steveyg Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Got a text from the farmer on Tuesday confirming he was combing the rape.. Managed to get away this afternoon,arrived at the perm at 2.30 and 20+ pigeons took off sat there for four hours...four shots and only a single crow in the bag. There are no flightlines on this perm so only resident pigeons to have a go at. This is my only perm and I am not giving it up however time to knock a few farmers doors i think. Peas gone and fields diced,rape combined...Gutted the harvest hasn't delivered.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Keep an eye on it because it could still produce if its left a few days , I dont agree with your theory of only resident pigeon either , I for instance have a few fields out side my back door , over the last 14 years (since i moved in ) I have shot 1000s of pigeon off them , if they were just resident birds then surely I would have shot the lot ,two birds I shot one year a few weeks apart had rings on ,they had traveled some 30 miles or more from where they were ringed, when there is a food source pigeon will travel miles to get to it and then there will be a flight line into your field ! They may appear they may not it will all depend on where they want to be and other available food sources Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted August 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 The resident theory was passed onto me from a local who had been shooting this perm for years however due to low numbers hasn't bothered shooting for a while. I will stick with it...Farmers a real gent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickerup Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Got a text from the farmer on Tuesday confirming he was combing the rape.. Managed to get away this afternoon,arrived at the perm at 2.30 and 20+ pigeons took off sat there for four hours...four shots and only a single crow in the bag. There are no flightlines on this perm so only resident pigeons to have a go at. This is my only perm and I am not giving it up however time to knock a few farmers doors i think. Peas gone and fields diced,rape combined...Gutted the harvest hasn't delivered.. Tomorrow i'll guarantee you more than 4 shots, and right on your doorstep weather you hit them or not is down to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 give them time to find it, then they will hit it, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Steve, give the birds time. I have had several 200+ days on fields where the pigeons had shown little interest in for over a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Steve, give the birds time. I have had several 200+ days on fields where the pigeons had shown little interest in for over a week. Motty don't get the boy excited with talk of 200 bird days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Motty don't get the boy excited with talk of 200 bird days. Yeah, perhaps i shouldn't get his hopes up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted August 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Yeah, perhaps i shouldn't get his hopes up. I would be happy with 20...cheers lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchrat Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Got a text from the farmer on Tuesday confirming he was combing the rape.. Managed to get away this afternoon,arrived at the perm at 2.30 and 20+ pigeons took off sat there for four hours...four shots and only a single crow in the bag. There are no flightlines on this perm so only resident pigeons to have a go at. This is my only perm and I am not giving it up however time to knock a few farmers doors i think. Peas gone and fields diced,rape combined...Gutted the harvest hasn't delivered.. Did you see my thread " Stubbles are not the Holy Grail"?? Now, some 4 or 5 weeks later, it's almost all over here. All cut, mostly cultivated. Pigeons all over the place but about 1 per 10 acres. I've used £100's of fuel, spent days and days watching fields and have shot about 225 so far this harvest including the one day it really worked, with 104. So, NO, it's not the Holy Grail anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Did you see my thread " Stubbles are not the Holy Grail"?? Now, some 4 or 5 weeks later, it's almost all over here. All cut, mostly cultivated. Pigeons all over the place but about 1 per 10 acres. I've used £100's of fuel, spent days and days watching fields and have shot about 225 so far this harvest including the one day it really worked, with 104. So, NO, it's not the Holy Grail anymore. Have you not seen all the reports from people on here with 100/200+ bags this harvest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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