Just driven around 6 farms

[Beardo]

Just driven around 6 farms this morning and not a pigeon in sight!

Mixture of standing cereals, cereal stubble, fresh plough (beans, rape, cereal).

Anyone seen any today?

[rodp]

Just driven around 6 farms this morning and not a pigeon in sight!

Mixture of standing cereals, cereal stubble, fresh plough (beans, rape, cereal).

Anyone seen any today?

 

 

There was one on the telephone wires outside our factory at 7/30 this morning if that's any help

[Catamong]

You obviously haven't been to Specsavers, laid wheat, just up the road from the GunShop, blue with pigeons, has been for the last couple of weeks.

 

Cat.

[al4x]

most of the rape stubble our way has been disced up so not much feeding on it, last ones I had were full of rape and peas but as Cat says there will be laid stuff about that will be getting hit. Local to me they only cut their rape yesterday and that was heaving this morning so I reckon its luck of the draw whether your farms have anything to interest them

[Beardo]

i obviously need more farms to shoot!

[turbo33]

Same round here Nick, naff all!!!!!!!!!!

[UKPoacher]

Mine had gone too! There was nothing about in the air and no large flocks on the ground. Yesterday I had 30+ on barley stubble, today barely managed double figures flighting them towards the deeks.

[Cosd]

Nick I'm not sure if it comes under your patch or closer to Cat's area but around the M1 Hemel junction, numbers have been hitting both standing crops and stubble for a few weeks now.

In fact I wanted to call Cat one afternoon as I left work to give him the heads up on the numbers down there as it is just down the road from where me and him shot once, but I have lost his number as my sim card got wiped a few weeks ago.

[Beardo]

I had a drive around mine near there and there was nothing, i'm a bit south of there though

[yickdaz]

we haven;t shot since last saturday been round a few places mon and today a few here and there; its slackened off dramatically we were shooting 3 to 4 times per week through july and up to last sat with no less than a 50 bag; but a lot of stubbles about i think thats the answer.

[Cranfield]

Its obviously varying from area to area, I am busy shooting at the moment and there are no shortage of pigeons.

They are on disced rape and wheat stubbles mainly.

[soreshoulder]

is everyone finding they are still hitting rape stubbles? thats what its like around our way

[unclestuffy]

I think that they have moved to west yorkshire. Loads round here but they are starting the harvest now for the "winter " wheat

[rigwallet]

Just got back from walking spaniels around one of mine and seen about 6 pigeons but got about 2000 crows jackies etc on there trouble is one shot their gone but only tuesday night me and my mate were sayin about the lack of pigeons this year our best bag this years been 16 terrible there just not many about

[Harnser]

Nick ,have a look later in the day ,after noon . They are feeding on my patch afternoon and evenings .

Harnser .

[blade]

My shooting partner lives 10 miles from me im struggling to find any and he has shot 600 in four weeks

[motty]

Still hundreds about in my area. Loads still on rape stubbles.

[blade]

i know there down there was at wells next the sea last week all the wheat fields that back on to pinewoods campsite were buzzing. My missus kept calling me a sad *** for watching them

[mossy835]

i went out tonight and they were landing in standing beans, shot 7 of them so should be good when the beans are cut.i have 3 fields of beans on one farm.

[anser2]

Reasonable numbers about my part of N Norfolk , but too much food about and the birds are scattered and most days are not interested in decoying. I was out last Sunday 100s about , but only got 3. And they were full of beans. One of my farmers cut 2 rape fields yesterday, ( first to be cut for the past 2 weeks ) and not a pigeon on them lunch time today. I will have another look tommorow , but not that hopeful.

Edited August 20, 2010 by anser2

[retromlc]

Its obviously varying from area to area, I am busy shooting at the moment and there are no shortage of pigeons.

They are on disced rape and wheat stubbles mainly.

Where abouts are you based in Kent out of interest?where we are there is nothing,I drove around the land I can shoot on,nothing except one area that had about 80 lift off as Iwalked on,i set up after watching them for a bit,and then sat from 3.30 till 7 and not a thing..........anywhere,even with the binoc's there weren't nout.

[woody swacker]

Same round here Nick, naff all!!!!!!!!!!

here aswell! rubbish,worst harvest i.ve had for years

[proTOM1]

Plenty my neck of the woods ,been around and about looking most of the day and seen 1000s had alook at some very old rape stubble and there was well over 200 on ,later looked at some wheat and old rape stubble else where and both were alive with birds .

Just had 2 more wheat fields cut well 1 and a half then it rained again .

 

Loads of young birds about now aswell good sign

[UKPoacher]

Now some of the stubble is being ploughed there is less choice and consequently pigeons are more concentrated. The biggest problem had today was keeping warm. I ended up wearing two coats, a scarf, hat and gloves and was still feeling chilly in the strong northerly wind. Must be getting nesh in my old age.