fuzzypigeon Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 Well I'm currently sat in the hedgerow on a huge field of wheat stubble, 18 decoys out, plenty of pigeons about. Only one has decoyed so far and he is now sat on the flapper doing his best to entice all his friends down from the trees on the otherside of the field. But as they are just sat about at the minute I thought I'd see if anyone else has noticed that they are feeding mid-late afternoon as yesterday around 5 when I had a look at this field there was a good 100 on the field and easily another 50 crows, but as yet the numbers haven't arrived Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 It's still early yet. Stay out in the hot sun with flies buzzing and other creepy crawlies going down you shirt until they start flighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchrat Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) Well I'm currently sat in the hedgerow on a huge field of wheat stubble, 18 decoys out, plenty of pigeons about. Only one has decoyed so far and he is now sat on the flapper doing his best to entice all his friends down from the trees on the otherside of the field. But as they are just sat about at the minute I thought I'd see if anyone else has noticed that they are feeding mid-late afternoon as yesterday around 5 when I had a look at this field there was a good 100 on the field and easily another 50 crows, but as yet the numbers haven't arrived Yes. mid-late afternoon has been less bad, but still a struggle.... And I don't have the modern communication stuff to keep me busy so I try to study bird behavoir instead. (doesn't get me far!) It seems they will only go in where there are lots of scattered, feeding birds. How the 1st one gets in I don't know. NB Has anyone used those 3-way feeding-birds rotary decoy machine things?? Not the magnet but birds moving on the ground. Any good??? Edited August 23, 2013 by kitchrat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzypigeon Posted August 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) It's still early yet. Stay out in the hot sun with flies buzzing and other creepy crawlies going down you shirt until they start flighting.But it's warm but cloudy here today jdog, no hot sun since 10am here with rain due at 7pm Have seen a few heading to a field 2-3 down from this one but I can't shoot that one Edited August 23, 2013 by fuzzypigeon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filzee Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 Round my way all the shooting turns off at about 4pm the best time has been between 8 and 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzypigeon Posted August 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 Well I have taken the flapper in and had 2 come straight into the decoys shot one missed one.....then had a crow have too long a look so he is now out in the field too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzypigeon Posted August 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 Ended up with 12 pigeons and a crow for my efforts today although a bird of prey decided I was only getting 11 as it swooped down and took one from the stubble, now I'm stumped as to what kind it was, it looked quite large and had a pale head, everywhere else was brown and for the life of me can't think of anything I know we have that's similar in looks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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