothing again. Rotor out again this time farther foward and closer to the hedge, a few more nice and confident then nothing again.
Had spied a few going up and down the opposite hedge so decided on a move. Wind was in a better direction from my 4 oclock and the sun had moved round heading towards my back later in the day. Set up again and went through the same as before, 20 mins of action then nothing, rotor in, rotor out. Move it left, right, farther in, farther out.
Had spotted quite a few going into the top corner of the field all day but unfortunately its right next to a main A road with a well used cycle/footpath so no setting up there. With hindsight and if I could have been bothered to lug the rotor and its heavy as hell battery over there I would have tried tying a carrier bag on each arm and let it spin as a bird scarer.
Just one of those days that is real hard work and not helped by only being able to get up there every couple of weeks, reconnaissance is key in this game. Reason why Elvis shoots so many, he saw my rotor from the road and came for a chat as he was driving round looking for and watching pigeons.
Ended up with 29 for more shots than I care to mention, shot like a prat and had would think mr fox will have found another 10 or so in the woods this morning
25 here and picked another 4 from up the hedge on the walk back to the van.
