Shotgunny Posted December 27, 2010 Report Share Posted December 27, 2010 Alright lads im heading out on a field of rape tommorrow which is being hit by woodies. What advice can you give as this is my first time decoying on rapeseed. atb sg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted December 27, 2010 Report Share Posted December 27, 2010 Alright lads im heading out on a field of rape tommorrow which is being hit by woodies. What advice can you give as this is my first time decoying on rapeseed. atb sg Take 1 cartridge and a good book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Sarakun Posted December 27, 2010 Report Share Posted December 27, 2010 Take 1 cartridge and a good book Excellent advice... I too am going out tomorrow and the place is steaming with them. My mate went today and shot 2, for 2 shots. Though not deterred by this as I fancy a day in the country to get away from the pies and booze. So would you recommend Tolstoy or something by Wilbur Smith... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgunny Posted December 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2010 Thanks lads nice to get some good advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted December 27, 2010 Report Share Posted December 27, 2010 When you get there watch to see where there feeding and flying from and too and setup where they wont to be not where you wont them to be . Plenty of decoys and as much movement as you can get in to the decoy patteren the better ! Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted December 27, 2010 Report Share Posted December 27, 2010 take a rotary as well if you own one and put it between the hide and decoys;always decoys behind rotary. also at least 20 shells or whatever you have.a floater or 2 with dead birds on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Sarakun Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 So Shotgunny, how did it go today, did you need that Book, was it sound advice? Like I said, I went out today with ozzy518, didn't take the book though, silly me. Plenty on the field, tooing and froing as we watched, so set up under what seemed to be a flight line. The birds were everywhere, flocks of hundreds easily, milling up in that big spiral they do, then slowly spiraling down again, to alight on the Rape further up the field, or in the field over the road. Ozzy stayed put while I walked over to the base of one of these spirals and sat in the hedge waiting for their return. I really could have used that book at this point. They didn't come back. Well, with all our walking about following them, we ended up with 5. Difficult time of year this, but don't stay home because of that, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgunny Posted December 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 Hi mate when we got to the field there was roughly about 300 birds feeding. Flightlines were quickly discovered and by the end of the day 10 birds were shot. Were out again tommorrow for more so the book could be on the cards yet. Atb sg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomV Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 Hi mate when we got to the field there was roughly about 300 birds feeding. Flightlines were quickly discovered and by the end of the day 10 birds were shot. Were out again tommorrow for more so the book could be on the cards yet. Atb sg how many shots did u have mate? where abouts are you in the country? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgunny Posted December 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 (edited) Had about 15 shots mate and I'm in athy Kildare Atb sg Edited December 28, 2010 by Shotgunny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomV Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 Had about 15 shots mate and I'm in athy Kildare Atb sg Not bad shots to kill ratio fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Sarakun Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 Hi mate when we got to the field there was roughly about 300 birds feeding. Flightlines were quickly discovered and by the end of the day 10 birds were shot. Were out again tommorrow for more so the book could be on the cards yet. Atb sg Good on you Shotgunny, get out amongst them, you wont shoot any sitting in front of that telly. ozzy518 is out again tomorrow, the forecast being more favorable, with sunshine and a stiffer breeze predicted. I think because of this he will have a better day. I know where he is going, and there will also be ample birds there for him to look at, sorry, shoot. Unfortunately, I am back at work from tomorrow. So come back on here tomorrow night, this page, and tell us how you did. And good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgunny Posted December 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 Aye will do mate I think the birds stopped as there wasn't much wind and a good few showers so hopefully a nice wind tommorrow and a dry day will be on. Atb sg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 Spent more frustrated hours than I care to mention trying for pigeon on rape fields, best I think if you are fortunate to have a bit of breeze is to try and intercept them as they flight into the field. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgunny Posted December 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 I've always been succesful decoying as I have been thought by my father who has done it for 30 plus years. Simple horseshoe pattern 7 Shell decoys and 1 floater is all it took until the first few were shot. Atb sg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgunny Posted December 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 Just back from the field today no birds on the field feeding and anywhich did come in were shot or scared off by this huge buzzard flying about ended up with 7 and 5crows Atb sg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzy518 Posted December 29, 2010 Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 Well, I went out today to a rape field that I saw with Jim yesterday.Arrived at 10 am ,there was a blue bobbing mass in the middle and they were flighting to and from via an old ivy clad tree in the hedgeline. I set up to the side of the tree in the hedge and put up the hide. I had 11 dead pigeons with me, 5 from yesterdays outing with Jim and the rest that he had donated to the cause. Two on the whirly and one on the flapper, the rest on cradles. Within 5 minutes a pigeon came in. I missed. I also missed the following 5. It was time. I knew I had to do it. I had a serious word with myself. Next pigeon in came from left to right. My ever faithful Extrema 2 barked and a puff of feathers confirmed that 32g of number 6 had found its mark. The pigeon thudded to the ground dead. A couple of doubles followed, all meeting the same fate. It would appear that my admonishment had worked. Just as things were looking good I noticed that the pigeon on the flapper was moving like an arthritic pensioner doing the Birdie song dance. The battery was going flat. I had forgotton to charge that one. Eventually it died completely. I left the pigeon on it and hoped that the whirly alone would do the job. A few more birds came in and all were downed bird for cartridge. Then it happened.....I had seen it coming from afar.....I had hoped it would leave me alone, but alas, no. The grey fog blanket approached and soon was upon me and the decoys. Visibility was about 100m so I sat it out. The occasional bird came in and was dispatched. The fog eventually cleared but nothing more came in and I packed up at 2pm. It had been an hour since the last pigeon had come in. Final tally was 15 pigeons. Not a huge bag but in the few hours before the fog came in I was happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Sarakun Posted December 29, 2010 Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 Well done Ozzy and well done Shotgunny. We have plenty of those danged Buzzards down here too, keep trying to slide off with our decoys. Had one cheeky blighter, no matter how much we shouted and swore at it, still tried to rip a bird off a cradle. Had to chase it off in the end. Poor thing you may think, but they do keep the Pigeons away, and the last thing we want is one sitting in a tree doing exactly that, waiting for a free feed because we gave it one last time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgunny Posted December 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 Aye mate he was swooping at us in the hide as we were squeeling in a magpie. Lovely animals all the same are those buzzards Atb sg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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