jimdfish Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Dropped the owner of my permission off a box of chocs today and he gave me a piece of land I have been after for a while. Saw duck, pigeon, partidge and pheasant. Shot pigeon, partridge and pheasant. Never seen so many partridge though. Must have put up sixty in a single flock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1steele Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Dropped the owner of my permission off a box of chocs today and he gave me a piece of land I have been after for a while. Saw duck, pigeon, partidge and pheasant. Shot pigeon, partridge and pheasant. Never seen so many partridge though. Must have put up sixty in a single flock Covey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 You are a smooth operator Jim, but it seems to have worked. It seems to have been a good breeding year for most things, 80% of the pigeons I am shooting are young birds and we also have a very healthy population of ducks, partridge and pheasants this year, some clearly second broods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1steele Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 You are a smooth operator Jim, but it seems to have worked. It seems to have been a good breeding year for most things, 80% of the pigeons I am shooting are young birds and we also have a very healthy population of ducks, partridge and pheasants this year, some clearly second broods. It has been a good year but the down side to is that the vermin has also had a successful year. It's the first year in a long time where we seem to have had seasons. Cold winter, mild spring and a good summer which in turn has provided everything a good start in life. It's been nice to see things having a better time of it as the last couple of years has been so wet that a lot of things suffered badly with disease etc. Nice to see wild broods doing so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Dropped the owner of my permission off a box of chocs today and he gave me a piece of land I have been after for a while. Saw duck, pigeon, partidge and pheasant. Shot pigeon, partridge and pheasant. Never seen so many partridge though. Must have put up sixty in a single flock Nice one Jim! Don't forget the obligatory "bottle of something nice" at Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdfish Posted October 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 I have decided that 50 plus is a flock. Covey is too small a word. I think your right cranners. Everything, especially the pigeons seems to have had a good year. I am seeing almost twice the number of them as I did last year. Had no duck at all last year but they seem to be on my flight ponds this year. I am wondering if they are getting pressured from the numbers and older birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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