cmsds Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 went out pigeon shooting saturday, pleanty of birds around difficult to decoy .a lot of freshly sewn Beans in my area, not enough guns out.Ended up with 25 not bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeoncatcher Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 what kind beans are you shooting over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsds Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 hi not sure what type of beans they are, normally up here its beans that go into animal products Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dh90 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 When is the best time to shoot over beans? I shot over some freshly sown beans the other week and got 19 with most of the birds passing coming into the decoys. Then went up a week later when they were starting to come through and never got/seen a pigeon in 3 hours. Is it just when they are first sown and when harvested you get pigeons or will they feed on it all year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingercoxy Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 When is the best time to shoot over beans? I shot over some freshly sown beans the other week and got 19 with most of the birds passing coming into the decoys. Then went up a week later when they were starting to come through and never got/seen a pigeon in 3 hours. Is it just when they are first sown and when harvested you get pigeons or will they feed on it all year? drilling time and haverst time only if the woodies are on beans that are growing 100% they will be feeding on chickweed inbetween the beans and also i have shot large numbers on flat beans thanks coxy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) When is the best time to shoot over beans? I shot over some freshly sown beans the other week and got 19 with most of the birds passing coming into the decoys. Then went up a week later when they were starting to come through and never got/seen a pigeon in 3 hours. Is it just when they are first sown and when harvested you get pigeons or will they feed on it all year? These are what's known as "Tic Beans", they're grown for animal fodder, the Pigeons will go mad for them as soon as they are drilled and for a week or so afterwards, until all spare beans have been hoovered up. Generally speaking, they won't touch them again until they are combined in July / August, when again, they will go nuts over a bean stubble. If you are lucky enough to be in an area where they leave the stubbles for some time before they rip them up, you can have some fabulous shooting in October / November. Keep your eye on the field, if the birds are flocking in, go for it, if not, don't bother, but, above all else, don't become a "Hedge Monkey" and sit there for hours on end whilst the birds are nowhere to be seen, catch up on those DIY jobs instead. Cat. Edited April 20, 2011 by Catamong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duncan Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 These are what's known as "Tic Beans", they're grown for animal fodder, the Pigeons will go mad for them as soon as they are drilled and for a week or so afterwards, until all spare beans have been hoovered up. Generally speaking, they won't touch them again until they are combined in July / August, when again, they will go nuts over a bean stubble. If you are lucky enough to be in an area where they leave the stubbles for some time before they rip them up, you can have some fabulous shooting in October / November. Keep your eye on the field, if the birds are flocking in, go for it, if not, don't bother, but, above all else, don't become a "Hedge Monkey" and sit there for hours on end whilst the birds are nowhere to be seen, catch up on those DIY jobs instead. Cat. Partly following your advice: but switched to rimfire and air power for harvesting rabbits instead of DIY Must get some gardening done tomo though! Next weekend I'll be mostly cooking, freezing and gardening - earn some brownie points back after investing time in my shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maidment78 Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Hedge Monkey! That is the best bit, get some time to catch up on sleep and chill out,,,,,,,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duncan Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Hedge Monkey! That is the best bit, get some time to catch up on sleep and chill out,,,,,,,,, nodding off whilst holding a (loaded?) shotgun - what could possibly go wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maidment78 Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 This time of year the shotgun is just not needed and extra weight so leave it at home, saves time,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duncan Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 You're right - for my needs the air rifle and rimfire are of more use with rabbits etc. I'll be hitting the clays to get into sporting shape for the autumn winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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