OddJob Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Ive not seen any pigeons on the rape field I have. However with the poor conditions, would pigeons be looking towards the fields if the field is covered in snow? Just wanted to check if it's worth it before i go out and freeze my backside off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Stay in the warm as i find the birds getsnow blind and dont decoy wait till the snow goes and they could well be very hungry !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Stay in the warm as i find the birds getsnow blind and dont decoy wait till the snow goes and they could well be very hungry !! Yes, good advice from Tom, it's a bit of a myth that snow makes the birds hit the rape harder, in fact the opposite is true. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Stay in the warm as i find the birds getsnow blind and dont decoy wait till the snow goes and they could well be very hungry !! :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddJob Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Awesome, thanks for the help lads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verminer Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Awesome, thanks for the help lads. still go out in the snow mate, just put a green camo net on the ground and put your decoys on top of the net "normally pulls the birds in" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Yes, good advice from Tom, it's a bit of a myth that snow makes the birds hit the rape harder, in fact the opposite is true. Cat. Your spot on.... It takes a great deal of energy to fly to the feeding ground to the roost and vice versa during cold weather and if feed is unaccessible they will sit it out and live off accumulated body fat for up to a week or more waiting for the thaw. If they get really desperate they will either move on en mass or very occassionally pitch into a covered feild with abandon. Very big bags can be had at such times as they are oblivious to everything else but feeding. Personally I dont shoot them excessively at these times as many more die than I could shoot anyway, and im a bit of a fair weather shooter these days. The days of waiting in a hide with freezing extremities have long gone .... but each to his own. Ive known on the very odd occassion when you could walk into a covered sprout or rape feild in January/February and walk past birds 20 feet away feeding. In 87 I even picked up 3 or 4 field fares that were just wasting away with the cold. Took them home gave them a good feed and released them after the thaw... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddJob Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Well I've just smashed my knee a football so I'm just trying to walk, no shooting for me for a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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