activeviii Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Out for a few hours yesterday. had a few birds on a hole in the rape. took a long bird, well long for me, dog out and brings back the first squab Ive seen since the snow. anyone else had or seen any yet? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 No not had any for a while ,but it wont be long am sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 We get squabs all the way through the winter now. For years we'd never see any till about the end of March then about 4 or 5 years ago we started shooting them in February. I remember seeing over 35 squabs one February. It seems in my area the woodpigeons are adapting slightly, we get a lot more nesting in evergreens in peoples back gardens in the towns. During the summer some of our strongest flightlines come from the towns. We even see the odd one now nesting in the corner of straw barns when we're out shooting the ferals, this never happened before. Here's a picture of a young bird I shot on the 6th of Jan 2010 just after we had suffered a low of minus 20 and snow on the ground for 3 weeks! It was in tip top condition...............and folk were concerned the adults were going to die off due to the weather! Cheers, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted April 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 I had a few before the snow down here but then nothing until yesterday. strange how nature always adapts i guess. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olddogfox Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Shot two yesterday whilst out decoying. First one I have had since before christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Shot my first squab of the year today and it was in very good condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 shot one meself last saturday as part of a bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyboy Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 shot 2 on sat!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger.22cal Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 shot 1 on tues and first 1 this year was about a month ago, both in good nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Not seen any around here yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 :look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 shot another 2 today from same area as last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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