Hur5ty Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Hi, Is it true that a field will not have the same crop that was previously on it. I Have been shooting Rape through the winter and til now. The farmer told me its going to be wheat next. Will it be the same sort of pattern as rape? Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 (edited) Yes apart from a few crops, the decoy pattern is whatever pattern works on the day , with pigeon shooting you have to be flexible and do what needs to be done to draw birds to the gun, different days can be different ways. Wheat may only be any good for shooting when 1st drilled and nearer harvest for any laid crop and then harvest stubble, but not to say you wont draw pigeon near enough to shoot when its short and green and you are near or under a flight line. Edited August 31, 2013 by deny essex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Generally crops such as rape , beet, potatoes, peas etc are rotated around different fields . Cereals however are often grown on the same fields year after year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 most crops are rotated to prevent disease and encourage high yields in certain crops. as for pigeons on the wheat don't expect to much feeding until ripening/harvest in july august. on most farms rape will follow barley in a crop rotation so keep an eye on where the barley was this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hur5ty Posted September 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Hi, Its is actually Barley, I made a mistake... Is this a good thing??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 With winter barley then next year it could have some laid patches and make a bit of shooting... Just check when he drills it for birds...I shot a sack full of jackdaws of milky barley last year.. Around here they do a second wheat drill but that tends not to be on the big farms as they are geared up to rotate the crops... Most will drill a break crop to give the land a chance or when it all going wrong and they have to get something in as the schemes the farms are in require the ground too have something planted...that is when you get the unusual crops to shoot over. Just keep looking TEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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