No pigeons in Kent

[Worzel-gummidge]

Decided to give myself the morning off and venture out to one of my permissions.

Firstly I had a good drive about all of the 10 fields to see what was about, no pigeons to be seen anywhere but a huge cluster of crows above one of the fields so stopped and watched for a while and a few pigeons flew in too.

So with gun, hide, decoys and rucksack on my back I trundled across the field and set up with my back to the breeze along a wood facing the field.

12 decoys in the horse shoe pattern, a floater at the back and 2 crow decoys just off the pattern, I was poised and ready to go.

I sat down, poured a coffee, had a smoke and waited for something to arrive, I even had the flapper ready for the first one to be shot.

 

3 and a half hours later all I saw was 1 crow that did a circle at 150ft above me and flew off.

 

I did see a few woodies landing in trees 3 hundred meters away from me and could here a few pheasants in the wood behind me but nothing else showed itself.

I wasn't expecting much this morning but something would have been nice! at least I was out of the house and away from the wife

 

I say better luck next time eh!

 

Worzel

[rimmie]

There just starting to get going round my part of kent, there's a good amount of woods round here (acorns,Berrys etc..) that's been holding them for ages now, can't wait for them to start hitting the rape !!!!!

[Cranfield]

I am starting to see a few groups of 5-10 birds on sheltered parts of the rape, but travelling between Ashford and Canterbury yesterday I saw a few flocks hundreds strong over the woods along the road.

I stopped to watch one extra large group and heard some shots, I am guessing there was a Shoot on and they had pushed the birds out of the woods.

Hopefully, a few frosts like this mornings will bring them into the fields.

[ttab]

The same for me i got land that has over 500 acres of rape in and not seen any on the rape for about 2 weeks now. Still good news for the famers.