young birds this year

[yickdaz]

just wundering what everyone thinks about the number of young pigeons around this year.. we have been shooting a hell of a lot of young birds so much so that they are making a good portion of the bags we have been shooting since july; up to now; but the last 2 months especially about 80% of the bags have been young birds i can;t recall seeing and shooting as many as this year whats everyones views on this.

Edited October 9, 2010 by yickdaz

[manxman2]

Ive been reading alot about there being good numbers around vick, a mild winter and next year could be a cracker for you.

[Cookiemonsterandmerlin.]

You wonder where all the parents are when this happens ,strangley enough in oxfordshire /wiltshire all my bags have been made up off mostly 80% older birds with very few young ones.

 

Kind regards OTH

[chrispti]

There are still youngs birds about down ere

[proTOM1]

I have to say i think its been a very good year for young birds , the bags that myself and my clients have been shooting have of late been over 80% young apart from in 1 area where there seems to be very few young about at the moment . Bags there have been 95% adult still a few young birds but know where near the numbers being shot in other places . It can only be a good sign

[blindasabat]

i have noticed also that there are plenty of young birds in the bag this year.i shoot in n.yorks.

[yickdaz]

i have noticed also that there are plenty of young birds in the bag this year.i shoot in n.yorks.

the last bag i had 47 last sunday again counted 33 young in it.and no end of big flocks everywhere i go looking on our perms; and just driving past farms that i don;t shoot and when i get close to them i can see that the flocks are mainly young birds;as pro tom says its great news seeing them evidence that they are not declining in fact the opposite

[dolphin]

the last bag i had 47 last sunday again counted 33 young in it.and no end of big flocks everywhere i go looking on our perms; and just driving past farms that i don;t shoot and when i get close to them i can see that the flocks are mainly young birds;as pro tom says its great news seeing them evidence that they are not declining in fact the opposite

 

yes must be flocking up now was on a farm yesterday and there was two in the same field lol

atb dolphin

Edited October 15, 2010 by dolphin

[yickdaz]

yes must be flocking up now was on a farm yesterday and there was two in the same field lol

atb dolphin

i know your joking mate; you don;t get big numbers generally when the land is mainly pasture;you will get the odd bag or 2 on grass when they are feeding on clover we shoot a farm that only grows grass for the cattle and every year without fail we get a couple of days on them last june we had 2 bags of 22 and 34;

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but the main bulk of our shooting comes from the arable farm land in our area;and that goes for most of the country;and i also know you get a lot of crows up in cumbria to compensate for lack of pigeons

[dolphin]

i know your joking mate; you don;t get big numbers generally when the land is mainly pasture;you will get the odd bag or 2 on grass when they are feeding on clover we shoot a farm that only grows grass for the cattle and every year without fail we get a couple of days on them last june we had 2 bags of 22 and 34;

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but the main bulk of our shooting comes from the arable farm land in our area;and that goes for most of the country;and i also know you get a lot of crows up in cumbria to compensate for lack of pigeons

 

not joking mate was out at tea time and there was a pigeon sitting on a fence singing

i am the one and only some **** must have shot his mate lol

atb dolphin

[yickdaz]

not joking mate was out at tea time and there was a pigeon sitting on a fence singing

i am the one and only some **** must have shot his mate lol

atb dolphin

i am the one and only somewhere else i;d rather be..i am the one and only can;t take that away from me

Edited October 15, 2010 by yickdaz

[ferretman_2009]

just wundering what everyone thinks about the number of young pigeons around this year.. we have been shooting a hell of a lot of young birds so much so that they are making a good portion of the bags we have been shooting since july; up to now; but the last 2 months especially about 80% of the bags have been young birds i can;t recall seeing and shooting as many as this year whats everyones views on this.

yes we have shot loads of young birds hope thers still plenty next year lol

[Batch]

Bags of late down this way, when you manage to find them have been mostly made up of young birds......which in a way is a bit of a touch as it means I can use the magnet again, whihc they have been falling for!! Older birds are def more wary of the magnet down this way of the world

[ironhorse]

It’s been an absolute waste of time going out for a days shooting here, pigeon numbers old or young are really down, my last two outings I didn’t even fire a shot, I’ve never known it so devoid of pigeons on my ground.

[Darren h]

Similar to above posts, plenty of the young birds around generally but total numbers are certainly down right now

[nobby63]

Same here lots of young birds, most from last week were heavy in moult the only problem is to get afew more shooters out to keep them moving and might get a good days shoot.