woody swacker Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 went out on sunday to recce an area of rape that i shoot over and had a lovely welcome of the sight of about 300-400 busily munching away and another couple of hundred sitting in the trees and a good few flighting in.i got permission for today got a few bits and pieces done first thing then loaded up and arrived at the rape at 11.45.6 h&h inflatables and my magnet with 2 deaduns on it and we were all set.5 mins in and the first arrival,pigeons decoying quite steadily mostly in 3,s and 4,s up until 2.45 then i had to pull stumps cos a tractor came up spraying.61 in the bag great 3hrs! 5 birds that had full crops consisted of 2x hawthorn berries 3x stuffed with rape.earlier on today spotted another 2-300 working another field of rape which i have access to, so hope to get on them at the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiemonsterandmerlin. Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Have a look at the crop next time your there see if there is leaf spot occurring. Thats what there spraying for phoma stem canker if I reme,ber rightly. Its been ideal conditons for it this years. Good day Cheers OTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Good shooting mate Im off out tomorrow , so fingers crossed :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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