rape stubble

[woody swacker]

took friday off to have a go at the woodies,been watching a field of rape stubble and a field of wheat stubble both looking rather productive. i opted for the rape stubble simply cos i feel its the prefered diet of the woody.i took my brand spanking turbo flapper to give it a test run.i rolled 3 round bales up and put my sandy coluur net across the front.i set out 8 real birds on cradles and the turbo flapper with timer.the scene is set,time being 10.45am .5mins passed and the 1st woody in was smoked.over the next 3hrs i was begining to realise that although the birds werent really to fussed about feeding at this time of day the turbo flapper was actually putting the birds off.a dozen birds down i decided to turn the flapper off and the birds seemed far more confident to come in.3oclock the woodies activity increased so turning the flapper back on to see what response i would get, they loved it and were being pulled from quite a distance.pulled up stumps at 5.30 because i had a 40 minute drive to get the birds to the gamedealer 104 on the clicker great stuff.