Got up at 02:45, fed and walked the dogs, then at 04:00 headed off to the field as it wasn't raining (as forecast).
However, get the gate to the field open, and the trailer doors open, and the heavens opened, so closed everything again and went back home.
At 05:00 decided as it had stopped raining again, that the dry as forecast had arrived, so back to the field and set up.
Just sat down in the pop up hide whenyep, the heavens opened, and it chucked it down again, continuous rain for 30-40 minutes, 10 minutes dry, then heavy rain again, and that carried on until 08:30 :(
Seeing as it was supposed to be warm and dry, I had light clothing and no waterproofs, so pretty soon I was soaked to the skin, freezing, and shivering like mad.
Result was I shot like an absolute wanker, missing easy shots, and there wasn't much flying anyway.
Packed up at 11:00 after 1 hour of nothing flying, with 15 confirmed kills, some wounded that flew on, but for 23 shots :( not good, not good at all :(
4 pigeon and 11 corvids
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If it moves and is legal but also moral, SHOOT IT !!
I was hunting with a fella from Kentucky years ago when we got rained on then hailed on, we got beat to death from the pea sized hail stones as we were loading up the truck. You never forget stuff like that!
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To listen to this radio talk show go to episode 12, Bob Aronsohn
Hi Bob, unfortunately, the last 3 years have been bad summers, more rain that anything, and frosts at night :(
Four years ago we had a fantastic summer, that was the summer we were having red letter days nearly everytime we went out :)
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If it moves and is legal but also moral, SHOOT IT !!
