Sporting Gun

All’s well that ends well

I had great plans for a day’s shooting on a flightline between a field of rape and one of linseed – until I received a call from my wife that is.

The pigeons were navigating their way along a power line, as they frequently do, so I planned to set out some decoys on a wheat field beside a stripped cover plot that had recently been a draw for the pigeons.

The chance of getting any birds to decoy was unlikely, but I hoped the pattern would tempt enough birds to do a fly-by to enable me to make

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