secretagentmole 1,701 Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Went down the permission yesterday afternoon for a bit of an exploratory walk round to familiarise myself with the lay of the land as I have realised that with a bit of a walk round the bolt on to permission 1 is actually adjoining permission 2, taken me nearly 6 months to realise this! Anyway got into the wood and stalking to my trio of fir trees I spied a nice sized bird sitting on a branch, Lined up, fired first in the bag, had to wade through a tangle of brambles to get to it, picked it up and it was big, I mean big! A pigeon who ate all the pies! I got underneath the fir trees and waited. Due to foliage I had a few fly in which were lost to view. If I cannot see it I am not firing at it. A big flock flew in and landed. One was in the dead tree behind the firs, I turned round, but the setting sun must have caught my glasses or something because the entire lot took off. Waited and a new flock landed, one in the dead tree, this time I was read and fired, thud, another Pigeon who ate all the pies. They are big this year. As the sun had set and with the light falling faster than Jimmy Saville's reputation I decided to stalk round when a solo pigeon flew in and was perfectly silhouetted against the night sky. One shot and it was goodnight Vienna! Another one down, but not so big. Upon cleaning the 2 big pigeons were stuffed full of beans! I mean beans, but it is too damned early for them to be sewn, so where the heck they are getting them from I don't know, but some farmer has got to be half an acre of beans light now! The last pigeon I shot had been on the wheat! They are currently bathing in simmering water, with 2 bayleaves, 6 peppercorns and a dash of Worcestershire Sauce in readiness for becoming pies! Unfortunately the damned camera ran out of batteries! Quote Link to post
surrey shooter 7 Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Nice read mole. Good shooting too The pigeons we have shot this year have been big aswell. Pie sounds nice I don't eat pigeon but my hunting buddy loves them. Atb Quote Link to post
secretagentmole 1,701 Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Surrey Shooter, why not? Very good for you, low in Cholesterol, rich in flavour and the breasts have the texture of very fine beef! They do not taste like chicken! Quote Link to post
Robbie uk 24 Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Lots of bean crops have not been harvested yet due to the wet weather and may never be taken, may have to be ploughed back in !! Quote Link to post
secretagentmole 1,701 Posted October 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 Well if that is the case you know what crops to wait round for pigeons! Interesting aside, the pigeons shot had 2 colours of meat on the breast, first time I have noticed this! Quote Link to post
steve_7 10 Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 many years back the first pigeon i shot i took the breast of and flash fried with a pinch of garlic and ate out the pan, was bootiful, nearest thing i can think of was beer with sugar sprinkled on it, cant wait for sgc to come through and get freezer full of them, but they do seem to be on steroids this year for some reason... around here theres been a few problems with the crop falling farmer thinks either to much rain or a problem with pests.. either way could be alot of extra food on the ground from them just a thought mole ... all the best steve Quote Link to post
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