ditchman Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 am i just unlucky or are others suffering the lack of sport.....have been driving over my 3 areas of shooting in the last 3 mths and have not seen anything worth setting up for.....stubbles...nothing...fresh drill nothing 'cept gulls and rooks, cut maize nothing...woods and young rape nothing, went out to my patch off the cromer road where i always have good results at this time of year, saw 3 birds in an hour, there are loads of small acorns and they are not even dropping on to them..... ...this is the time of year when i dont even bother to recce and still have a good few hours...not even worth bothering at the moment whats your position...........where are all the birds !!!!!!...........(ive seen more partridge than pigeon this autumn ) (fieldfares are not here yet ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 I'm in the same predicament. The birds are on the acorns and beech mast as far as I can see. They were not even interested in maize stubble at the weekend. I may never shoot another pigeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 I'm in the same predicament. The birds are on the acorns and beech mast as far as I can see. They were not even interested in maize stubble at the weekend. I may never shoot another pigeon. Me to not bothered setting up for nearly 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesterse Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 I've been beating on two shoots on a massive estate in South Lincolnshire and hardly seen a pigeon. Beans sitting on on the surface and not a bird in sight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 read a few weeks ago about all the zillions of birds on the north norfolk coast......they havnt made their way down here yet .........are they still there ?....motty down at kings lynn hasnt posted any big bird numbers or bags.... as i said before i could go out any day of the week last year at this time and there would be a good flightline in most areas........mind you this time last year it was a lot colder .....perhaps HARNSER could give us the low down on whats up ive got 3 slabs of gamebore that are still unopened.....ive painted my deeks, and oiled my flapper...i need to blow the rust outa my barrells........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) Same down here, no-where to be seen Shouldn't think I've fired more than 25 carts for the last 3 months Edited October 21, 2013 by turbo33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickB65 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Planning to go out this Saturday for the day and possibl;y Sunday afternoon and the feedback I have had so far is not great but looking promising. Then again a lot can happen in five days :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actionpigeons Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) It's time for roost and flight line shooting. Going tonight roost shooting for the first time this season, if the rain ever stops. Watched the wood for an hr last night. Edited October 21, 2013 by Actionpigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinribz Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 I went for a wonder with my air rifle the other day because ive also seen very little on my fields there were pigeons in every beech tree i walked past so i sat and waited sure enuf birds were pileing in you couldnt see them because the leafs but you could here them flaping about and beech mast falling everywhere some even landed in my scope so im guessing its going to be hard work till december when its rape time I went for a wonder with my air rifle the other day because ive also seen very little on my fields there were pigeons in every beech tree i walked past so i sat and waited sure enuf birds were pileing in you couldnt see them because the leafs but you could here them flaping about and beech mast falling everywhere some even landed in my scope so im guessing its going to be hard work till december when its rape time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjh Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Just a thought have they all been shot ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 my son and his mate had a couple of hundred on saturday over some old barley stubble, so a few still about in fenland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 my son and his mate had a couple of hundred on saturday over some old barley stubble, so a few still about in fenland what are they feeding on ............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirgoldalot Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 all been drilled and sown on my patch....not much setting down anywhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 what are they feeding on ............. will ask when i see him ditchman, cant believe there would be much grain left on field, maybe some chickweed coming through. i was out with rifle about about half mile, and looking through binos what ever was on it the pigeon were hell bent on having it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 read a few weeks ago about all the zillions of birds on the north norfolk coast......they havnt made their way down here yet .........are they still there ?....motty down at kings lynn hasnt posted any big bird numbers or bags.... as i said before i could go out any day of the week last year at this time and there would be a good flightline in most areas........mind you this time last year it was a lot colder .....perhaps HARNSER could give us the low down on whats up ive got 3 slabs of gamebore that are still unopened.....ive painted my deeks, and oiled my flapper...i need to blow the rust outa my barrells........ I've had some decent bags in recent weeks - 155 on drilled wheat with beans on the surface and 118 on barley stubble. I may have another go on the barley stubble this week. I'm sure I could find a few reasonable situations if I could be bothered to look. It can be a difficult time of year for pigeons, that's why i'm glad that I'm doing a fair bit of wildfowling at the moment. will ask when i see him ditchman, cant believe there would be much grain left on field, maybe some chickweed coming through. i was out with rifle about about half mile, and looking through binos what ever was on it the pigeon were hell bent on having it. I suppose it depends when the field was cut. The field I shot 118 on less than a fortnight ago was cut probably less than a month ago and still has barley on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Motty........the land you shoot on is it wide open or small fields with hedges and woodland..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 In my area there are a lot of birds about, but they are not stopping anywhere for long. The unsettled weather (and probably the acorns and beechmast), has them keeping in and around the woods. Once the leaf leaves the trees, they will hopefully reappear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 read a few weeks ago about all the zillions of birds on the north norfolk coast......they havnt made their way down here yet .........are they still there ?....motty down at kings lynn hasnt posted any big bird numbers or bags.... as i said before i could go out any day of the week last year at this time and there would be a good flightline in most areas........mind you this time last year it was a lot colder .....perhaps HARNSER could give us the low down on whats up ive got 3 slabs of gamebore that are still unopened.....ive painted my deeks, and oiled my flapper...i need to blow the rust outa my barrells........ Havent shot many pigeons for weeks ,dont know where they are or what they are feeding on . My patch is only a short flight from the the north norfolk coast and they certinly havent got to me yet . Beet harvest will start any time on my farms ,keeping my fingers crossed . HARNSER . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Havent shot many pigeons for weeks ,dont know where they are or what they are feeding on . My patch is only a short flight from the the north norfolk coast and they certinly havent got to me yet . Beet harvest will start any time on my farms ,keeping my fingers crossed . HARNSER . we are over half way thro the beet harvest here....and nothing...watched the beet being lifted no birds apart from a few rooks and gulls.............the most i have seen is when the beet tops were being ploughed in and the drill working on the plough at the same time.......about 10-15 birds mooching about last year when that happened on an ajacent field i burnt a slab of catridges off in 3 or so hours .....the pigeons were suicidal !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mightymariner Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 No shortage of birds in Lincs Wolds, drillings and yesterday on stubble, cut maize stubble, even rape, I saw several hundred. That said plenty are in flock mode, not settling for long. I've had some fun times, not big bags, in recent winds on stubbles and flighting birds. Got text from a farmer yesterday about pigeons on drilled wheat eating beans left from previous crop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireSam Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 All very quiet in North Shropshire. Saw a few pigeons on maize stubble on Friday lunchtime whilst on a reccy. Not many but the first time in weeks was worth a set-up. Beating on Saturday so went back on Sunday afternoon and saw one pigeon in 15 minutes. Drove round 2 permissions for 2 hours and saw very few.....and went home. Just have to keep watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Just north of Bristol. Great from mid Aug - mid Sept. Amazing sport over flattened barley and stubble. Then suddenly nothing. The odd pair of birds but no numbers. Plenty of rapeseed to about 3" but not drawing them in. Possibly they're feeding elsewhere on nuts, berries, etc and there's still maize to be cut in the area. Frustrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePestControllers Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 its gone quiet here on pigeons also but plenty of rooks around if you want some sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 its gone quiet here on pigeons also but plenty of rooks around if you want some sport ive got faasands of rooks here.....everywhere you go.........trouble is i and nobody else shoots them.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbower Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Ive got loads of ferals, coming into the stubble, and newly tilled and seeded wheat fields, but I see more Woodies on next doors bird tables than I do out and about on the permissions.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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