Do pigeon not like hot weather...?

[Bigamos]

We have been keeping a eye on 40 acres the past week, and the pigeon have been coming to it GREAT all week....!

 

Now this morning, the sun is splitting the trees, and it is 20+ oC....

 

So where have they gone, or do they not like the sun....?

[soreshoulder]

sometimes they sit in the trees at the peak hours and may come back out again in the afternoon when it has cooled down a bit. If there is a bit of a breeze it helps

[nikko12g]

sometimes they sit in the trees at the peak hours and may come back out again in the afternoon when it has cooled down a bit. If there is a bit of a breeze it helps

 

I would say you want to pack up and return at around 4-5pm and then if they do return you could be shooting until 8-9pm i have had good bags late evenings but would defo leave a day like this alone you need dull days and a strong breeze. pigeons dont like to feed in the heat they will just be roosting till it cools down.

[ziplex]

I shot over some laid barley last week, plenty of birds about from about 1 'til 3 then they dried up. Up until then it was breezy and a bit overcast. As soon as the breeze dropped and the cloud passed over it was pack up time.

[retromlc]

ir it's hot is it worth going out really early...6a.m ish?

[proTOM1]

Have shot some big bags when it has been 28c+ but if i no its going to be red hot i try to go late afternoon .

As for going 6ish you have to think that this time of year its light at 3.3am so they will of had a good feed but its always worth a try and see what happends

[retromlc]

went out this morning and on field at 5,got 1 and packed up at 7.30,went to a barly field nearby,nothing,decided to shoot some clays this morning instead.

[chrispti]

I went out yesterday afternoon, managed 18.

 

A few there first thing and mid to late afternoon

[mpk]

I went out yesterday afternoon, managed 18.

 

A few there first thing and mid to late afternoon

 

Are you popping up this afternoon mate ?

[motty]

To say you can't decoy pigeons in searing heat is just wrong. Some of my most memorable days of the past few years have been in 25-30 degrees without even a breath of wind. If pigeons are hungry and want to be on your chosen field, they will come. If they don't come in, it's probably for a different reason than how hot it is.

[proTOM1]

To say you can't decoy pigeons in searing heat is just wrong. Some of my most memorable days of the past few years have been in 25-30 degrees without even a breath of wind. If pigeons are hungry and want to be on your chosen field, they will come. If they don't come in, it's probably for a different reason than how hot it is.

 

Was boiling today in the hide was a good 24c plus but shot 66 birds and they decoyed a treat :thumbs:

[onlyme]

Im finding it hard this year around by me! all the crops are stunted and there is a different mix of crops also to add to the confusion of whats happening, they are about as ive been decoying 2 days a week over the last 3 weeks to get my eye-in on patterns and flight lines , the one banker of a shoot in warm weather is a grass field of clover with a overly large muck heap with shallow water all year around with 60 acres of wheat at the back of it ! its been awesome the last few years ! but this year maize has been planted and the water has gone :(..... now the last few weeks has been a tad interesting ! for a few hours work i normally have about 10 birds , but of them only a couple are coming into the pattern the rest are just on the flightline going somewhere for a sit down ! im guessing another 3-4 weeks and england is going to come alive with pigeons on crops you can just sense it starting , but there holding back for whatever reasons crop related or breeding related! they are most definately quiet in the heat at the moment ! hopefully that will all change when the feeding frenzy starts !

[ziplex]

I went out last year on a boiling hot day on wheat stubble (28 degrees) and the birds were few and far between, it was so damn hot I packed up and went home then returned late afternoon...more than anything because I can't stand blazing sunshine and it was too hot for the mutt. Once back there were plenty more birds and it was much nicer shooting conditions for me and the dog. I found last week on laid barley the birds just weren't interested once the weather became still/sunny, there were plenty of birds there but only flighting in/out of the field on a flight line which I couldn't shoot without dropping them into the barley. They were dropping in to the decoys off the flight line until the weather changed

[Harnser]

Pigeons will feed at any time of the day winter and summer . Because of the longer days in the summer the birds dont have to chase about for a feed in daylight . I tend to shoot pigeons between dawn and 10 am and 2 pm and dusk in mid summer . In winter you need to be on the fields for all the daylight hours . On really hot days the birds do tend to sit up in the shade waiting for it get cooler .

 

Harnser .