skye Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 What's happened to all the pigeons, been out 3 times this last week. Saturday set up by 8.30 and there's only a couple about, thinking it was getting too warm I packed up and went back at 18.00 a little more activity ended up with 14, not great. The rape stubble doesn't seem to drawing them in like other years. On a plus side it's good to be out on the stubble in the evenings to hunt a few rabbits. Skye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezi bez Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 My rape perms are all getting hammerd , very strange there not doing the same in your area. Must be some thing better on the menu els where. Atb ezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 What's happened to all the pigeons, been out 3 times this last week. Saturday set up by 8.30 and there's only a couple about, thinking it was getting too warm I packed up and went back at 18.00 a little more activity ended up with 14, not great. The rape stubble doesn't seem to drawing them in like other years. On a plus side it's good to be out on the stubble in the evenings to hunt a few rabbits. Skye. just out of interest , was your rape combined or swathed ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Same my way, 4 very large rape fields has been cut which I can shoot , thought great some good bags , I check it everyday since cut hardly any birds at all :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie69 Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Very quite for me and my mate today 18 between us plenty about just didn't want to decoy magnet, no magnet flapper no flapper??? One highlight was the flapper must look realistic ? A bird of prey swooped in on it twice it was to small to be a buzzard, sparrow halk maybe??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon 3 Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 A bit sporadic here, birds have been on the rape stubble but have now disappeared. Wheat cut yesterday and not a bird on it today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skye Posted July 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Just to answer a question the rare was combined. Visited another permission today near ipswich, only wheat grown there...nothing's cut as yet. Fingers crossed for better action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morty Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Hi mainly the same on my perm , had 53 of to outings on the rape and that was that . All barley and peas all harvested and nothing on them , they have now started to turn over the pea and barley field . The rape was turned in last week , They started on the wheat today so my fingers r crossed . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Hunter Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Hi Skye, Me 2 having the same problem not many lifting from any crop around my permission in the Woodbridge area, rape and wheat cut just getting small bags, on the other hand lamping rabbits at night have had 132 of 4 fields in two nights getting through some serious amounts of cartridges!! Love the harvest time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skye Posted July 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Buck Hunter, that's an amazing amount of rabbits, I cannot get near those numbers.....still waiting for the wheat to be cut hopefully tomorrow ,then I'll be out.I do rifle the rabbits though the hmr is the tool for me. Skye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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