skye Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 Phoned the farmer today for a chat.Talking about shooting he says to avoid shooting over the peas as shot has been found in some pods.Found this surprising, just wondered if any other shooters have come across this? Skye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 I have heard of whole fields being rejected because lead shot has been found in the pea samples. Luckily, none of the farmers that grow peas that i shoot for, have ever requested that i stop shooting the peas when they come into pod. Some farmers do, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 Thats a new one on me. Is it an organic farm ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 wouldn't need to be organic I can Imagine Birds Eye would reject the load of shot was found so probably more for fresh peas than ones grown for animal feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 I can see the logic that its possible to get lead shot in the peas if the crop is fired into and that would be undesirable. But most of the peas I have ever shot over are for human consumption and I have never been asked to stop shooting once the pods form. My "organic" comment was because a friend lost a 50 acre smallholding because it went organic, no shooting permitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 All my farmers were told that when the peas come in to pod to allow no shooting over them but they all told me to carry on shooting them , this year they have told the farmers to shoot over the peas even when in pod as a few farms that stopped the shooting last year lost there peas to pigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harpoonlouis Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 Don't you shoot some with steel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 Don't you shoot some with steel? No dont like steel for pigeons tried it but dont like it lead is best every time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoughton Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 One of my permissions advised me along these lines last year - shot had been detected inside peas by the metal detectors when the peas were processed. The theory was that the shot finds it's way in during possing and the pea essentially grows around it. But - no peas whatsoever on that farm this year, so it's not been a problem. One of my other permissions does have peas but the pigeons haven't touched it for weeks now - they prefer the lucerne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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