decoying mad Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 (edited) as above i have done alot of driving the last couple of weeks and noticed that the birds seem to be in large groups 30 to 50 bird gangs is it this time of year that they will start to flock or is it just a coincidence that they are flying in large numbers field to field:hmm: as anyone else noticed them in larger gangs cheers dm Edited September 27, 2010 by decoying mad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 as above i have done alot of driving the last couple of weeks and noticed that the birds seem to be in large groups 30 to 50 bird gangs is it this time of year that they will start to flock or is it just a coincidence that they are feeding in large numbers as anyone else noticed them in larger gangs cheers dm Pigeons normally feed in large numbers throughout the year. Flocking up is when they fly together in large groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decoying mad Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Pigeons normally feed in large numbers throughout the year. Flocking up is when they fly together in large groups. thats what i meant motty flying in large numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellebarto Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 I've done reccys on my permissions the last 3 weeks running to find those kind of numbers down in the stubble but when I put them up they seem to go up and then not come back. When I setup on the same place a day or two after I'm getting the odd pair coming over and taking a look at my decoys but only a few coming in and nothing like in the numbers I've seen on the ground in previous days! Bags are still mostly Crow's! Would kill for a good pigeon bag right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMcC Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 A couple of months ago I was lucky enough to get an invite to shoot some pigeons on standing corn and they were in such big groups it was like the 'old days' of the sixties and seventies. I could not load my side by side quick enough so I bought an Auto. Since then the corn and rape has all been harvested and now there isn't more than one or two pigeons about. I drive round the fields every day hoping but have had no luck so far and as a result have a nice new shiny Auto that hasn't had a shot fired through it yet. I am hoping to be able to use it before the guarantee runs out unused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 they are down my way a bit, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 No big flocks as of yet small groups of 30 and 40 but this is mainly young birds grouping up which they do this time of year Dont normally see the big groups till mid november and when i say big i mean 1000 bird groups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decoying mad Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 No big flocks as of yet small groups of 30 and 40 but this is mainly young birds grouping up which they do this time of year Dont normally see the big groups till mid november and when i say big i mean 1000 bird groups ive seen them on yours tom lucky barstood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigwallet Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 went on barley stubble field shootin yesterday and as i walked on about seventy got up only managed to shoot 17 though but should have had forty better get to specsavers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racingfrank7 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Funny you should mention this, because only this morning i noticed 2 separate big groups of 50 ish birds fly over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decoying mad Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Funny you should mention this, because only this morning i noticed 2 separate big groups of 50 ish birds fly over agree frank i did alot of door knocking last week and they definately wernt in 1 or 2s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefy Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 noticed a fair few yesterday on the stubble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snozzer Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Seeing groups of 10-40 around here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecooper1 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Shooting last Sat, the pigeons were coming in 1s an 2s, saw one group of about 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Seen some very big flocks today on some new permission 2 of the flocks were well over 400 birds strong but still alot of single birds flying about aswell plus a huge amount of young birds , i shot 29 woodies and only 3 were fully grown birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 me too today they are in the hundreds on 4 different places and behaving a bit like winter rape flocks going off the field as one and coming back to fields in big groups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex Keeper Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 im with yickdaz see 300+ lift off a field then come back in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrion crow Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Seen them flocking, but still only getting ones and twos dropping into the deeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren h Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Went out yesterday afternoon and they are definately flocking up here, around 60-80 on some wheat stubble and only shot 14 in 4 hours. Kept lifting off together and never saw them again for 3 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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