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I went today, my farmer friend said that the pigeons had been on this rape field and I was there by 7.30am.

 

Conditions were bitterly cold (good), strong NW wind (good), dry (good), clear blue skies with bright sunshine (kiss of death to the day). :P

 

I fired a "scare shot" around 8.30am to see if there was anything alive lurking about (there wasn,t).

I shot an unfortunate magpie about an hour later and that was it.

I think I saw two pigeons crossing a wood about a mile away, but I was so cold and fed-up by then , I could have been having hallucinations. :0  

 

The forecast for the next few days, is for heavy rain and winds.

I will have a very good look and need to see quite a bit of activity, before I spend another day like today. :(

 

Is anyone else finding birds to shoot ?

If so, what are they "on" ?

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I went out 2 weeks ago (you know the day when it wasnt raining) I never saw any pigeons only a couple of Magpies about 50 partriges and also 4 pheasants who were flying over the land next to mine. I decided to just try my new semi auto out as i had not fired one before and i accidently hit one of the pheasants Well I couldnt just leave it lying in the field so I took it home and ate it Very Nice too

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:P Went for a drive round some of my local shooting grounds today as the weather here in Warwicks. was exactly  the same.(according to the book,ideal shooting time) Ddn,t bother even getting the gun out of the motor as just as all my previous recent visits,the only pigeons I spotted were under the trees at the side of the roads or fields.Obviously still gorging themselves on acorns.Forecast for weekend is back to the wet stuff,so looking bleak again.Withdrawal symptoms really setting in now. :evil:
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Weather permitting I'm on the crows and rooks again this weekend,there seems to be thousands around at the moment.If the weathers bad then its a down the line shoot on saturday (shooting from undercover)and/or if its not bad weather a 50 bird sporting shoot in sunday morning.

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:( Anyone been out this weekend and if so ,how did you do?We seem to be getting lots of daily posts on all sorts of subjects but not much feed back on the main subject.Does this mean that I am in the majority and that not many of us are getting much pigeon shooting at the moment? :P

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I have been looking and keeping in touch with my shooting fields almost daily.

The extremely wet and mild weather, is keeping pigeons in my area, in the woods and off the rape.

The problem with going into the woods after them, is that they quickly move to an undisturbed wood, usually on land I can,t shoot.

 

Driving out through Biggin Hill last Sunday, on the way to a clay shoot, we saw LOTS of pigeons , on the berries and acorns at the roadside.

So the situation seems common throughout Kent.

It would be interesting to hear if this is a general trend/problem.

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:P Cranfield,that is exactly what I am finding in Warwicks.  :( Every time I go drive about ,the pigeons fly up from under oak trees at the side of the road.Will be glad when they have eaten them all  and get down to the rape.(Hope not too many farmers read this.) A couple of good frosts instead of continual rain would be a big help as well. :grumpy:
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i am going down to battle,nr hastings in sussex in a couple of weeks (a common misconception the battle of hastings wasnt actually at hastings but the rather well named battle!) to do some deer stalking, i actually do the pests such as rabbits, squirrles and others. Shooting pigeons out of a high seat with a .22 is quite fun, its great against squrrles, it rather pins them to the tree! my .22 is also silenced so you can get throught a whole feild of rabbits if the winds the right way, i will let everybody know what is happening down there pigeon wise.

there is als a great "walk one stand one" Phesent shoot where the woodcock to phesent ratio is about 5:1, its brilliant!

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