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Evening All,

Been out today (Essex) and shot 33 over rape. It was mainly covered in snow but in places was in the lee of a wood and not so bad; in these areas the woodies were hitting it quite hard. Big flocks though and easily spooked. Used 2 magnets and about 20 shells, the birds that showed interest committed to the pattern and came right in. Quite a good day although very cold and at times very slow.

I recommend you give it a go but get movement in your setup, without this it will be very hard work to get any interest..........

 

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Some of the best shooting ever can be had over snow covered rape fields particularly after a prolonged cold snap. The birds have to feed daily or they loose weight pretty quickly in the winter. If they have been feeding on this particular field dont worry about a covering of snow. Just make sure your decoys are well well placed and conspicuous.

 

There are some huge flocks around at the moment. In this area Ive have not seen such big flocks since the late 70,s the cold weather has really brought them together.

 

Only this afternoon I watched in amazement as some 5,000 plus birds descended on a 35 acre rape field on the Bathurst Estate which is very close to The Royal Ag College and when I drove a further mile along the road towards Cirencester I saw another huge flock taking to the woodland.

 

Tomorrow Im shooting at Fairford where more large flocks have been hitting the rape and I expect the field to be partially snow covered.

 

Give it a try its better than staying indoors. :)

 

FM.

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fisherman mike now theres an idea take a sheep with me just think of the advantages 1st could keep me warm.2nd if theres no birds about i could knit a wookly scarf.3rd could teach it to retrieve be the 1st hunting sheep ever.4th if it all got that bad i could roast it as lamb always tastes better than pigeon.

god i dont know why i didnt think of it before :):P:lol:

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Well i have 20 full decoys and a pigeon magnet and a flapper so shud be ok. Good idea with the broom, ill definately take one tomoz, also thanks for the idea of using straw. Here in Suffolk the snow has fallen a fair bit and they birds are in groups of up to 500 or so from what i can see. i love it when a big cluster come over and start to descend. :P wish me luck ill let ya know how i get on :)

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fisherman mike now theres an idea take a sheep with me just think of the advantages 1st could keep me warm.2nd if theres no birds about i could knit a wookly scarf.3rd could teach it to retrieve be the 1st hunting sheep ever.4th if it all got that bad i could roast it as lamb always tastes better than pigeon.

god i dont know why i didnt think of it before :P:lol::lol:

You forgot no.5 mate :)

 

 

 

LB

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fisherman mike now theres an idea take a sheep with me just think of the advantages 1st could keep me warm.2nd if theres no birds about i could knit a wookly scarf.3rd could teach it to retrieve be the 1st hunting sheep ever.4th if it all got that bad i could roast it as lamb always tastes better than pigeon.

god i dont know why i didnt think of it before  :lol:  :lol:  ;)

You forgot no.5 mate :P

 

 

 

LB

they do tend to look good after a skinful :) wheres me lamp

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Much about the same , setup at 7am then the fog got worse , the wind picked up and being on top of a hill on a barren field I could'nt take the cold anymore as my fingers and toes were numb and no joke , the left over coffee in my flask cup kept freezing over so I packed up at 10.30 with 2 jackdaws brrrrrr gone cold now thinking about it . There was sod all pigeons about either .

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