Cranfield Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 They have started swathing the rape in my part of Kent and the birds seem to have noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyCM Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Hi Cranfield, Which part is that ? My patch is still 3 weeks away at the moment ! Cheers AndyCM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted July 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 AndyCM, a bit further South than you, down in the Romney Marsh area. I did notice some swathed fields towards Canterbury, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyCM Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 AndyCM, a bit further South than you, down in the Romney Marsh area.I did notice some swathed fields towards Canterbury, as well. Thanks for that Cranfield, I hope you get into them soon. I just heard that a grass field has been cut on my local patch, so in the absence of any crops being cut I might be having a look this evenings for crows. Time for the .17 to come out again ! Cheers AndyCM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsam Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 the rape i shoot over is probably about 2-3 weeks away or at least i hope so as i am away from thursday til week monday and will be very cross if they cut it whilst im away lol they usualyy cut it staright off rather than swath it , then its bring em on !! cheers BS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 where i am end of july Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertie Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 They have started swathing the rape in my part of Kent and the birds seem to have noticed. Lucky man were weeks away still! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancs Lad Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Mine gets done the second week in july............Cant wait.................................. and unfortunately Im down in Cornwall from the 15th July............and working friday the 14th................. ******................ Anyone around Perranporth that needs a hand shooting that has a spare gun drop me a line.......... otherwise I will be force to go hunting rabbits by torch light with my 6 year old daugher on the camp site.......without the aid of a gun............................. I could have a bloody field day down there with the silenced X2................but no........I have to play happy tourist and watch buggs hopping around the campsite....... OR SHOULD I....................... They will all be too ******** to notice me in the full ghillie suit..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 Hi, swathed rape does pull them in but do try and find a flattened slot to drop the bird in, otherwise you'll never get them. I had a go last year and got a bag full but had to leave as many as they were impossible to get at i.e. trying to crawl through swathed OSR is a non-starter, not to mention inadvisable in terms of damaging the crop. Good luck, Axel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 Here in sunny Suffolk the rape and barley's about a week/10 days away from being harvested. The problem with any standing crop is a) doing more damage than Woody and finding downed birds AND doing more damage in the process. You ain't gonna win any (farmer) friends that way especially as they're not worried about Woody so much at/after harvest anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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