Hows the pigeon shooting this year?

[Lazurus]

Had a very pleasant few hours on Saturday sitting over some decoys, good few birds about coming into the pattern in 4`s and 5`s. Very windy day which meant that the birds came in at a stand still but when turned with the wind were like little grey rockets.

 

Came away with a bag of twenty, but missed many more, saw a few Roe deer a Heron and lots of skylarks (not seen them for a while)

 

Great day!

[Stubby]

Not been for years now . All shot out me . Would not mind a few for the slow cooker though !

[Lazurus]

Not been for years now . All shot out me . Would not mind a few for the slow cooker though !

 

Getting popular in "real" butchers again

[Stubby]

Getting popular in "real" butchers again

 

Really ? I used to sell a few to the local pubs for their " game pie " . I remember one hot summer I walked up " pigeons in a field of peas . They would get up in front I would drop one , maybe two if lucky . Walk on, pick them up, walk a few more yards and up they went again . I think every ware was so dry they were getting the moisture out of the pea . Must have shot 20 or 25 like that . Had to stop as could not carry them .

[Pinkfoot]

Really ? I used to sell a few to the local pubs for their " game pie " . I remember one hot summer I walked up " pigeons in a field of peas . They would get up in front I would drop one , maybe two if lucky . Walk on, pick them up, walk a few more yards and up they went again . I think every ware was so dry they were getting the moisture out of the pea . Must have shot 20 or 25 like that . Had to stop as could not carry them .

 

I remember

be a year like that.

Cattle farmer over Eley had a big problem with pigeons on his peas due to thirst.

We shot hundreds off there in two attempts.

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Getting popular in "real" butchers again

 

No butchers like that round here.

 

Driven out years ago now when supermarkets sprang up, and then people not willing to 'shop locally', so down they went....

[johnanderton]

Abit early for pigeon here in nw uk , we mostly shoot over barley when the birds try to flatten it , we eat some pigeon & we use steel shot so we can use them for feeding goshawks ..

[Lazurus]

They are hitting the peas hard here in Norfolk, great fun over decoys.

[Pinkfoot]

They are hitting the peas hard here in Norfolk, great fun over decoys.

 

Where about in Norfolk are you Lazarus?

[Lazurus]

Hickling........... Near the Staithe. You?