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First and last since spring sowing started around here it has been a difficult season, personal best bag has been 17 and one crow. I've sat 5 hours for 6 shots and 5 pigeon awaiting for birds to find this field with some grain on the surface, which they did not. Last chance was late sowing vining peas in a field adjacent to where three of us shot 170 or so pigeons on an Easter Sunday 10 years ago. Then that farm was one of the best around for pigeon shooting but pigeon numbers have steadily declined since that memorable day when a spec in the sky was a pigeon with wings set heading into the pattern- even when we were out setting up more dead birds. Move on to Tues the 2nd May 2017 when the farmer told me the field was going to be sown. Give it a day for the pigeon to find it so Thursday the 4th came around with me setting up in a bitter cold day of NE winds and glad of the shelter from a bridge over a disused rail line. Plenty of seed peas on the surface which was unusual to say the least. The result:- Thursday 5 hours 5 shots for 3 pigeon Friday 5 hours 4 shots for 1 pigeon Saturday had a look to check if birds had cleaned up but no no feathers or droppings and still plenty spilled seed peas. still bitter cold sat for 3 hours in car seeing little or no activity. Sunday Gave it until 1 pm before setting out, several pigeon certainly less than 10 rose from the corner where I had been set up. Would this be the day? No the ground was well scuffled up with pigeon activity, most of the seed gone. Gave it a 3 hour session just in case for 1 woodpigeon and 1 feral. Driving home the farm next door had dozens of pigeon on a pea field there, as was the case on other fields nearer home. Cant win em all I suppose, there are still vining beans to sow on another farm close by so fingers crossed. Blackpowder