Roarry and rape stubble

[Guest Mr Pieman]

Has anyone had any success using a rotary on rape stubble? If so, where did you put it?

 

Cheers

 

PP

[pete k]

i tend to think you will not need a rotary on stubble due to the fact that the decoys will stand out quite well but i guess some sort of movement might be a help like some peckers or a bouncer/flapper .

 

pete

[Cranfield]

I've never used a rotary on rape stubble ( I do on swathed rape).

Normally a couple of floaters, or a flapper and ground decoys work just fine.

[shawn9914]

i went on rape stubble last week put the roatary out then in then out and finally decided to leave it in and seemed to be better with 2 floaters and a dozen shells shot 16 in total 3 hours but it was hard going just did not want to decoy :<

 

shawn

[ROB REYNOLDS UK]

i think early on in the year you do well with the magnet but once you have shot at a pigeon and missed they wont want to come in on one again as there not as green

[Paul in North Lincs.]

I have used the rotary on all stubble including rape to some success. But then again 'sucess' to individuals does vary.

 

Like most things with pigeon shooting.....nothing is a dead sert.......sometimes it works..................sometimes it doesn't

[ernyha]

Like most things with pigeon shooting.....nothing is a dead sert.......sometimes it works..................sometimes it doesn't

Absolutely correct Paul as I had my best day a couple of years ago on rape stubble using the rotor continually although I was expecting to have to bring it in, they just kept coming and I picked up 117 at the end of the day.

[Ears]

My friend and i shot 110 pigeons 23/7/05 on rape stubble but i did not use my whirller just two floaters and 16 flexy coys then replaced them with shot birds. I picked up 57 and my friend on the next field picked up 53. so quite an even days shooting and very good sport to. this was my highest shot to kill ratio for a few months shooting 57 for 68 shots. as you can see from this they decoyed perfect into the middle of the pattern, keeping the ratio of shots down. pitty they dont decoy like that all the time. I shot another rape stubble field on sunday in the rain from about 1300 hrs to 1700hrs and agin shot 52 but this time they did not decoy very well and had 88 shots. still ok though inside 1 in 2 on decoys. I find that in the winter the shot to kill ratio goes up as 50% of the bird only tend to fly straight over the pattern and dont come in for a look. three weeks ago i had a good day on laid Barley, shot 94 on my own a great days sport. glad the summer has produced better bags for me as this winter i was struggling shooting 30 and 40 in my area. Going back to the subject this time of year with stubble i believe a flapper is a better piece of kit than a whirller.

[remytherussell]

Also what should be born in mind, a lot of birds about now are this years younger birds. Most have never seen a "magnet" or decoys and are happy to flock in and see what is going on when they see your decoys. Once they have had a bang or two at them they will become as wary as the older birds.

RTR