12boreblue Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 Got a call from my land owner that his Brassicas were getting hammered by the pigeons. Went in today at 10 am, walked off 8-10 birds, set out deeks set up hide and got setledt in. Weather misty- no wind. stayed in situ for an hour, not a bird in site, decided to walk around the perimeter of the land which is bordered on all sides by woodland and little copses. A few birds in sitty trees and caught 2 for not paying attention. Went back to hide nothing- had another walk about and shot1 missed 2. Stayed till 4pm hoping to catch some coming in to roost. Only one bird came in and too far away to get a decent shot. Checked the shot birds to see what they were feeding on...1 had nothing! other 2 had a very small amount of green shoots. I would of thought that the local birds would have come in to the deeks to feast on the Brassica leaves as they have done all over Christmas!! Walked of over 100 birds last week! I set up and bloody sod all. I even kept the deeks to little groups of birds, just as I had observed them feeding that way, but nothing! My only conclusion is that the mist was the reason and they just decided to stay put in the trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilbertwiggley Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 probably disorintated in the mist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainman_l Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yep, I find fog and mist tends to put them off doing any major flighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yep, I find fog and mist tends to put them off doing any major flighting. I believe that to a certain extent the same applies to crows also! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrikirkby Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 I went yesterday and mist came and shot absolutley nothing !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magycgsps Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Been out today mist never lifted .did not see a bird on a field they have been on for awhile now. checked other fields near by . None any where. They had more sense than me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapespecialist Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Me to, The only shot I had was one of port, six hours & not a sausage...still...... beats work !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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