Ups and Downs....

[J Darcy 5,871]

This afternoon i shot like a complete ar5e! Two full magazines and not a critter in the bag. Honest! Just managed a crow and a squirrel, but the crow was well worth going out for, a free hand shot as the carrion landed momentarily. A superdome was on its case and the corvid came a-flapping to earth stone dead. After such diabolical shooting i nipped home to await darkness.

 

I have just got in, proving that you do not need to go out late to shoot at night. Earlier the better. I have only walked one 250 yard section of roost, but its a place i know holds a remarkable head of columba polumbus. Though the shots were often tricky, many small branches litter the pellets path, i managed to deck eight plump woodies. I guess there was at least 200 in the roost, possibly more. I reckon i could have had double the number i did had i had taken my lurcher to retrieve the fallen, but he was still at hope with a split pad having been out this afternoon.

Still, i was happy.

Just for the record the wood is about 60-70 yards wide and a few hundred yards long, mainly birch and willow. There were a good few magpies there too, but they can wait!!

[ArchieHood 3,692]

Another good outing JD,looks like you've rediscovered your mojo.Hope to hear from you on here more often.

[jazmin 46]

Good air gunning and it just shows time spent finding roosts pays

[rossi_j 99]

Well done j.d, no shame in missing a couple, I allways find shots at a steep angle tricky ( as im sure a lot of people do)

Another good post.

.atb. .ste.

Edited December 29, 2010 by rossi_j