Lodged cereals

[ditchman]

Been out the last couple of days, and with all this rain and wind, i have seen something that i havnt seen for years, all the rain and squally wind has started to put the wheat and barley down in loads of small patches in the fields, mostly near the hedges in small patches, where the wind has been swirling around, when the crops start to ripen off i for one will be out there with just 4 or 5 deeks and a flapper put at an angle with the cereal tucked underneath it, and ennnnjoyyyy........ive always had really good shooting on laid corn but these last few years there hasnt been much of it about....then we have the stubble shooting to look forward to......... i will pack up a really good lunch box a couple of beers the dog and make a whole day of it........

[hushpower]

Will be nipping down to my permission in the nx few days to see how much barley has been flattend ,it just needs to ripen as its fully grown height wise. I try to be diciplined and drop them on the layed corn so are easily picked up. Long hazy days in the sun/hide ,its hard work but some ones got to do it.Cant wait to give the string pulled flapper ago that i purchased off you simon ,and will let you know how i get on with it and how it compares with the turbo.

[ditchman]

Will be nipping down to my permission in the nx few days to see how much barley has been flattend ,it just needs to ripen as its fully grown height wise. I try to be diciplined and drop them on the layed corn so are easily picked up. Long hazy days in the sun/hide ,its hard work but some ones got to do it.Cant wait to give the string pulled flapper ago that i purchased off you simon ,and will let you know how i get on with it and how it compares with the turbo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dont use too many deeks on the flattened corn,,,,less is more the flapper ay an angle with the extention will do the trick.....let us know how it goes

 

regards

[otherwayup]

Dont use too many deeks on the flattened corn,,,,less is more the flapper ay an angle with the extention will do the trick.....let us know how it goes

 

regards

Ditchman, could you explain what you mean by 'the flapper at an angle'?

 

Thanks.

[al4x]

yep they are being hit hard here, the other thing is there are lots of patches of diseased crops which are going yellow and falling over, simply because the conditions have been too poor to spray properly. I'll be out for a good look about on saturday and who knows we may have some early sport as had nothing much about here since last drillings.

[Cranfield]

On laid cereals, I put a flapper on a floater rod, so it stands at the top of the laid crop.

Its very effective and not only for the pigeons, with a dead rook on the flapper its a great draw for the rooks.

[ditchman]

Ditchman, could you explain what you mean by 'the flapper at an angle'?

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

often when ive been watching pigeons landing in a small area of laid corn they sometimes can be very akward and ungainly about it, where the corn on the edge of the laid crop is it is at an angle, (not quite gone down) birds sometimes land on this and they use their wings to steady themselves, i give a few half hearted flaps as if the bird is balancing and trying to push down the half laid crop........you know how well a pricked bird on the ground draws more birds before you can send the dog out....well its sort of has the same effect,

 

hope that explains things

 

regards

[motty]

often when ive been watching pigeons landing in a small area of laid corn they sometimes can be very akward and ungainly about it, where the corn on the edge of the laid crop is it is at an angle, (not quite gone down) birds sometimes land on this and they use their wings to steady themselves, i give a few half hearted flaps as if the bird is balancing and trying to push down the half laid crop........you know how well a pricked bird on the ground draws more birds before you can send the dog out....well its sort of has the same effect,

 

hope that explains things

 

regards

I don't think there is any need to be so specific. All you need is for the pigeons to see the layout in your chosen area. A magnet or a flapper (or both) set out in the normal way is all that's required to get the birds in close - forget about angles or tilting things. A few decoys on the ground completes the picture.

Edited June 13, 2012 by motty

[fieldwanderer]

We've done similar over the last few seasons and it's worked very well, we just put a dozen shell decoys in the flattened crop - no bouncers or anything, just sat behind a bit that wasn't flattened and had a great time - this accounted for 310 over three days a couple of years ago, I'm hoping similar will happen this year

[ditchman]

We've done similar over the last few seasons and it's worked very well, we just put a dozen shell decoys in the flattened crop - no bouncers or anything, just sat behind a bit that wasn't flattened and had a great time - this accounted for 310 over three days a couple of years ago, I'm hoping similar will happen this year

 

 

 

yeah , it dosnt last very long. but whilst it does it is great going......where i shoot we dont have that many birds during the year so any little thing you can do to enhance you chance of success is needed, but shooting over laid cereals always works where we are, 53 is my best day on cereals and that was steady all day...ive been shooting pigeons for well over 40 years and have never done the ton, its just down to where we are i suppose, its just really nice to get out with the dog and not be cold, and watch the world go by...............