Chemical Attack

[wattsowatts]

My friend and myself we planning on spending a quite afternoon/evening over some 40 acres of peas yesterday. We had been watching the birds build up all week and had anticipated a reasonable bag.

 

After a quite first hour we had just 13 birds, but they were gradually beginning to build in numbers, using an apple orchard to sit and watch our pattern.

 

In the distance I suddenly saw a sprayer coming through the orchard, my friend didn’t see it and thought I was taking the p... But there it was trundling into the field clearly there to spray. A quick word with the driver to find he was there to tackle the aphids etc, he reckoned he would be there for at least hour. We obviously had to pick up the decoys, but left the hide in place, but had to move out of the way for him to spray.

 

The driver reckoned it would be okay to move back in after he had finished, quoting another decoyer he had disturbed getting a bag of 100+ after spraying the previous week???

 

We did set back up but after nearly an hour not one bird had decided to drop in, and the smell was getting to us so we packed up at cleared off. I was wondering if anyone had similar experience, and whether we should have packed up as soon as the contractor arrived or whether others have gone on to get a bag on peas immediately after it had been sprayed?

[Cranfield]

I have never had any luck on a field that has recently been sprayed, to the extent that if I know a sprayer has been on the field, or one is coming, I go elsewhere.

[UKPoacher]

I won't go on a field that has been sprayed for at least a week unless there has been heavy rain. And I certainly wouldn't let my dog go in it.

[RAMMER BURT]

i have been shooting on peas when the sprayer arrived, just packed up and went home it put the pigeons off for a week then it shot well